Angela Slatter's Blog, page 136
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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October 9, 2012
The Drawing Room
And so on Monday Oct 29th I’ll be in The Drawing Room on Radio National with Waleed Aly and Wesley Enoch, director of David Williamson’s Managing Carmen. We’ll be talking about stuff. Live to air (so, I will need to turn down my Billy Connolly dial) at 6.40pm.
In my head, The Drawing Room looks like this. [image error]
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October 5, 2012
October 3, 2012
Unquotable Quotes
As we struggle to the end of all the required ‘stuff’ required to get a book out into the world, we thought we’d share some of our less-than-successful requests for cover quotes. Note: none of this may have happened.
George R.R. Martin: Who the FUCK are these people?
Neil Gaiman:
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The Maiden in the Ice
Rackham’s Undine.
Whilst walking around the park yesterday (trying to psych myself into a jog), I came up with the plot for another of The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings stories.
I’ve had the title “The Maiden in the Ice” bouncing around for a while, but with no real ideas
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Good advice
8 Rules of Writing from Grandmaster Gaiman, as laid out over at Maria Popova’s Brain Pickings. 
Write
Put one word after another. Find the right word, put it down.
Finish what you’re writing. Whatever you have to do to finish it, finish it.
The rest is here.
October 2, 2012
Jo Fletcher asked, and Lo, I did it …
… wrote a little piece about writing and winning a British Fantasy Award.
The writing game is a fickle beastie.
It’s not all splash and dash – any writer will tell you that very few aspects of the life move swiftly (well, except for money out of wallets and the
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Lovely Jo Fletcher Books are Lovely
As is the lovely Jo Fletcher herself. 
