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Indiegogo for Women, and a new crowdfunding perk for Solarwyrm’s anthology campaign

As part of Indiegogo’s International Women’s Day partnership, TODAY ONLY (March 3rd, California time) Indiegogo is donating $1 for every $25 raised for campaigns that empower women. Solarwyrm‘s campaign for launching our latest two anthologies is one of them. I already wrote a little about my Amok anthology in my last post, but of course … Continue reading »

Launching Amok (Asia-Pacific Speculative Fiction), and Crowdfunding for Solarwyrm

If you’re not already aware, the main project I’ve been working on for the last few months is Amok: An Anthology of Asia-Pacific Speculative Fiction. Submissions closed November 30th last year, and I finished reading through them all by the beginning of this year. I’m now at the stage of having the proof copy in … Continue reading »

Interview with Gary Dreslinski, creator of LJ Idol

As I’ve mentioned previously, my novel, Adrift, started as a couple of screenplays in LJ Idol. That was back in season 7, in 2011. The biggest thing I got from it was positive feedback about the idea I had, so I knew I had something I might be able to market. I’d not really had … Continue reading »

Music Video Release: Oil in the Alley – He Makes You Laugh

This video is two years in the making! Back in February 2012, I travelled to Honolulu, Hawaii to work on a second music video with Oil in the Alley, after enjoying myself the first time around (having released their first music video in January 2011). They patiently waited for me to finish work on my … Continue reading »

Kerala, India, June 21-25, 2013

Nearly six months ago now, I travelled to India for the second time this year (the visa allowed double entry, so we wanted to make the most of it, and visit the part of India my husband Jeremy was most keen to see). I took a long break from writing my travel blog posts as … Continue reading »

Recent and Ongoing Projects, November 2013

I’ve been a little lax when it’s come to announcing some of the latest happenings on my blog recently. But, since I was invited to be part of a blog party (click for the Facebook event), I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to talk about some of them, as a way of introducing … Continue reading »

Interview with Author Serenity Valle

Author Serenity Valle has just released a sequel to her book, The Fantastical Life of Serenity: A collection of short stories about what could be…but not quite is. I read the book a couple of months ago (see my review here on Goodreads), and since I enjoyed it, I decided to interview her for my … Continue reading »

Things to Consider When Meeting Expatriates, Immigrants, or International Students in Your Country

Today marks the 5th anniversary of my move to Malaysia. On November 8th, 2008, I left my home and some family in Australia, and with my son I followed my husband to Kuala Lumpur, who had arrived a couple of weeks earlier. 5 years in the country, and now that my best friend here is … Continue reading »

Sofia the First and The Princess Test

I first learned about Sofia the First because of this story that was doing the rounds on social media about a father, whose son wanted the short movie on DVD, reacting to a jerk who acted like it was a bad thing for the son to like a princess show. About a month or so … Continue reading »

Interview with Kristen Duvall, Author of Femmes du Chaos

Today I’m interviewing Kristen Duvall, a writer I’ve been following for the past few years, about writing and some of her recent releases. She’s also running a giveaway to coincide with the release of Femmes du Chaos (pictured, right), which includes that and other books (like my novel, Adrift), and an Amazon voucher as the … Continue reading »