Angela Slatter's Blog, page 122
May 6, 2013
Yes, I am still here …
The Scream by Munch
… you can hear me breathing and no, not in a creepy phonecall kind of way.
Having returned from the whirlwind of Conflux in Canberra, barely escaping mummification by the hotel’s heating system (BTW: if you need somewhere to mummify a body, talk to me), I
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May 2, 2013
Sleeper
I’m really happy to be able to reveal this cover for my mate SM Johnston’s first book. Sleeper is book one of her Toy Soldiers series, coming atchya from Entranced Publishing.
The blurb for this new adult book reads:
After a life saving heart transplant, eighteen-year-old Mishca Richardson is plagued by
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May 1, 2013
Australian Women Writers of Outstanding Horror and Dark Fantasy: A Not Quite Top Ten
Hecate by William Blake
So, I think we may have *just* missed Women in Horror month, but that shouldn’t stop you from checking out Lisa Hannett’s latest post over at This is Horror. Any time is a good time to read creepy stuff by excellent women writers.
Go
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April 29, 2013
Toolkit for Writers
Just in case no one’s thought to mention it, I’m teaching a day-time course for Queensland Writers Centre, starting on 8 May.
It’s the Toolkit for Writers, and will take place on Wednesdays 8, 15, 22 and 29, from 10.30am to 12.30pm. There are still a few places left.
Blurb:
Learn the narrative tools
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April 22, 2013
Mail causes Snoopy Dancing
Okay, this is what arrived in this morning’s mail – sorry for the dodgy video (hey, I’m a writer, not a cinematographer), but I wanted to show how gorgeous and special this book is. A Book of Horrors, super-mega-ultra-special edition.
April 21, 2013
Professionals -v- Amateurs
Dear Writers,
Professionals have a range of bios of varying lengths and depths that can be tweaked at a moment’s notice when an editor asks you for it.
Amateurs shudder, throw themselves on fainting couches and howl ‘Whatever shall I say about myself in the third person!?’
So, noobs, here is your task for
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THE YEAR’S BEST AUSTRALIAN FANTASY & HORROR 2012
The ToC for the latest YBAF&H (yes, you *should* sing that to the tune of “YMCA”) has been released into the community – on parole, really, with little chance of it respecting its good behaviour bond. With fiction from the likes of Margo Lanagan, Lisa L. Hannett, Alan Baxter, Kathleen Jennings,
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April 14, 2013
Conflux 2013
So, the Conflux program is now live.
This is the NatCon for 2013, so probably the biggest gathering the tribe will see in Oz this year.
I’m doing a late night panel on Old and New Fairy Tales (with Lisa Hannett, Leife Shallcross and Jenny Blackford) on Thursday 24 April at 9pm,
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April 12, 2013
The Night Stair
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
So, with “St Dymphna’s” in the bag for now, I’ve started on a new Bitterwood Bible story. Here is an extract from “The Night Stair”.
The Night Stair
The Steward is a tall man, entirely bald, gaunt in the face, yet rotund in the belly. His legs in
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April 10, 2013
St Dymphna’s – Redux
John Singer Sargent, The Misses Vickers
So, “St Dymphna’s School for Poison Girls” has had a redrafting, which means the beginning is a bit more interesting than the version I posted a few weeks ago. It is also, at 15 112 words, the longest short story I’ve
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