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Nothing But Flowers kindle promotion starts now!
It’s a Kindle promotion frenzy over at Amazon. Nothing But Flowers is yours for nix if you get in quick. Download it now: http://amzn.to/Lq4Mfp BLURB In a devastated world, a voice calls out through...
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New Sun Rising published
I am a bit late to the party (where did June go???), but the charity anthology New Sun Rising: Stories for Japan is out now and available for download. In it you will find my story The Brewer’s Son,...
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Conflux 9 – how can we make it more accessible?
That was not cool, WordPress! You just ate my post. Here goes again… Want to come to Conflux 9/NATCON 2013 but you’re worried it’s not going to have what you want? Are you concerned about accessibility...
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What would you miss in the apocalypse?
Adam Ward [CC-BY-SA-2.0]I often hold something in my hand, gaze at it and wonder what I’ll do without it in the apocalypse. What, you too? Then head on over to Romance Writers of the Apocalypse, where...
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Conflux 8 is on this weekend in Canberra
I’m looking forward to the annual Conflux speculative fiction conference, which is being held at the Novotel hotel in Canberra this weekend, 29-30 Sep 12. Some great local, national and international...
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A lovely bunch of coconuts
What a lovely bunch of coconuts we are! The Australian speculative fiction scene is so friendly, encouraging and supportive – I had a blast over the weekend catching up with writers and readers I knew...
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What bringeth 2013?
Greetings, dear readers. It would appear the year of two thousand and thirteen has crept upon us. Great Scott and gadzooks! Agh, I’ve come over all faux 19th Century. It must be the research I’ve been...
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New Sun Rising wins Gold eLit Award
Wow! New Sun Rising, the charity fiction anthology that supported the Japanese tsunami relief effort, has been awarded a Gold award in the anthology category in the 2012 eLit Book Awards. My story,...
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Conflux 9
Well, Conflux 9, which was also this year’s Australian speculative fiction writing convention (NATCON), has been and gone! Held last week from Thursday 25 April through to Sunday 28 April, the Con was...
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Word counts don’t mean shit
It’s a good thing word counts are excellent motivators for so many writers I know, but I have to confess I hate them! And it might not be for the reason you think. Some writers live by their word...
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Disaster strikes…or, first world problems undo best laid plans
Argh, an academic I am not meant to be. My long-suffering MPhil thesis will remain in my life for a little longer: my annual progress review did not go according to plan and I am now about 6,000 words...
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And now for some fun stuff…Panaseeya!
It’s not all doom and gloom right now. Although my writing is currently on hold, I have been doing some creating. I’ve joined with six of my classmates from college to form a band, which we’ve called...
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Panaseeya rocking the national capital!
Well blow me down, our band, Panaseeya, has made it to the ACT finals for ABC TV’s Exhumed competition! The play-off is happening on Thursday 8 August 2013 at the Southern Cross Club in Canberra. You...
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Inspiration through images
This makes me happy: http://www.withpaintedwords.com/view_submission.php?news_id=522 An image I submitted to Painted With Words provided the inspiration for four very short pieces of fiction (you can...
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Back in the saddle
Good news on the writing (procrastination) front! My 40,000-word MPhil dissertation was submitted on 19 March, with two external markers currently assessing it. I should hear back in late May as to...
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Did you hear that whooshing sound?
It was the sound of a whole, entire year whizzing by. Is it really a year since I last posted? Apparently so. And I am still in the seventh circle of hell, with post-examination revisions to my...
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On Anzac Day, a story of loss and longing
Today marks 100 years since Australia lost thousands of its young men on Turkish shores, at the place now known as Anzac Cove. The magnitude of the losses of human life is unimaginable a century later....
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Getting a bead on a character
How do you get a bead on a character? When I was writing short fiction I found that the details of a character’s physical appearance didn’t really matter. I liked to give the reader the mental space to...
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Chipping away, slowly, ever so slowly
The good news? I’m writing again! The bad news? I am sloth-like in my progress. But anything is better than nothing and keeping that screenplay tucked up in my head in its warmest, flannel pyjamas...
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2015…It’s a wrap!
Well, another year is in the can, done and dusted (or will be in another 12 hours). I can’t say I’m sad to see 2015 go. It’s been a hell of a year for so many people. While it has been a hard year, it...
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