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March 12, 2013
Random House back-flip – a new beginning, or the beginning of the end for Indies?
My thanks to author Candy Korman for forwarding this email from RWA [Romance Writers of America]. Before I comment, please read the email yourselves. It’s in full. ‘Random House Adjusts Contract Terms for Digital Imprints In response to discussions with writers groups regarding contract terms for their new digital imprints, Random House is adjusting proposed [...]
March 11, 2013
My heart will go on – Vittorio Grigolo
Young, Italian, cute, and with a voice to die for. In this first video clip Vittorio sings the Celine Dion hit from Titanic. I still love this song so you’re just going to have to suffer! And to provide a bit of contrast, the next video has him singing Nessun Dorma from the opera Turandot. [...]
March 9, 2013
Re-Blogged from SFWA.org – Writers Beware
This post is an update to the one I wrote earlier about the new Random House imprints Hydra and Alibi. My thanks to Ch’kara Silverwolf for alerting me to this development. SFWA stands for Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, so it’s quite a big deal. “The following is a response by SFWA to [...]
March 8, 2013
John Scalzi sounds the alarm about Alibi
John Scalzi is a popular and successful author. He also happens to be the President of SFWA [Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America]. In the post below he slams the contract offered by Alibi, [a Random House imprint] to desperate authors. The post is too in-depth to paraphrase so I’ll just quote this from [...]
March 6, 2013
I’ve done a guest post on Indies Unlimited!
I’m sorry, I know a venerable lady of my age should be more lady-like but, stuff it… I’m so excited I can’t help myself…. YES! For those of you who haven’t heard me speak of Indies Unlimited before, and can’t imagine why I’m so excited, let me give you a quick run down. Indies Unlimited [...]
March 5, 2013
Science: How to save the world and reverse climate change by INCREASING livestock use
I found this video clip on Colin’s blog… and I was more than a little skeptical. I thought it would be about some sort of fake science, sponsored by cattle ranchers. After all, everyone knows cattle ruin the soil. Right? By the end of the video my brain was on fire, connecting up the dots [...]
March 3, 2013
WARNING! multiple rants ahead
I thought I was going to have a great day today. I was looking forward to showing you some pictures of the pet emu wandering around Lavandula Farm [the setting for the wedding on the weekend]. I was particularly pleased with these photos as I’d taken them with my Samsung Galaxy S II mobile phone! [...]
March 1, 2013
Packing for the Wedding
My niece’s wedding is being held at an ideal location called the Lavandula Farm. [Near Hepburn Springs, Victoria] I went there years ago for the Lavender Festival, and the fields were a sea of delicate purple, just like in the photo. I’m not sure if there will be any lavender flowering this time of year, [...]
Guest post on Pilyara with Jennifer Scoullar
I have 3… yes, THREE chocolate mouse cakes in the fridge – two that turned out well and one ugly duckling – and I’m knackered [translation : tired] so I’m going to make this short. Jennifer Scoullar, a very lovely Aussie author and blogger, asked me to guest post on her blog. So I did. [...]
February 28, 2013
I promised you a reminder, so here it is!
Timezones aside, Vokhtah will be free on the Kindle from March 1 – 5. I know that not many of you are into science fiction, but if you’re the tiniest bit curious, or know someone who might be, please help me make Vokhtah more ‘visible’. Every person who downloads a free copy will be like [...]
