Angela Slatter's Blog, page 158
November 7, 2011
I'm not a horror writer's bootstrap
Yes, I know, strange saying, but it belong to my grandma Maisie and she was a font of strange sayings, many of which have been passed down to my mother, sister and I.
But back to my point – yes, I frequently have one, I just forget where I
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In the mail
Books and a bag!
Ian Irvine's new one: Vengeance, Book One in the Tainted Realms series.
Richard Morgan's The Cold Commands, Book Two in the Land Fit for Heroes series. 
And a handy bag from Jo Fletcher Books.
November 6, 2011
A Writer's (bad) Habits
The lovely Nicole Murphy asked me about my writerly habits. I tried to answer honestly over here.
Short Story Doctor
This is the Short Story Doctor (art courtesy of the most talented Kathleen Jennings).
Adorable, ain't she?
You just can't see the flensing knives.
She will be making a more permanent appearance very soon.
Beautiful Carrots
Lisa Hannett talks about the writer as artist over at the Battersblog.
In February 1880, William Morris delivered a lecture before the Birmingham Society of Arts and School of Design, which was later published in a book called Hopes and Fears for Art. It was during this public lecture,
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November 5, 2011
The signed copy of Sourdough
… has been won by the delightful Murray Ewing of West Sussex.
I shall attach it to a very large pigeon and send it on its way next week!
November 3, 2011
Joining the Twitterverse
In a decision I may live to regret, I have joined the League of World-wide Twits.
Peter M. Ball predicts it will set off some kind of Doom Apocalypse – or at least a chorus from Mental as Anything's Apocalypso – I cannot say with certaintly that he is wrong.
Follow me, if ye dare: @AngelaSlatter
Ps: the other half of the Brain
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November 2, 2011
Popty ping, your Fry is ready
Thanks to you, Mr Fry, I now know about the 'popty ping'.
Last night's QI was wonderful.
I think we got the pick of the Australian comedians on the panel last night – Wil Anderson (I think you're quite hot, Wil, but please don't wear skinny jeans) and Colin Lane
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Veni, Vidi, Flensi
Or Angeline Latin for I came, I saw, I flensed.
Alan Baxter tells the story of having a story flensed by at the Brains' Flensing Boot Camp run by Lisa Hannett and Angela Slatter.
Brace yourselves.
flense verb, flensed, flens·ing
1. to strip the blubber or the skin from (a whale, seal,
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