Monthly Archives: August 2010
Going No Posts for a While
A change is as good as a holiday and I really need to recharge my batteries! I’m flying off to Melbourne on Sunday and won’t be back until after World Con. While I’m down there I’m going cold turkey on … Continue reading
Filed under creativity, The Writing Fraternity
Drop by and say Hi
On Saturday the 28th of August, I’m going to be at Logan North Library so drop by and say Hi. I’ll be with the romantic by cynical Trent Jamieson, author of Death Most Definite, the pocket rocket Kylie Chan, author … Continue reading
Coffee and a chat
If you are coming to World Con and you’d like to share a coffee with me, or any of the fabulous authors who are there, here is the link to the World Con KoffeeKlatsche page. It’s a chance to talk … Continue reading
Filed under Fantasy books, Fun Stuff, Genre, Publishing Industry, Writing craft
Weird and Fascinating things …
Okay, I should be preparing for my panels at World SF Con, but I am writing a blog post about Weird and Fascinating things. I came across this – a Dutch photographer who finds glitches in computer games and turns … Continue reading
Filed under creativity, Fun Stuff, The World in all its Absurdity
The Writing Process
Or how I clean the house when I get stuck in my current WIP (Work-in-Progress). No, seriously, I did a post about the writing process and, among other things, how rewriting over a word document means we lose the record … Continue reading
Filed under Writing craft
Kings, Five of a kind!
Over at the SOLARIS blog they are doing a give-away. ‘In honour of the releases of Paul Kearney‘s The Monarchies of God omnibuses (Hawkwood and the Kings, out now, and Century of the Soldier, due out next month) and Rowena … Continue reading
Filed under Book Giveaway, Fantasy books, Fun Stuff, Genre, Promoting Friend's Books
The Long Dark Tunnel …
Or I could describe myself as a a small boat upon a stormy sea. It is the end of trimester and I am entering the Long Dark Tunnel of Marking … cue dramatic music. I won’t be surfacing until it … Continue reading
Filed under The World in all its Absurdity
What do readers really want?
Over at the ROR blog I did a post asking what male readers really wanted in a book? Feel free to chip in with your comments. I am really interested. Which brings me to, what do readers really want to … Continue reading
Filed under Characterisation, Readers, The World in all its Absurdity
Couldn’t resist this …
If you go to Overclockers.com.au once a week you’ll find a selection of funny pics from around the web. My pick for this week is a Starwars spoof. Couldn’t resist. If you want to see all of the Overclockers pics … Continue reading
Filed under Fun Stuff, The World in all its Absurdity
Friday the 13th – perfect date to launch Trent’s book
Here we are at Trent’s book launch. That’s Marianne de Pierres on the left, Trent with his books, then I’m behind him in the pink beret (was having a bad hair day, the curls would not behave) and Kylie Chan. … Continue reading
