Angela Slatter's Blog, page 146
April 9, 2012
April 3, 2012
New publisher, new book, oh so pretty!
*rubs hands together with glee*
Lovely new publisher, Egaeus Press (brain-child of Master Mark Beech), has produced its first tome, Shadow Plays, by the lovely Reggie Oliver.
Gorgeous looking thing! *waits impatiently for own copy to arrive*
Interesting post from Dr Goss …
… over here, about the line between fantasy and fantasy writers.
For the record, this is precisely how I look when I write … except for the uggs, the dax of track, the bird's best hair and the t-shirt that saw better days prior to the Industrial
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April 1, 2012
So You Want to Write for A Franchise, Or Thanks for My New Kitchen, Mr Lucas: in the Lair with Karen Miller and Sean Williams
As readers of this column know, we regularly and without thought of consequences, kidnap our guests by means of a malfunctioning vortex manipulator. The problem with doing this to people who write Star Wars novels is that they tend to have their own working
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March 29, 2012
Women's History Month over at Gillian's place
Dr Gillian Polack has been running a series of guest posts over on her blog for Women's History Month. There's a whole bunch from folk such as Lisa Hannett, Sue Isle and Donna Maree Hanson.
Mine is there today, about one of my fave painters, Evelyn de
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March 27, 2012
Ursula Le Guin on the Death of the Book being very much exaggerated
Over at Book View Cafe, the legendary Le Guin talks books, reading on screen and writing 'What tosh' in margins.
People love to talk about the death of whatever — the book, or history, or Nature, or God, or authentic Cajun cuisine. Eschatologically-minded people do, anyhow.
After I wrote that,
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March 26, 2012
Tuesday Therapy at the Hannettorium
Joanne Anderton talks disconnecting over here.
March 23, 2012
At long last …
… for many years I have yearned for a pair of Docs.
For the last couple of years, I have covetted those belonging to the Duchess of Darkness, Kirstyn McDermott.
I finally got a pair. Yes, they look the same as Kirstyn's. No, I did
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March 20, 2012
Reign of Tansy: Tuesday Therapy
Meanwhile, over at the Hannettorium …
… the delightful and terribly clever Dr Tansy Rayner Roberts talks small goals.
Huzzah!
