Monthly Archives: December 2011

Winner Les Petersen Free E-Book Cover!

Les very generously says: There were three very good responses. Andrew Warrilow did the hard yards and researched the web, and then came up with a splendid response; Thoraiya mimed a brilliant answer and gave me a great smile for … Continue reading

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Meet Claire Corbett…

I have been featuring fantastic female fantasy authors (see disclaimer) but this has morphed into interesting people in the speculative fiction world. Today I’ve invited the talented Claire Corbett to drop by. Watch out for give-away details at the end … Continue reading

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Winner Yvonne Navarro Book Give-away!

Yvonne has been madly moving house and she’s finally caught up with everything. (Know how that feels, the tradies are coming today to finish the last cabinet in the kitchen and patch all the holes in the walls from 20 … Continue reading

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One Writer’s Daydream Directors

Normally, I would put an interview up today, but I figured everyone is probably madly scrambling doing holiday/christmasy things so I thought I would indulge myself. I’ve watched the trailer for The Hobbit.  Who hasn’t? Sigh … Love that deep, … Continue reading

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Winner Fiona McIntosh Book Give-away!

Fiona just flew in and was suffering from jetlag when she wrote this original post.  Apologies for the confusion. See Update. Hello everyone…back from my enforced sabbatical where I allowed my mind to go blank for the first time in … Continue reading

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Winner Mark Charan Newton Book Give-away!

Mark has a copy of City of Ruin to give-away. He says: “All good answers here. It would be good to see Winston Churchill knocked down a peg or two by Mary’s mother, and Gillian’s dinner party weekend was thought … Continue reading

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Meet Narrelle Harris…

I have been featuring fantastic female fantasy authors (see disclaimer) but this has morphed into interesting people in the speculative fiction world. Today I’ve invited the talented Narrelle Harris to drop by.   Watch out for the give-away question at … Continue reading

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Meet Tom Taylor …

I’m expanding my series featuring fantastic authors to include fantastically creative people across the different mediums, which is why I’ve invited the talented Tom Taylor to drop by. Watch out for the give-away question at the end of the interview. … Continue reading

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Meet Les Petersen …

I have been featuring fantastic female fantasy authors (see disclaimer) but this has morphed into interesting people in the speculative fiction world. Today I’ve invited the talented Les Petersen to drop by. Look out for the give-away at the end … Continue reading

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Winner Felicity Pullman Book Give-away!

Felicity says: First up, my apologies for taking a while to decide the winner, it’s been a frantic couple of weeks and I’m enjoying having some time just to sit and think: Jane Austen vs Charles Darwin – how tempting … Continue reading

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