Another Author Signing At Eternal Twilight 6 - Marcus Sedgwick

Earlier I posted about Kate Harrison attending ET6 & I've just seen the news that the AWESOME Marcus Sedgwick will be attending on the Sunday!!!

All the details can be found HERE

Here's What the Forum Says about his appearance & Upcoming book

"Marcus will be in attendance on Sunday. He will be taking part in a 30 minute talk and signing copies of his upcoming book MIDWINTERBLOOD.

Have you ever had the feeling that you've lived another life? Been somewhere that has felt totally familiar even when you've never been there before, or felt that you've known someone even though you are meeting them for the first time?

‘I will live seven times and I will look for you and love you in each life. Will you follow?’

In 2073 on the remote and secretive island of Blessed, where rumour has it that no one ages and no children are born, a visiting journalist, Eric Seven, and a young local woman known as Merle are ritually slain. Their deaths echo a moment ten centuries before, when, in the dark of the moon, a King and his queen were tragically torn apart. Their souls search to be reunited as mother and son, artist and child, forbidden lovers, victims of a vampire, but only a bloody sacrifice will rekindle their true love.

Beautifully imagined, intricately and cleverly structured this is a heart wrenching and breathtaking love story, but it also has the hallmark Sedgwick gothic touch with plenty of blood-spilling, a vampire and sacrifice."

I think this is shaping up to e a truly Fabulous convention!!

Eternal Twilight 6 Website

And the Geeky Purchase....

Rewind back to August 2009. I got the opportunity to go to a Harry Potter convention. It was too good an opportunity to pass up – two of my big loves rolled into one – Woohoo!

So at conventions, they normally do themed parties in the evenings. The first night was a quidditch match. I found myself a yellow & black shirt & a Hufflepuff Badge, I was set.

The next night was a Yule ball. My friends and I got talking & thought it would be a great idea to do some cos-play. I racked my brains trying to think who I could be. I couldn’t do Ginny with my black hair, I couldn’t do Cho, I could maybe pass a Hermione, but my friend was doing that one.

I looked in the mirror & saw my big curls and my black hair and it hit me – I could be BELLATRIX LESTRANGE!!!

I managed to find a long black skirt in my Mum’s wardrobe; I bought a corset style top on eBay & made some sleeves out of some black velvet material. The thing I was missing was my wand! I looked around & I had such trouble finding it, when I eventually did it was nearly £40 – I just couldn’t afford it. In the end I had to make my own, using wire & clay. Surprisingly it turned out not too bad. Here are a few pictures of the night – it was so much fun. Even Molotov Jukebox - Natalia Tena (Tonks) band played for us. It was incredible.

The Wand I Made

Me - Bellatrix Style (you would not believe how nervous I was!!)

Lastly Me & Natalia Tena (TONKS!!)

Well to this day I have had a longing to own that wand & finally I made my own wish come true!! And best of all I got it for under £30!!

I’m proud to say this is probably the geekiest thing I have ever bought & got me thinking what has been your geekiest purchase??