Angela Slatter's Blog, page 119

The Bitterwood Bible

And so, I have finished editing the ms for The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings as it stands – which is at 77,000 fairly respectable words. I now have three stories left to write in order to finish the collection: “The Bitterwood Bible”, “Terrible As An Army With Banners”, and “Spells
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Book Haul

Yes, I’m still here, lurking. I’m just trying to finish a bunch of projects so I can concentrate on the Fellowship. My days are full to say the least.

But that doesn’t mean the book haul stops. These arrived yesterday and caused much Snoopy dancing.

 

I’ve been meaning to …

… post about this for a few weeks, but life has been interfering.

So, here it is, Sarah Pinborough’s most excellent novel Mayhem, which seamlessly blends Jack the Ripper with the Thames Torso Murders, not to mention elements of mythology and the recreation of a very believable Victorian London.

It’s thrilling, it’s gruesome,
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A Book! In a Day!

No, not me – I did my stint on that last year for the 24Hr Book.

This one belongs to the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild – they’ve done it before, they’ll do it again!

This one is to raise funds for Paediatrics at the Canberra Hospital (PatCH) and will occur on Sunday 4
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Queensland Writers Fellowship

Dr Stuart Glover, Kris Olsson, Patrick Holland, Dr Angela Slatter, Minister Ian Walker

So, this morning I went over to the State Library of Queensland for the awarding of the inaugural Queensland Writers Fellowships, which is an initiative of the
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Out in the wild …

Yes, A Killer Among Demons is out there roaming the hills and dales, peeking in your windows and stealing your laundry, and any apple pies you may have left to cool on the window sill.

The actual, physical paperback-ish thing can be acquired from here.

Checking-in to Apartment 16: Adam Nevill

British writer Adam LG Nevill has garnered praise for his visceral yet nuanced horror stories, as well as comments such as “The next Stephen King”.

So, not too shabby.

I recently read The Ritual, which not only reinforced all my prejudices against camping, but also impressed me with its finely
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This, just this

Thanks, Sebastien Millon

What I’ve been working on

The last month has been spent writing the first draft of a novella, which has been variously called The Witches of Whitechapel and now The Witch’s Scale.

I finished tidying the first brain-vomit draft last night, so my plan now is to let it percolate in a bottom drawer for a few weeks
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Now this is …

Photo by Sue Wright @DrimzelRoad

… precisely the sort of marketing one needs.

Thanks, Sue Wright, for tweeting this happy-making image.