Tehani Croft Wessely's Blog, page 24
March 6, 2013
In search of a good cup of tea
I like a nice cup of tea. I’m quite content with a good teabag at home, though I experiment with loose tea in a pot too. But I’ve noticed recently how hard it is to get a decent cup when we’re out and about. So few places offer an authentic tea drinking experience! When I pay for tea (and I’m not talking about anything fancy, just a regular tea), I would like loose leaf tea in a teapot, with a china cup. I don’t want a teabag in a teapot. I don’t want a takeaway cup when I’m sitting in. I don...
March 3, 2013
Promoting some Tassie events!
Some really interesting Tassie events coming up (some of which I’m involved in!):
Tasmanian Writers’ Festival– 16-24 March, 2013 (over two weekends).
Book Launch: A Trifle Dead by Livia Day (from Deadlines, a Twelfth Planet Press imprint), Hobart Bookshop, Thursday 28 March, 2013 (more details to follow).
Get Published!Hints on avoiding the pitfalls to success – Saturday 13 April, 2013 (yep, I’m presenting at this one!).
Tagged: book launch, books, Tasmania, writing
February 23, 2013
Saturday driving
Loaded up all the kids (plus bonus Flinthart offspring) yesterday morning and hoyed ourselves off down to Hobart. Dream run down (after 10 minutes by the roadside just after we left, when I realised all the podcasts and music were missing from my phone!) with no stops (no crying baby! no urgent toilet breaks!) to enjoy a lovely four or five hours with Tansy, Finchy & the girls. Far too many ideas now racing through my brain! I love having such creative friends. Not quite as good a trip home,...
February 21, 2013
I’m a once per week blogger
Another week zooms by. I’ve been frantically trying to catch up on my emails, while trying to keep up with the kids’ school and extra-curricular activities, and get two books to print. And I DID get the books done, woo! But still a lot to do before they come out at Conflux – making the book is just the start! (If you’d like to pre-order at a special early bird price, see the FableCroft blog).
We had some news today that is very exciting but also kind of draining – more when I can properly anno...
February 19, 2013
What I’ve been listening to
I don’t get an awful lot of time to listen to podcasts or audiobooks anymore. I don’t do huge chunks of driving as often as I used to, and when I do, it’s almost always with kids in the car. However, when I DO get the chance, I try to catch up on my local spec fic podcasters.
Here’s something you should know about me: I’m relatively intelligent, but the thing is, my spec fic circle friends are all WAY smarter and better read and cooler about EVERYTHING than me! And my spec fic friends feature...
February 18, 2013
Ditmar nominations are now open
via Jeremy G. Byrne
Ditmar Nominations Open
Nominations for the 2013 Australian SF (“Ditmar”) awards are now open
and will remain open until one minute before midnight Canberra time on
Wednesday, 20th of March, 2013 (ie. 11.59pm, GMT+10). Likewise, postal
nominations must be postmarked no later than Wednesday, 20th March, 2013.
The current rules, including Award categories can be found at:
http://wiki.sf.org.au/Ditmar_rules
You must include your name with any nomination. Nominations will be
accepted o...
February 14, 2013
Could I borrow a cup of motivation, please?
It’s been two weeks since my last update and I’ve lost all motivation to do things! We’ve moved, I’ve handed the keys back on the old house (after a number of annoying issues with the removalists and exit stuff, but anyway, moving on) and now I’m supposed to be unpacking. I’m procrastinating on this by working on publishing (which, if you’re going to procrastinate, is a good compromise) and actually getting through some reading again, for the first time in months. Heck, I even did some applyi...
February 13, 2013
New Who in Conversation: Partners in Crime (S04E01)
David is coming to New Who for the first time, having loved Classic Who as a kid. Tehani is a recent convert, and ploughed through Seasons 1 to 6 (so far) in just a few weeks after becoming addicted thanks to Matt Smith – she’s rewatching to keep up with David! Tansy is the expert in the team, with a history in Doctor Who fandom that goes WAY back, and a passion for Doctor Who that inspires us all.
We’re also joined today by guest viewer Lynne M. Thomas, co-editor of the Hugo-winning book Chi...
January 30, 2013
Welcome to the end of the month
How is it the end of January already?! Time is definitely speeding up, I’m certain of it!
Big news this week is we finally got a house to rent! It’s even in the same area as we’re already in, though not nearly as conveniently located and being quite a bit dearer than we’re already paying. However, it’s a bit bigger (5 x 3!), and is in a nice quiet cul de sac, so should be a good move. Removalists booked in for next Friday, so now really have to get moving on the packing thing. Yuck.
I’ve been m...
January 25, 2013
Busy week
It’s amazing how quickly time races when you are busy. This past week or so has been a blur of socialising (mostly kids), house hunting (still no luck) and publishing activities (whose silly idea was it to put two books together at the same time?!). And just like that, another week is gone!
We had extras here for most of the time – Miss MauMau spent Sunday through Friday here with us, while her mum and brothers were away, to give Mr Flinthart a week on his own. The kids had swimming lessons ea...
