Advice for writers.
What’s up world? Fantasy is the biggest-selling form of fiction. Yet the When Genres Attack team at Shearer’s Bookshop, Leichhardt, had to cancel their speculative fiction panel this week due to lack of interest? What the?
“The edge of normal” Dear Friends, You know me better than anyone. You know that I’m a confident, self-assured woman. You’ve seen me walk into a room full of strangers and make friends within minutes. You know I have a mind of my own, and that I’m comfortable in myself.…
I gotta feeling… that tomorrow night’s gonna be a good night – a good, good night: #AurealisAwards Such was my tweet on Friday – and my prediction was spot on. Saturday night at the 17th Annual Aurealis Awards was a good night – a good, good night! Kicking off with…
We’re our own worst enemy – what!? As those of you who read my last blog post, or who like my Facebook page, will already know, I’ve been conducting a poll over the last couple of weeks, about what writers fear most about being a writer. The poll itself was…
Today, there are congratulations all round. CONGRATULATIONS… me! I sold another short story today – yay! It’s my first international sale (details to follow soon), so… watch out world! (he he) CONGRATULATIONS… Ditmar nominees! A lot of my author mates got nominated today… for Ditmar Awards. Ditmar Awards have been…
There are hundreds of self-help writing manuals on the book market, prescribing how writers should write. I’ve read my share of them, I even publish my own tips for writers on my website from time to time, because I want to save those writers further behind me on their writing…
Last week I was asked by a publishing company to answer some questions for an author profile page. One of the questions was: what is speculative fiction? Easy to answer, right? Well, I’ve read other people’s explanations of what comprises speculative fiction, and when friends ask me I usually name…
