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February 4, 2013
Wynnum Library on Saturday
This Saturday, 9 Feb, I am teaching this. Although the BCC program have it down for 1.5hrs, I’m teaching for 2 (whether anyone likes it or not).
An introduction to sci-fi and fantasy writing
Date
Saturday, February 09, 2013
Time
10:30 am – 12:00 pm EAST
Venue
Wynnum Library
Bookings
Required. Please phone (07) 3403 8888
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February 3, 2013
Speculative Fiction Festival 2013
And the program for the New South Wales Writers Centre Speculative Fiction Festival 2013 has just been released. An awesome line-up including Kate Forsyth, Juliet Marillier, Pamela Freeman, Kim Wilkins, Melina Marchetta, and Garth Nix.
It’s on Saturday 16 March; details and the program can be found
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Today, there is this …
… I’m putting all my scribbled edits on Hallowmass (the novel formerly known as Brisneyland-By-Night) into the electronic copy. This particular chunk is 14k of the third quarter of the book, and my edits range from detailed corrections to notes to myself in the form of [INSERT SOMETHING
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February 1, 2013
Once Upon a Time: New Fairy Tales
It never rains but it pours when you’re a writer. Long periods of crying in the wilderness, just you and your antique typewriter working away, getting sand in the crevices and seeming to achieve not much else.
Then all the lines you’ve thrown out start to move.
This morning
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Locus Review *causing high kicks to be done around the living room*
So, the delightful Faren Miller has reviewed Midnight and Moonshine in the latest Locus (which you should totally go and buy) AND Midnight and Moonshine made the Locus Recommended Reading List.
The things we call collections range all the way from gatherings of stories so
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When I’m Not Writing
Over at the lovely Stacey H. Lee‘s very pretty site, I talk about what I do When I’m Not Writing.
Go here!
Betcha can guess.
January 30, 2013
January 29, 2013
My Precious!!
Warning: may contain an article by me about polishing your work through critiquing.
And stuff.
Sarah Pinborough: Spreading the Mayhem
I recently discovered the work of multi-talented UK author Sarah Pinborough. I devoured the Dog-Faced Gods trilogy with delight, relish and a dash of mustard. Ms P doesn’t know me from a bar of soap but was still kind enough to answer some questions.
Her work is
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January 28, 2013
Exegesis, Part the Third: Mosaic
Kay Nielsen
Continuing the posts of the exegetical component of my PhD – no criticism intended, merely analysis. This section looks at mosaic novels and other forms of fragmented storytelling.
Part Three: Mosaic
‘My lies and the fragments of truth I remember mingle so well that I can hardly recognise
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