If you like the book trailer my (long suffering) husband did for King Rolen’s Kin you may like to drop by this site and vote for it. (You vote in the side bar).
Category Archives: Fun Stuff
Writers are weird
Found this on writers and just had to share it. Apparently there is something going around about why dating a writer is a good idea. And this person has added to it. The original is in blod.
My two favourites are below:
- Writers are really passionate. About writing. Not necessarily about you. Are you writing?
- Writers can think through their feelings. So don’t start an argument unless you’re ready for a very, very lengthy explication of our position, our feelings about your position, and what scenes from our recent fiction the whole thing is reminding us of.
My long suffering husband will vouch for the fact that he has taken me out to dinner only to realise that my head is in a book.
More on SF World Con
Over at the ROR blog, Leanne C Taylor has shared her insight with us after attending a World Con for the first time. Unlike me, she approached it very seriously, took her lap top to panels and made notes.
Now we can all benefit from her diligence …
Thanks, Leanne!
Filed under Conventions, Fun Stuff, Genre
World Con, Again
Nightmare Ball Participants, photographed by Cat Sparks
See my How to Survive a World Con post over at the Solaris When Gravity Fails blog.
And remember it is written tongue-in-cheek!
Filed under Fun Stuff
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 of the Dark Heaven series, the lovely Louise Cusack author and mentor, and Anthony Puttee author of the Johnny Marsh books.
We’ll be talking about promoting your books and this is all part of Logan North Library’s month of Speculative Fiction. So you are sure to see Darth Vader and a Storm Trouper or two!
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 about books, the publishing industry, writing and anything that interests you.
Coffee makes the World go Around … the World go Around … sung to the tune of Money Makes the World go Around from Cabaret!
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 them into art – in the sense that when you stop and look at them they are fascinating and they seem to say something about the human condition. His name is Robert Overweg.
Here is one of his photos from Grand Theft Auto, where he found a way to slide under the world and look up at it.
Here is an article on him and some of his work. There is a dreamlike quaility to his work. Since I find the world a fascinating place anyway, I love this kind of thing, a segue into surrealism!
Filed under creativity, Fun Stuff, The World in all its Absurdity
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 Cory Daniells‘ The Chronicles of King Rolen’s Kin trilogy (The King’s Bastard and The Uncrowned King, out now, and The Usurper, due out next month), we’re holding an all-kings-themed competition.’
All you have to do is name your favourite king. So drop over and try your luck!
Filed under Book Giveaway, Fantasy books, Fun Stuff, Genre, Promoting Friend's Books
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 go to this wiki file. Meanwhile, here are a couple more.
This one is from Overclockers, too. And this last one came through at work.
Don’t you love the internet?
Filed under Fun Stuff, The World in all its Absurdity
Reading as Mental Gymnastics!
Kate over at the Mad Genius Club Shared Blog accused me of being irrepressibly happy (in the nicest possible way). I just can’t help it. Don’t worry, I also have a very black sense of humour. It is how I maintain an even keel.
A scientific study has proven that thinking positive thoughts, eating fruit and veg and reading turn out be the best way to avoide dementia. (See full article here).
They followed 1,433 pensioners for 7 years and studied their habits. And they found:
‘Those with lower reading scores were 18 per cent more likely to develop “mild cognitive impairment or dementia” – the former widely seen as a forerunner of the latter.
Those with depression were 10 per cent more likely to develop it; while those who ate fruit and vegetables less than twice a day were 6.5 per cent more likely to do so.’
So reading was the single factor that contributed towards maintaining mental acuity. There you are. Go out, buy books, keep mentally active. And support writers. I do!
Filed under Fun Stuff, Nourish the Writer, The World in all its Absurdity
