Angela Slatter's Blog, page 142
August 1, 2012
Reminder to Self
As I sit here, sludging my way through a new story and hating the words that are being extruded, I have to keep reminding myself of first principles.
The main one is that first drafts are brain-vomit. They are meant to suck. They are where you throw everything
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July 31, 2012
Pack your black: Darkness Downunder Horror and Dark Fantasy Writing Panel
And so on 11 August I get to appear on a panel with two of my fave writers and dearest friends at Logan North Library as part of the Logan Sci-Fi and Fantasy Month. Huzzah! Details below:
Where: Logan North Library, 2 – 6 Sports Drive, Underwood
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July 29, 2012
Avaunt, with floppy hat
… or exit stage right, or something.
Yes, finally, last Tuesday I graduated. The PhD whinge shall never be heard again.
It was a good night. Flowers from Brain arrived just before we left home for QPAC. My family (Parentals, Sis, Nephew, Uncle, Aunt, and Significant Other) came along to
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July 24, 2012
And woooohoooo!
In the mail today, The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror 2012 from Prime and the lovely Paula Guran and Sean Wallace. Huzzah!
My extremely rare story “Sun Falls” (rare coz it’s vampire fiction), originally published in Ticonderoga’s Dead Red Heart (Russell B. Farr, ed.) is the third
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July 22, 2012
New books in the mail
An embarrassment of riches in the mail 
. Particularly loving the cover of Cashore’s Bitterblue (Graceling and Fire also had FTW covers).
Peek of sneak
Here is a sneak peek at the cover for Midnight and Moonshine, by the very talented and patient Kathleen Jennings (that’s the cover, not the book, which is by us, Lisa and I). More soon!
In the meantime, I am using the last shreds of July to write all
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July 15, 2012
The Lair’s Just So, So Special: Robert Shearman
Par Kathleen Jennings
We love writer, director and playwright Robert Shearman – we don’t even have to kidnap him. He travels quite willing to the country of interview and stays for tea and cupcakes. It’s such a nice change, not to have to go through all that kerfuffle with
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The unquiet quiet
Yes, this place has been very quiet … still.
Sorry.
In my defence, I’ve been finishing Midnight and Moonshine with Lisa.
We’ve sent it to Russ the Publisher.
Now it’s back to a kind of normality.
A kind.
In apology, I offer an historic LOL and the promise that, tomorrow, the Lair of the
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July 7, 2012
By the Weeping Gate audio
A Kathleen Jennings original – just coz she rocks
My reading from “By the Weeping Gate” (part of the Bitterwood Bible suite) is now available for listening here.
Thanks, Kate Evans.
July 4, 2012
By the Weeping Gate
Thomas Canty’s No one Home (I think that’s the title!)
My reading from the new story “By the Weeping Gate”, which I did in April at the Avid Reader Salon (in the train of the Margo Lanagan Experience ) will be played on
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