Angela Slatter's Blog, page 172
July 21, 2011
Again with the remiss
Where is my head at? Again with the missing of things.
Go to Read Horror and bathe in the dark glory that is Kirstyn McDermott.
What first attracted you to horror writing??
I've always been a voracious reader and the kinds of stories that have always attracted
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The Ghosts with Teeth Drive-by: Peter Crowther
Peter Crowther is one of those annoyingly multi-talented folk. He's a journalist, short story writer, novelist, editor, publisher, anthologist, and he cannot decide between donuts and danishes – and why should he have to?
His short fiction has appeared in myriad anthologies and magazines, as well as being published
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It's only a matter of time …
… before Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer will be trying to get into this guy's parties … bring bribery cab sav and larcenous brioche … and those little circles of black bread with a schmeer of cream cheese and the world's thinnest slice of smoke salmon on top with only an anorexic caper to keep it company.
Especially when
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July 20, 2011
How have I missed this?
I don't know how I missed this, but consider myself dreadfully remiss. Brain (Lisa L Hannett) did a post on fairy tale girls, which is great. And here in all its clever glory.
A sample:
Lately, I've been thinking about fairy tales.
There was a fantastic panel
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July 19, 2011
The Naked Drive-by: Bella Vendramini
And now for something completely different. We leave the field of spec-fic for a day and peak into the world of actress and author, Bella Vendramini. Nakd in Public is the follow-up to her best-selling debut Biting the Big Apple. I think the press release says
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July 18, 2011
Sale!
This morning I sent a new story, "Winter Children", to PS Publishing.
This evening the kindly gents purchased it for their Postscripts anthology.
*snoopy dancing*
July 17, 2011
Kapow! Thwack! Zok!
One of the things I am constantly at pains to get students and new writers to understand is the physics of your characters' actions. That is: can they physically do what you're telling the reader they are doing? He scratched his backside with his right hand, while
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July 14, 2011
The Girl with No Hands and Kindling
Wait, that sounds wrong. And dangerous.
What I'm trying to say is that The Girl with No Hands and Other Tales (Aurealis Awarded for 2010 Best Collection) is now available as an ebook … or at least as one for the Kindle.
It can be purchased here for
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The Near Zennor Drive-by: Elizabeth Hand
Elizabeth Hand was kind enough to do a drive-by a few months back. Now she's back to answer random horror-related questions. Her contribution to A Book of Horrors, Near Zennor, is one of the novellas in the anthology (there are seven short
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July 13, 2011
Favourite image this week
We watched Torchwood: Miracle Day the other night and it contained my fave image in a long, long time:
Gwen Cooper, Warrior Mum, fully equipped with a look that says 'You're endangering my child and pissing me off. That you continue to do this makes it blatantly obvious that you are not cognizant of the fact that I have a very
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