Angela Slatter's Blog, page 154

Alan Baxter considers Spectral Press

Here.

The Nightsiders Drive-by: Sue Isle

WA author Sue Isle is the author of the YA fantasy Scale of Dragon, Tooth of Wolf. She is an Aurealis and Ditmar nominee, as well as an Aurealis winner for Best Fantasy Short Story with "The Woman of Endor". Her short stories have appeared in Orb, ASIM,
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Over at Weird Fiction Review

The delovely James Crossley raises a glass to Aitken's The Monkey's Wedding.

T'is here.

Today requires …

… an otter or two.

Some wise words over at Tuesday Therapy

Lisa Hannett's Tuesday Therapy blog today features Lee Battersby on the Nagging Call of Ambition.

Don't waste your time comparing yourself to other writers.

Go here for ze rest.

Western Weird

Over at Suvudu, Lisa Hannett performs a guest essay on the Weird West in Fiction, which is well worth a read.

Thinking of the American mid-West conjures up images of cowboys and desperadoes, dusty plains and wild mountain ranges, Stetsons and sheriffs and shoot-outs. Usually, calling a story a
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Snoopy Dancing news

Great news the other day: I finished (at last!) my first piece of fiction since I submitted my brain-shredding PhD. The idea occurred to me about 4 weeks post-PhD but then it took me about 7 weeks to finally get everything on paper and then edited and polished
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Considering Weird Ink

Over at the Weird Fiction Review, Lisa L. Hannett talks about Weird Ink, examining and apreciating Beardsley, Gorey and Niffenegger in all their weird glory.

Go here.

Tuesday Therapy on, err, Wednesday

Forgive me. In my defence I was somewhat distracted by sleepless haikus.

Lisa Hannett givesAdvice on the obsessiveFrom La K McD.

See what I did there? Sorry, tired again.

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Oh dear, post-midnight haikus

At Clarion South a few years ago, our weeks 1 & 2 tutor, Sean Williams, made us start our days by writing a haiku.

I thought I'd gotten over it after much therapy, but noooooooooooooooo.

After midnight last night, unable to sleep, I found myself posting mournful and terrible haikus to FB.

The
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