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2011 publications

For my own and others' reference, here are the stories I published last year:'Catastrophic Disruption of the Head' (9800 words), in The Wilful Eye, vol. 1 of Tales from the Tower, ed. Isobelle Carmody and Nan McNab, Allen & Unwin 'The Proving of Smollett Standforth' (4800), in Ghosts by Gaslight: Stories of Steampunk and Supernatural Suspense, ed. Jack Dann and Nick Gevers, HarperCollins'Mulberry

Tender Morsels is published in Russian

Translated by Nadia Sechkina—we corresponded by email during the translation, and at the end she wrote me a lovely email saying: "You know, I had not shed a tear during the 4 months of translation, but I really wept over the book, several times, when I was editing my work as if I was reading about Liga and her daughters for the first time."So you can be sure it has lost none of its

Last day of the year

So, my 2012 looks like this.Publications:The selkie novel, in February: in Aus. Sea Hearts, in the UK The Brides of Rollrock Island. The US will also use the Brides title, when the book's published there in September. I've just sent off the copy edits for that edition, and received early copies of the printed Australian and UK editions, both very pretty.The Twelfth Planet Press collection of four

Quick note re grant apps

This, from over here, struck me as spot on for grant applications:The thing to avoid is the "To whom it may concern…." person appearing. It's amazing how many people when they sit down to write down something become someone else. The "To whom it may concern" person suddenly appears. You don't talk like that. So don't [write your application] like that. Make sure that you can see you in your [

Christmas e-gift? Tender Morsels e-book bundle

Right now, from, say, Readings or Avid Reader, you can buy an e-copy of Tender Morsels, bundled with the Black Juice story 'Singing My Sister Down'.That's two World Fantasy Award winners in the one bundle, and for only $9.99.Make someone you love cry this Christmas—in a good way.I'm just about to sign an agreement to have my whole Allen & Unwin backlist come out as e-books within 12 months or so.

November...

...has whizzed by, hasn't it? I've been doing NaNoWriMo(nth-and-a-half), hoping to finish a scratchy first draft of a novel by mid-December, for workshopping purposes (well, I'm hoping ROR will reveal to me the novel towards which this draft is directing its stabbings-in-the-dark), and I'm up to nearly 40K—I definitely won't make the 50K needed to 'win', but I will have 40K+ words on a new novel

The Brides of Rollrock Island (UK) cover

Yes, so I think the title-wrangling is all done with now, and that the selkie novel will be called Sea Hearts in Australia, and The Brides of Rollrock Island in the UK and the US. Here is the British cover, and appropriately bridely it is, no?Apologies for a slack month's no-blogging. Was I really that busy? Well, there were the two book talks, both of which went off very well. There was the

Sea Hearts Australian cover

Whatcher reckon? :)

Conversations with two writers, 10 and 11 October

If you're going to be in or near Newtown on Monday night, you must book yourself in for the Better Read Than Dead launch/conversation of Krissy Kneen's new hottie, Triptych: an erotic adventure. Yes, you must! Click on the left for embiggenment and info.For a different, altogether moodier, more mysterious and fantastical event, please come and see me in conversation with Mette Jakobsen about her

Around the traps

I haven't blogged a lot here lately, but I've been on other people's blogs a bit. Click on these.Here at because writing is my vice I talk about reading and writing, and list some favourite books.Over at Ripping Ozzie Reads I talk about judging literary competitions and grant applications.And very soon I'll be appearing in the Fablecroft blog's series of posts about indie presses.In other news,