My husband asked me the other day… What do you think is more likely to be here on Earth – ghosts or extra-terrestrial life? It was a surprising question because my husband’s not usually the speculating type. Don’t get me wrong, he loves speculative fiction – movies, TV shows, the…
The 2012 Aussie Speculative Fiction Snapshot Wow – how chuffed am I? I’ve just been included in the 2012 Australian speculative fiction snapshot, a series of interviews designed to celebrate the breadth and depth of Australia’s speculative fiction scene.
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…
