Angela Slatter's Blog, page 135
October 29, 2012
The Drawing Room – in which I try to sound less like Ralph Wiggam than usual
So this eve I headed over to the ABC Studios at Southbank and had a chat with Waleed Aly and Wesley Enoch (Artistic Director of the Queensland Theatre Company).
Hopefully I sounded okay – although I did manage to hideously mangle Nnedi Okorafor’s name, for which I apologise –
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October 25, 2012
Again, art blast
Another Chrissy Ellsworth piece, the cover for Shimmer‘s issue 4, 2006.
Illustrating my story “Bluebeard”, in that issue.
October 24, 2012
Oh, and also …
… revisiting some art from the past. The lovely Chrissy Ellsworth did this gorgeous piece, which was used as the inspiration for my story “Dresses, three” that appeared in Shimmer‘s Art Issue in 2008 (methinks).
October 22, 2012
Yesterday’s moment of happiness
These arrived yesterday, the very beautiful Year’s Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2011 (thanks, Liz and Talie and Russ), AND a pre-release copy of Midnight and Moonshine.
Our gorgeous book, over which Lisa and I slaved and slaved and slaved, is a reality at last.
*gleeful Snoopy dancing*
Over at On Fiction Writing …
… I’m on The Rack.
Which means, yes, again, I am talking, talking, always talking ad infinitum – rather like the Doctor. Yes, I know I’m a Doctor too, but I have neither fez, nor bowtie, nor TARDIS. 
But then again, talking.
The lady made
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October 18, 2012
The Undone and the Divine
I seem to be particularly bad at not writing this Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings book. “The Undone and the Divine” has raised its head and insisted upon making its way onto paper. Here is the opening:
The ghosts spend their days profitably, doing precisely what they did in
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October 17, 2012
Review the Second
The lovely Jason Nahrung has reviewed Midnight and Moonshine over at ASIF (Australian Speculative Fiction in Focus). Huzzah!
The pedigree of Midnight and Moonshine was promising from the outset, right down to the cover design. Artist Kathleen Jennings was nominated this year for her artwork at the
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October 14, 2012
Today …
… is back-at-the-novel-day.
It’s also, coincidentally, the first quiet day I’ve had in the two weeks since the British Fantasy Awards were announced. I’ve spent large chunks of that time talking about myself – which is not my usual setting and, quite frankly, I’m sick of me. This period
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October 11, 2012
Sandpaper & Salt
So, Tessa Kum is available to edit your work and her flensing services are second to none. That is all you really need to know. Go here. 
Not quite convinced? How about listening to Jeff VanderMeer?
“I highly recommend Tessa’s demolition process. I still remember with fondness
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