Ah, tomorrow I go on a writing retreat to lovely Bribie Island with The Edge Writers Group – this is my first time to be invited along to this gig and I am very much looking forward to it.
Not least because there is a cook who is not me, there is sleeping in, writing, Jamesons, [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Retreat!
Posted in On Writing: General, tagged bribie island, the edge, writers retreat on September 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
QWC Cocktail Party – Industry IQ Launch
Posted in On Writing: General, Pimping/Promoting!, tagged Brendan Fredericks, craig munro, Jack Heath, jason nahrung, jeff lindsay, Katherine Battersby, Linda Jaivin, Networking for Writers, Norb Vonnegut, Promoting Yourself Online, QWC Industry IQ, Sophie Hamley, tobsha learner on September 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Awesome Meg Vann (QWC’s AWMonline Coordinator); Norb Vonnegut (Author and BWF guest)
QWC CEO and Fearless Peerless Leader
Okay, this here blog isn’t a work-related blog and the opinions aired on it have nothing to do with my day job. Having said that, this is part of my job that I love: when we get to do [...]
Blog Tour
Posted in On Writing: General, tagged Katherine Battersby, qwc blog tour, well read rabbit on September 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Over the next couple of months, QWC is running a blog tour – asking Queensland authors about their writing, process, and their stance on the future of the book.
Lovely Katherine Battersby takes her turn and blogs over here at The Well Read Rabbit http://wellreadrabbit.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/a-sentimental-moment/
Lisa Hannett’s “The Good Window”
Posted in On Writing: General, Pimping/Promoting!, tagged Clarion South, fantasy magazine, lisa hannett, The Good Window on September 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The lovely and talented Lisa Hannett’s story The Good Window is currently appearing at Fantasy Magazine … this was one of the products of our Clarion South sojourn and rightly deserves its place in the sun!
The tape measure recoiled into its pocket-sized case with a satisfying snap. Ned smiled, wiped flecks of nail polish from [...]
A Public Service Announcement – Aurealis Awards
Posted in Pimping/Promoting!, Random, tagged aurealis awards, nominations on September 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The lovely folks at the Aurealis Awards want everyone to remember that it’s almost closing time for Aurealis nominations for this year.
Below is a message from the Coordinator, Ron Serdiuk. Go to the website, check the guidelines and follow them to the letter (they are very fullsome guidelines and should answer all your questions – and [...]
Last Drink Bird Head – Promote Literacy
Posted in On Writing: General, Pimping/Promoting!, tagged and Marly Youmans, Brian Evenson, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Conrad Williams, Daniel Abraham, Ellen Kushner, Gene Wolfe, Hal Duncan, Henry Kaiser, Holly Phillips, Jay Lake, Jeffrey Ford, K.J. Bishop, Last Drink Bird Head, Liz Williams, Michael Swanwick, ProLiteracy, Rikki Ducornet, Sarah Monette, Stephen R. Donaldson, Straub, Tanith Lee, vandermeer on September 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A very good book for a very good cause: promoting literacy.
Team VanderMeer have put together this anthology for ProLiteracy. So, you get to help out (thus increasing your karma-credits) and you get a fantastic read – look at those writers, look at those names! Nothing wrong with any of this.
What Is Last Drink Bird Head?
That’s [...]
Uber Squeeeee!
Posted in On Writing: General, Pimping/Promoting!, tagged Love Songs for the Shy and Cynical, robert shearman, tiny deaths on September 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Robert Shearman’s new collection of short stories is almost here! Squeeeee!
If you read and loved Tiny Deaths (which you did, you know you did), then Love Songs for the Shy and Cynical will make you even happier. I had the good fortune to read an early draft of the collection and can highly recommend it. [...]
The Ice Age
Posted in Pimping/Promoting!, tagged kirsten reed, text publishing, the ice age on September 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On top of the reading pile at the mo is Kirsten Reed’s The Ice Age. Intriguing story, great craft in the writing … I continue to read … http://www.textpublishing.com.au/books-and-authors/author/kirsten-reed/
‘We stopped at a roadside diner. People asked if I was his daughter. They ask all the time. Hoping, accusing. We never say yes, and we never [...]
Sale!
Posted in Pimping/Promoting!, tagged sale, Spec Fic for Kids on September 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Just heard that I’ve sold a story to the lovely Tehani Wessely for her Spec Fic for Kids anthology. Huzzah!
Huzzah!
Posted in Pimping/Promoting!, tagged cat sparks, jason fischer, sean williams, writers of the future on September 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A big shout-out to Jason Fischer, who’s just won first prize in the second quarter of the legendary Writers of the Future competition! Previous winners include the even more legendary Sean Williams and the high-impact and exceedingly talented Cat Sparks.
Let there be Snoopy Dancing!
http://wotfblog.galaxypress.com/2009/09/2nd-quarter-winners-announced.html
