Angela Slatter's Blog, page 196
October 28, 2010
New: Dark Fiction Magazine
Snurched from the blog of writer-reviewer Simon Marshall-Jones is advice of a new thingy: LONDON, MIDLANDS AND MANCHESTER, UK, 26 Oct 2010. Dark Fiction Magazine (www.darkfictionmagazine.co.uk) is pleased to announce the launch of a new service for fans of genre fiction. Beginning Oct … Continue reading →
A repost – unlike refried beans
From Crackpot Palace, a repost: The inimitable Jeffrey Ford advises that that Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded is out and about. Steampunk Reloaded, an anthology edited by Jeff and Ann VanderMeer, from Tachyon, is reportedly out in book stores. It contains my story about a … Continue reading →
*grumble*
A breach in the hull of my house on Wed night saw the significant other trundling over at 11 at night with wire and all manner of manly toolbox items to do a quick fix. As a result of the … Continue reading →
October 26, 2010
New feature: a Bestiary
Okay, so my plan is to gradually post entries on the Bestiary page for all the writers who've been kind enough/foolish enough to do drive-bys with me. This will be done as wit and time allow. Here's one I prepared earlier …
A Flying Monkey Drive-by: Aidan Doyle
Aidan Doyle is a Clarion South 2009 survivor. Quotes for which he will be remembered are: "Bears are my unicorns", "The zombies didn't work for me from a programming perspective", and "Needs more monkeys". He is a traveller, writer, computer … Continue reading →
October 25, 2010
Wooot! Publishers Weekly reviews Sourdough and Other Stories
I haz a star – that's good, right? Web Exclusive Sourdough and Other Stories Angela Slatter, Tartarus (www.tartaruspress.com), $50 (238p) ISBN 9781905784257 Australian author Slatter (Black-Winged Angels) displays a rare gift for evocative and poetic prose in this collection of … Continue reading →
October 21, 2010
Awesome Post
From the virtual pen of Deanna Hoak, Zen and the Art of Copyediting, which lives here. In fact, go over here for regular visits, for there is much useful goodness. Every once in a while, I get a request from … Continue reading →
October 20, 2010
Hint
If you decide to remove a character at some point in a story, make it one of your duties to go through and excise that character from the rest of the text. Similarly, if you change someone's name/profession/appearance/superpower, go and … Continue reading →
October 19, 2010
A Mondy Drive-by: Ian Mond
Mondy (him on the left, tormenting Rob Shearman) has written Dr Who stories featuring the Dr and Bernice Summerfield for Big Finish Productions. He's been Tuckerised in Kate Orman's novel Blue Box.What else do you need to know? Is that not enough … Continue reading →
October 18, 2010
A word from Alan Baxter
Over here, Alan Baxter contemplates the different ways of getting a reader in … grabbed by the throat or gently teased? I've been thinking about the generally accepted premise that you need to grab readers in the first few lines … Continue reading →
