This is one of my recent faves, from http://drakkaran.deviantart.com/art/Gate-to-Hell-145376070 - this is the awesome sort of stuff that inspires stories and (admittedly) nightmares – which is fine, coz a lot of my stories come from nightmares (quelle surprise!) .
Archive for February, 2010
New Story at The Daily Cabal
Posted in News, Pimping/Promoting!, tagged A Monkey in the Hand – Part 2, steampunk monkey, the daily cabal on February 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A Monkey in the Hand – Part 2 How could I resist? A Galatea to my Pygmalion – but something infinitely more intriguing than an ordinary woman. I’d read about sailors who’d caught a mermaid in the South Seas and tried to bring her back to Portsmouth. They kept her in a barrel of water [...]
:-)
Posted in Random, tagged language, maths, romance, sarcasm, xkcd on February 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
From http://xkcd.com/162/
Sale!
Posted in News, Sales, tagged lisa hannett, liz grzyb, scary kisses anthology, swancon, the february dragon, ticonderoga publications on February 25, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Lisa Hannett (my other Brain) and I have sold a story we wrote together post-Clarion South. The February Dragon has been bought by the lovely Liz Grzyb at Ticonderoga Publications for the Scary Kisses anthology. The anthology will be launched at Swancon 2010 in Perth over Easter (http://2010.swancon.com.au/). (Image from http://www.dcbhoroscope.com/archives/category/psychic-wizard-images)
Life in the Ziggurat …
Posted in Random, tagged qwc, slq qag, whales, ziggurat on February 25, 2010 | 4 Comments »
… is cold. It’s been several weeks since we moved into our new quarters over at SLQ (girt by Extreme Librarians™). One of the things I like about the cultural precinct at South Brisbane is that it looks kind of like a whole cluster of ziggurats, which makes my nerdly heart happy. We are surrounded [...]
Hugos
Posted in News, tagged hugos, The Chrysanthemum Bride on February 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The very kind and talented Aliette de Bodard has put The Chrysanthemum Bride on her list of recommendations for the Hugos. I am humbled and grateful. The rest of her erudite choices are here http://aliettedb.livejournal.com/294659.html
On the Upside
Posted in News, tagged anthology, german translation on February 24, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I’ve had a request for two of my stories to be translated into German for an anthology. Whoda thunk it?
Disheartening Experience of the Day
Posted in On Writing: General, Random, tagged business of writing on February 24, 2010 | 7 Comments »
The writer who asked “Why do I need to know about the business side of writing? How is that relevant?”
And now for something actually useful
Posted in On Writing: General, tagged gio clairval, umberto eco, writing well on February 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
… from the lovely Gio Clairval: After those lists of 10 rules for writing The Guardian recently published http://tinyurl.com/ygzq42z, I thought Umberto Eco‘s rules should be on line, too, in English–I haven’t found other translations so far… For the rest go here http://gioclairval.blogspot.com/2010/02/umberto-ecos-rules-for-writing-well.html
It’s been a long day
Posted in Random, tagged lolcats on February 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
… and I am exhausted and hungry and feeling unfriendly … so I will say it with a lolcat … and when I have steak it will all be okay.
