For anyone who doesn’t know, the Ditmar Awards celebrate achievements by Australians in speculative fiction writing. Nominations for the awards are currently open and can be made by anyone who has been to a recent speculative fiction convention / event OR is otherwise active in the speculative fiction world as…
I’m over at Jenn J McLeod’s place this afternoon, talking about chickens, staplers and how penguins drink their whisky. Please join us at the bar for a munch and a chat! Q. Come on in. Grab a pew. What can I get you to go with your beer nuts? (Shandy?…
The writing process is how a writer (consciously or subconsciously) sets about writing what they do. Every writer has their own process, and I’ve talked before about the similarities and differences between writing as a pantser or as a planner (see here). Still, while I was teaching one of my…
Yay – I’ve been selected as one of the 2014 contributors for Writing Novels in Australia!! It’s a coveted role and I’m honoured to be included among the established novelists, early-career novelists and emerging novelists who write monthly articles for this treasured resource for writers. Thank you, Steve Rossiter of the…
I’m so chuffed right now… I just got a personal message from Lillian Csernica, a reviewer for Tangent Online. Every year, Tangent Online puts together a ‘Recommended Reading List’ of all the best speculative fiction stories published in the preceding year, worldwide. The List was finalised on 30 December 2013,…
For those of you late to the party (don’t worry, there aren’t too many adults here yet), Adventure Time is an American animated television series created by Pendleton Ward (here in Australia it airs on Cartoon Network Australia (censored) and Go (uncensored)). I love Adventure Time and sit down to…
Do you get inspiration from travelling to new places? I do! I love new experiences and seeking out unusual sights and stories. Now that I’m a mum, I don’t get out as much as I used to, so have to draw on my memories and notes about places for inspiration…
