“‘Place As Person’: What Does It Mean When Telling Story?”

"Women in Black" aka "Double author trouble" -- Mary Victoria 'n' me at Natcon recently

Yesterday, my friend and fellow author, Mary Victoria, left New Zealand to return to the northern hemisphere—and in the short term, France—after twelve years of livng in New Zealand. She and her husband, Frank Victoria, came to New Zealand to work on The Lord of the Ring’s films with WETA and Frank has recently completed work on The Hobbit—which does rather round off their twelve years.

But I am terribly sad...