Angela Slatter's Blog, page 167
August 31, 2011
And a very Happy Birthday to …
… the lovely Kate Eltham, QWC CEO, talented writer of zombie lit (Z-Lit), ebook crusader, book nerd, tech-geek, and all-round delightful powerhouse.
Happy birthday, Kate!
xxx
August 30, 2011
The eMergent Drive-by: Jodi Cleghorn
Jodi Cleghorn won this year's Kris Hembry Encouragement Award at the Aurealis Awards ceremony in May – yet another sign, if one was needed, that's she's becoming a force to be reckoned with in the Australian writing scene. She is one half of an indie publishing house run
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Over here …
… the gorgeous and talented Kaaron Warren talks to the equally gorgeous and talented Margo Lanagan about story sparks, specifically the spark for one of my faves "The Goosle". This is as creepy a version of "Hansel and Gretel" as I have ever hoped to see.
Well,
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August 29, 2011
I can't get an agent! What do I do?
You've got a few choices:
1. Be your own agent. You'll need to be up on legalese and contract-speak, advances and rights, so think carefully whether you want to spent a lot of your energy on this side of the business.
2. Keep looking for an agent in a Pollyanna'ish attack of optimism. Don't despair – the right agent may just come
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Nice reviews
Interesing idea from Hugh McGuire: An Open, Webby, Book-Publishing Platform
Over at O'Reilly Radar, Hugh McGuire talks about using WordPress as a book publishing platform.
Over at
Over at Dagan Books, they are telling us about the:
6 Mistakes People Make In Their Cover Letters (FISH anthology edition)
28 Aug
When submitting a story to Dagan Books, authors often make one of several common errors, not in the story itself, but in the accompanying email. While these mistakes rarely
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August 25, 2011
The Coffin-maker's Drive-by: Angela Slatter
Oh, honestly, you know what I look like!
To save me from the ignominy of talking to myself, Stephen Jones kindly asked me questions. Here's the opening of "The Coffin-Maker's Daughter", which is my A Book of Horrors story.
The door is a rich red wood, heavily carved with improving
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August 24, 2011
Lisa Hannett does a cameo over at Shimmer!
Lisa's story "Gutted" recently appeared in one of my favourite magazines, the very lovely Shimmer. To go with the story, she wrote a blog post entitled Short Story Collections: Gathering Places for Infinite Worlds.
Imagine yourself at a party.
Not just any old party. There are no paper hats with
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The Hall of Lost Footsteps
This is the long-awaited short story collection of the lovely Sara Douglass.
The Hall of Lost Footsteps is available for pre-order from Ticonderoga Publications.
You know you want it.
