Jennifer Fallon's Blog, page 25

First Tuesday Book Club interview - podcast

I was interviewed at  Sydney Supanova last year by the ABC's First Tuesday Book Club show, and just recently discovered the interview has been posted on their website.

The link is here. You'll need to scroll down the page a bit (past Sonny Wh...

More on advances - the evil side of vanity publishing

 After my post on advances the other day (which blew my daily average hits out of the water...LOL) I thought I'd share this excellent article by Catie Murphy from magicwords.com about publishing your own work, which is known in the industry as t...

Running out of time...

Just another gentle reminder for those folks in Sydney and Perth wanting to get their tickets for the World Building Master Class.

Although you can buy tickets at the door, be aware the price goes up considerably if you book and pay at Supanova
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Heading home from Uluru...

I'm at the hotel, on the reception internet computers (at $2 per 6 mins) because I couldn't be bothered unpacking the laptop. I'm here because it's freezing in my room and reception is all made of glass (so you can see Ayers Rock). It's minus 1C outs...

Publishing 101 ? Advances

In response to a question in the comments a couple of days ago, I am going to give you a brief overview of how advances work. Please bear in mind that these are generalities, and that for every rule there is an exception.

When you sell a book to a...

You'll never guess where I am...

Give up?

I'm at the Yulara Resort. At Ayers Rock.

So, is the view from my room this?


Nope... it's this...



Some people have all the luck:)

On the upside, I got a ride in two ambulances today and they let me turn the siren on...
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Wolfblade goes to reprint... again!

Got some grat news in the post this morning. Wolfblade has gone to reprint in the UK again.
THat's the fourth print run in less than a year.
Either someone is buying it or they're using it to prop up the shelves in the warehouse...hahaha
Thanks to...

We interrupt this blog for a Public Service Announcement (of the World Building variety)

It's getting closer...

And I need to know how many workbooks to print!

What the World Building Master Class is all about:
Speculative Fiction Theory

Familiarisation 
Defamiliarisation
Novums 
Refamiliarisatio...

Fallon strikes back!

Ha Ha wretched pussy cats who run down the stairs to the door at the bottom and meow constantly, drive poor Mount Bruce mad.
I will have my vengeance!
Today the Scat Mat arrived. That's right, I now have an electrified mat at the top of the stairs ...

Who really rules my keyboard....