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September 12, 2013
Peeking into the writing space of Karen Miller #WhereWritersWrite
The writing space of Karen Miller.
Who writes here?
Karen Miller
Who’s that?
Karen Miller is a fantasy author residing in Sydney. She’s the author of the bestselling Mage series, the Godspeaker trilogy, three Star Wars and two Stargate novels. As K E Mills she writes the Rogue Agent series. The first book in her new series, The Tarnished Crown, will be on the shelves in 2014.
Where can I read more about this fabulous author?
http://www.karenmiller.net/index.cfm
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Some other photos of Karen’s writing space…
Karen’s writing space.
More of Karen’s writing space!
Whose writing space can we see tomorrow?
Felicity Pullman
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September 11, 2013
Peeking into the writing space of @KaaronWarren #WhereWritersWrite
The writing space of Kaaron Warren.
Who writes here?
Kaaron Warren
Who’s that?
Kaaron Warren is the author of over 100 short stories, four short story collections and three novels: Slights, (which won an Australian Shadows Award, a Ditmar Award and a Canberra Critics awards), the Walking the Tree (which was shortlisted for a Ditmar Award), and Mistification (also shortlisted for a Ditmar Award). Her latest short story collection is The Gate Theory. Her novella Sky (from her short story collection Through Splintered Walls) was recently shortlisted for a World Fantasy Award and has already won a Shirley Jackson Award and an Aurealis Award for Best Horror Story.
Where can I read more about this fabulous author?
http://kaaronwarren.wordpress.com/
Extra Notes:
This is my space at the moment. Soundtrack from The Crow playing loudly on the stereo, to drown out the noise of the workmen building my new studio!
Whose writing space can we see tomorrow?
Karen Miller
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September 10, 2013
Peeking into the writing space of @DavidMHenley #WhereWritersWrite
The writing space of David Henley.
Who writes here?
David Henley
Who’s that?
David Henley runs Seizure Magazine and works for the publishing house Xoum. He does special contract and publishing jobs for the creative industries. The Hunt for Pierre Jnr is his first major release, but he also has some quirky and obscure works in his shady past.
Where can I read more about this fabulous author?
Extra Notes:
I write everywhere I can. I write on my rooftop, in cafes, and on holiday 
Another writing space of David Henley.
The writing subsistence of David Henley.
Whose writing space can we see tomorrow?
Kaaron Warren
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September 9, 2013
Peeking into the writing space of @LeeBattersby #WhereWritersWrite
The writing space of Lee Battersby.
Who writes here?
Lee Battersby
Who’s that?
Lee Battersby is the author of The Corpse-Rat King. Lee has also sold over seventy short stories in Australia, Europe and the US, as well as poetry, reviews, and interviews. A collection of his work was published in Through Soft Air. Lee has won an Aurealis Award, an Australian Shadows Award (twice), and an Australian SF ‘Ditmar’ Award. He was the first Western Australian to win the Writers of the Future competition. The sequel to The Corpse-Rat King, Marching Dead, will be published shortly.
Where can I read more about this fabulous author?
Extra Notes:
See attached photo (below) for the beautiful carved wood desk and desktop computer….. that my kids use for their homework! And the cruddy old laptop at the dining room table (see above) where, you guessed it, I do my work
Where Lee Battersby should be writing!
Whose writing space can we see tomorrow?
David Henley
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September 8, 2013
Peeking into the writing space of Claire Corbett @ccorbettauthor #WhereWritersWrite
The writing space of Claire Corbett.
Who writes here?
Claire Corbett
Who’s that?
Claire Corbett is the author of the internationally acclaimed novel When We Have Wings, which has been shortlisted for Barbara Jefferis Award and for a Ned Kelly Award. Claire has had stories, essays and journalism broadcast on Radio National and published in Splash (Penguin), Re:Publica (A&R), Cinema Papers, Rolling Stone, Picador New Writing and The Sydney Morning Herald, among others. Her essay The Last Space Waltz? Reflections on 2001: A Space Odyssey and NASA, was shortlisted for the 2012 ABR CAL Essay Prize. She has completed a Varuna Mentorship, she teaches Popular Fiction at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), and is a doctoral candidate at the University of Western Sydney.
Where can I read more about this fabulous author?
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Decided to do something a little different as it’s a commonplace that writers write in cafes and Leura is famous for its cafes. Here’s a shot of the lovely garden at Cafe Bon Ton in Leura. I have done editing work in this cafe and had meetings with my publisher, Annette Barlow, here.
Whose writing space can we see tomorrow?
Lee Battersby
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September 7, 2013
Peeking into the writing space of Jason Fischer @jasonifischerio #WhereWritersWrite
The writing space of Jason Fischer.
Who writes here?
Jason Fischer
Who’s that?
Jason Fischer is the author of the YA zombie apocalypse novel Quiver and over thirty short stories. He is a graduate of the Clarion South Writers Workshop and a winner of both the Writers of the Future contest and the Australian Horror Writers Association Short Story and Flash Fiction Competitions. He has been shortlisted in the Aurealis Awards, the Ditmar Awards, and the Australian Shadows Awards.
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Jason’s bookshelf…
The bookshelves of Jason Fischer.
Whose writing space can we see tomorrow?
Claire Corbett
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September 6, 2013
Peeking into the writing space of @PattyJansen #WhereWritersWrite
The writing space of Patty Jansen.
Who writes here?
Patty Jansen
Who’s that?
Patty Jansen is the author of science fiction novels Watcher’s Web, The Far Horizon, Charlotte’s Army, Fire & Ice, Dust & Rain and Blood & Tears (otherwise known as the Icefire Trilogy). She has had short stories published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Aurealis, Redstone SF and the Universe Annex of the Grantville Gazette. She is a winner of the international Writers of the Future contest and has ‘indie’ published a number of longer works. Patty has a PhD in science, and before becoming a writer, worked in agricultural research. Her novel Ambassador will soon be published by Ticonderoga Publication.
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A bit of explanation, if I may:
The “bush” outside the window is our front yard, all of which I planted about ten years ago. The yard was desiccated grass back then. Note the spear on the grass tree. It was a present from my mother and has been reversed-over by learner-drivers several times. This thing is like a phoenix.
Note red P-plates on the car. Since taking this picture, both my girls are now on greens. The grass tree is safe until my son starts to learn to reverse down the driveway.
In the shade of the car port there is a pond that contains some VERY LOUD frogs. The bush behind the pond houses bandicoots and the occasional snake. There are also a resident pair of bush turkeys that dig around in the garden. Yeah, I bet all the posh neighbours love our bush! /sarcasm
Shade on the driveway is courtesy of the neighbour’s jacaranda tree. I spend the entire month of October daily sweeping the driveway, because it gets so slippery that cars won’t go up it when it’s raining.
On my desk, notice the Kobo Touch and notice the distinct absence of cats.
Whose writing space can we see tomorrow?
Jason Fischer
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September 5, 2013
Peeking into the writing space of Jason Nahrung @JNahrung #WhereWritersWrite
The writing space of Jason Nahrung.
Who writes here?
Jason Nahrung
Who’s that?
Jason Nahrung is the author of over 20 short fictions and the horror novels The Darkness Within, Salvage, and Blood and Dust. He has won two Chronos awards for best novel (Salvage) and best short story (The Mornington Ride), was a finalist for two Aurealis Awards for best horror novel, as well as for an Australian Shadows Award, and was shortlisted for a Ditmar. His short story THe Mornington Ride was recently listed in the Year’s Best Australian Fantasy and Horror.
Where can I read more about this fabulous author?
Extra Notes:
The office shot (above) shows where I’ve been doing most of the non-fiction work this year. Mementoes, figurines and kitsch, bookshelf spillage and the immediate to-read pile all jumble here. There’s even some dictionaries! This year has been rather hectic, so virtually all my fiction writing, such as it has been, and rewriting/editing have happened in the salubrious surrounds of the V/Line train between the Other Job in Melbourne and home in Ballarat (see below). The 80-minute journey gives plenty of time to make a mark on the work in progress. Another meaning to ‘track changes’!
Jason ‘tracking changes’!
Whose writing space can we see tomorrow?
Patty Jansen
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September 4, 2013
Peeking into the writing space of Kirstyn McDermott @fearofemeralds #WhereWritersWrite
The writing space of Kirstyn McDermott.
Who writes here?
Kirstyn McDermott
Who’s that?
Kirstyn McDermott is the author of over 30 short fictions published in various magazines and anthologies, and the horror novels Madigan Mine and Perfections. She is the winner of two Aurealis Awards, a Chronos Award and an Australian Shadows Award. Kirstyn also produces and co-hosts the The Writer and the Critic podcast with Ian Mond. Her collection of short stories Caution: Contains Small Parts was recently published by Twelfth Planet Press.
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The cat is usually on my lap.
Whose writing space can we see tomorrow?
Jason Nahrung
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September 3, 2013
Peeking into the writing space of Graham Storrs @graywave #WhereWritersWrite
The writing space of Graham Storrs.
Who writes here?
Graham Storrs
Who’s that?
Graham Storrs is the author of sci-fi thrillers Timesplash and True Path. He has published over twenty short stories in magazines and anthologies, and is a specialist in artificial intelligence and human-computer interaction.
Where can I read more about this fabulous author?
http://grahamstorrs.cantalibre.com/
Extra Notes:
Two snaps attached. One from yesterday at Storm King Dam (below) where I write in the mornings 2 days a week, and one from my garden (above) where I write most of the rest of the time. Please note, the essential ingredients of a workplace are 1) My netbook, 2) coffee and 3) beautiful scenery. The croissant is optional.
The writing space of Graham Storrs.
Whose writing space can we see tomorrow?
Kirstyn McDermott
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