Angela Slatter's Blog, page 157

The Runes of Odin Drive-by: Ben Julien

1. I first knew I was a writer when…I held my first published novel in my hands. Of course, it was the culmination of years of dabbling, then brainstorming, drafting and editing which were all completely new to me. I knew I was a novice in the business, but that if I could do it once, I could, and would
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The Tree Drive-by: Mary Victoria

Mary Victoria has lived EVERYWHERE … or at least in Cyprus, Canada, Sierra Leone, France, the USand the UK. She finally settled in New Zealand, where she writes full time and has produced the wonderful Tymon's Flight, Samiha's Song and Oracle's Fire for the HarperVoyager imprint. She studied
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Moment of intense frustration …

… whilst reading a HR document and finding that selection criteria includes "clear annunciation".

I was unaware of the opportunities in the public service to tell virgins that The Lord was going to be their baby-daddy.

Sweet mother of crap, learn to spell … and enunciate.

Bless you, Sir Walter Besant, you've made my morning.

'The general—the Philistine—view of the Profession, is, first of all, thatit is not one which a scholar and a man of serious views should take up:the telling of stories is inconsistent with a well-balanced mind; to be ateller of stories disqualifies one from a hearing on important subjects.'

From The Art of Fiction.

Apparently, I am the Last Dangerous Carrot

Over at the Battersblog, Lee Battersby asked me for my thoughts about the writer as artist.

I am the last in a long line of folk doing cameos on this topic over here.

Sample:

The topic assigned by the boss of the blog is 'The writer as artist' and
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Weird stuff happens when you're asleep …

Or rather, The Weird Stuff.

The delightful and slightly (okay, very) Weird Jeff VanderMeer introduces me at the Weird Fiction Review.

Behind the scenes, Angela Slatter has been working as WFR's managing editor by, among other efforts, answering queries, working with writers on solicited submissions, and helping coordinate our forthcoming 101
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Writing processes

Over at Nicole Murphy's place I talk about my processes.

T'is here.

The Lair

That is all for the moment.

Signed,

The Evil Drs Brain

PS: Thanks to Kathleen Jennings for our lovely 'portrait'!

 

The Yowie Drive-by: Thoraiya Dyer

Thoraiya (rhymes with Himalaya) Dyer is one of the Australian spec-fic scene's up-and-comers. She is one of TPP's Twelve Planets, the author of Edward Teach (TPP), a vet and an Aurealis Award winning author ("Yowie" from Sprawl). Her work has also appeared in After the Rain (FableCroft), and
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Writing's New Horror: The Book Mum

I've discovered the next big thing in writing … alas, it's not a fantastic new genre.

It's the Book Mum – although fairly, it should probably be called the Book Parent, but so far I've only encountered the female of the species.

The Book Parent is the latest thing in
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