Angela Slatter's Blog, page 178
May 11, 2011
Swancon Booty
Behold, the reasons why my luggage was so damned heavy on the way back from Perth … in addition to the books in the con showbag … and there may have been some clothing purchased too (shhhhhhh!).
Love and Romanpunk by Tansy Rayner Roberts. I mentioned this before in
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Cat Vallente's Confessions of a Fairy Tale Addict
Read it, for she is clever.
A long while ago, someone emailed me to tell me that, as much as they wanted to like my work, they just couldn't read another goddamned fairy tale. It was too much, they said. Everyone's doing it. There's no there there.
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May 10, 2011
The Gilgamesh Drive-by: Amanda Pillar
Amanda Pillar is one of those talented combo-folk: both writer and editor. Her short stories have been published in anthologies such at More Scary Kisses ('Philomena and the Blond God') and Dead Red Heart ('Out of the Grave'). She is also Editor-in-Chief for Morrigan Books, which has produced
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If you are a Michael Connelly fan and you are in Brisbane …
… then you should come along and watch the smartest woman I know having a chat with him. Dr Donna Hancox is indulging her not-so-secret love affair with the crime genre in a fairly public way. And it's free.
Details:
Brisbane Wednesday 25 May 6.30 pm
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
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May 9, 2011
Swancon – Part Deux (or Stop Nagging Me, McDermott)
Part Two
On Friday morning we finally made it to the con proper (as opposed to simply being located in the same city and a bit around the block from it), we schlepped to the Hyatt and registered. There's always a lovely sensation when you walk into a con hotel and see faces you don't usually see except for a few
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Perfect Gift for the Writer in Winter
Gaye Abandon on madeit.com.au has the perfect gift for Winter writers … for more designs, go here.
Nature Stuff
We went for a drive to Springbrook on Saturday for a picnic and some bushwalking and the required reward for walks at Springbrook: fudge from the Fudge Shop.
And then there was Swancon
Con Report – Part the First
Yes, at last I get around to writing my con report – past experience has shown that I tend to leave this for far too long and then end up writing something along the lines of 'I went to [insert location here] and stuff happened and much of it was awesome'. This time I will
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May 7, 2011
Liff by Bob – It's Not Quite Life
One of my oldest friends in the entire world is also one of the most talented cartoonists and artists I know. He's started a comic strip, Liff, which lives here. He is also a very funny person and you should go an have a look at Robert O'Connor's site. Go. Shoo!
May 5, 2011
Mind Meld at SF Signal
The latest mind meld from SF Signal is about world-buidling and who you learned the greatest lessons from … when I say 'you' I mean Michael Moorcock, Patrick Rothfuss, Gail Carriger, N K Jemisin, Paolo Bacigalupi, Ekaterina Sedia and a host of others.
Oh, and me.
Why, yes. Yes, I
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