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Michelle E. Goldsmith

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Michelle is a Melbourne-based speculative fiction author whose writing often inhabits the shady borderlands between genres.

She has a BSc and a Master of Publishing and Communications, and works as a writer and editor for a number of technical magazines. She is a member of the SuperNOVA writers group.

Her fiction has appeared in various publications both within Australia and overseas, including The Year’s Best Australian Fantasy and Horror (Ticonderoga).

She was shortlisted for a Ditmar award for Best New Talent in 2014 and 2015, and in 2016 one of her short stories was shortlisted for an Aurealis Award.

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Notes from an Aurealis Judge – Collections and Anthologies

It probably goes without saying that as a judge for the collection and anthology categories of the 2016 Aurealis Awards, I read a lot of speculative fiction anthologies and collections.

Now, this in itself isn’t too unusual for me, as I’m a big fan of short fiction. However, being a judge required me to read everything and anything entered into the category, regardless of my own preferences for sub

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	Pandemonium: Stories of the Smoke by Anne C. Perry (Editor), Jared Shurin (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Christopher Fowler (Introduction) 4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine Issue 60 by Sue Bursztynski (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Chris Bailey, Jon Ramsay 3.67 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2014 by Liz Grzyb (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Talie Helene (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alan Baxter (Goodreads Author) 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Use Only as Directed by Simon Petrie (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Edwina Harvey (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Stephen Dedman (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gamut Magazine: Issue One by Richard Thomas (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michelle E. Goldsmith (Goodreads Author), Brian Evenson 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Review of Australian Fiction (Volume 13, Issue 6) by Kaaron Warren (Goodreads Author), Michelle E. Goldsmith (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Michelle’s Quotes

“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: attributed-no-source, enemies, forgiveness, strategy

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“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

tags: intelligence, self-deprecation

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“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time

tags: deadlines, humor, humour, work, writing

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“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”
― Thomas A. Edison

tags: edison, failure, inspirational, paraphrased

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“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
― Andre Gide, Autumn Leaves

tags: life, love

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