Angela Slatter's Blog, page 136
October 24, 2012
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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October 10, 2012
And so, the sequel became a prequel
After I finished Sourdough and Other Stories I was certain, quite certain, that when I once again began writing in the world of Lodellan, it would be for a sequel. I had – still have – these stories in my head about what happens to Theodora and Faideau
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A truly superb post from Peter M. Ball
Things I would do if I were planning on becoming an indie publisher…
1) LEARN TO WRITE FASTER
To put it bluntly: I wouldn’t even bother epublishing until I was routinely cranking out 2,500 to 3,000 words every day on a regular basis. Admittedly this isn’t necessarily a difficult number
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At the top of the TBR pile …
… is this shiny new anthology, A Season in Carcosa, edited by Joe S. Pulver.
Published by Miskatonic University Press, it contains stories by such leading lights as Allyson Bird, Cate Gardner, Gary McMahon, Simon Stranzas, Laird Barron, Michael Kelly … I could go on. But I won’t.
Suffice to
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