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May 29, 2014
Continuum 10 – Melbourne Australia
Well, I’ve made the relatively last minute decision to head down to Melbourne to the Australian National SF Convention. This year it is Continuum, the Victorian convention.
I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to make any …
May 25, 2014
Patronising Musketeer Space
Wait, maybe that isn’t the greatest title for this post. Oh well, I’ve typed it now. Editingthree words seems like a lot of work.
I have become a patron of the arts! Well, of an art. “How did this …
May 13, 2014
Short Story Sale – Electric Spec
I was very excited earlier in the week to hear thatthe fine people at Electric Spec wanted to publish one of my short stories, titledShowdown.
Who are Electric Spec?In their own words:
Electric Specis
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May 11, 2014
The Rogue by Trudi Canavan – review
This review forms part of my contribution to theAustralian Women Writers 2014 Reading Challenge. All my 2014 AWWC reviews can be found.
The Rogueis the second book in the Traitor Spy trilogy. I reviewed the …
May 9, 2014
April 2014 – mini reviews
So, what have I read in April?
Words of Radiance (Stormlight Archives) by Brandon Sanderson is a great popcorn read. I liked the first book in the Stormlight Archives, and I kept coming back to this second book. I don’t …
April 26, 2014
Galactic Chat up for a Ditmar
So, the preliminary Ditmars ballotis out and a podcast that I contributed to last year (Galactic Chat…) has been nominated. It’s the first time a speculative fiction project I’ve been involved in has been nominated for an
April 20, 2014
Wefting the Warp online
I and published byRobot and Raygun,…a UK based speculative fiction magazine. The first publication was done through eBook form, available through Amazon and other fine
April 15, 2014
The Ambassador’s Mission by Trudi Canavan – review
This review forms part of my contribution to theAustralian Women Writers 2014 Reading Challenge. All my 2014 AWWC reviews can be found.
My first review for the 2014 Australian Women Writers’ challenge. I’m very slow of …
April 13, 2014
Catch up December 2013 – March 2014 – mini reviews
This post contains the first of my “reviews in brief” for books I’ve read. Normally this will be a monthly post, but this month I’ve got to catch up a few months in a row.
Over the summer break (that’s …
Time management and the art of maintaining a blog
I don’t spend enough time writing.
As we’ve established in previous blog posts, I am somewhat time poor. Between a busy job, a busy family, the ever increasing health related demands of middle age and wanting to keep my writing …
