Discussing Australian authors, their writing and fandom.
It’s been a crazy busy month! First up, I have to tell you about an anthology that’s just been released, which includes my story “Let The Tempest Hold Me Down”: If creatures lived in our mist and steam, cloud and skies, Tek would be one of them. Frustrated by tradition,…
The Australian speculative fiction snapshot series celebrates the breadth and depth of Australia’s speculative fiction scene by interviewing prominent writers, editors and booksellers in the industry. I was first interviewed for the series in 2012 (by David McDonald), then in 2014 (by Stephanie Gunn) and it’s an honour to be included…
It’s the school holidays here in Sydney and, as a work-from-home mum, that means limited opportunities for me to seek out the quiet pockets of writing time I usually live to find. Luckily there have been plenty of other writing joys to inspire me between keeping kids and clients happy.…
This fantastic library meme is going around at the moment, reminding everyone about the valuable role libraries still play in our lives: I agree! Not only do I love libraries, their studious calm and mind-expending resources, but they’ve provided a safe haven for me many times over the years –…
A week in the sun can do a lot to a person. You can either get incredibly bored, or if you have a good book and a comfortable spot in the shade you can enjoy yourself. For me, last week involved the latter, I was flying home from England and…
Listening to a sequence of sounds has no obvious survival value for humans. Yet according to a 2001 study by neuroscientists at the University of Montreal, music has the same effect on our brains as sex and good food. Why? It could be because with music we get whatever emotion…
Who is David McDonald? David McDonald is a mild mannered reporter and editor by day, and a wild eyed writer by night. Based in Melbourne, Australia, he is the editor of a fortnightly magazine for an international welfare organisation, and divides his spare time between helping run a local cricket…
