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Writers as Car Accidents in Progress

Posted in On Publishing, On Writing: General, tagged , , , , , on March 31, 2010 | 12 Comments »

Watched a wannabe author explode hissef today, yea I did. He emailed a mouthful of abuse to several members of staff of an independent bookstore, and cc’d it to a whole bunch of other folk. Carrying on coz they wouldn’t stock his self-published tome. What have I said before about being professional? About respecting the business decisions [...]

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One of many reasons …

Posted in Random, tagged , , , on March 31, 2010 | 2 Comments »

… to have a crush on Steve Almond The Payoff Will Be in Good Karma An email exchange in which a super special literary agent reveals the depth of his integrity http://www.thecoachellareview.com/fiction/thepayoffwillbeingoodkarma_stevealmond.html (Thanks to Pete for this). Some of the others are: My Life in Heavy Metal, The Evil BB Chow, and CandyFreak.

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In which I suffer bookshelf envy

Posted in Random, tagged on March 30, 2010 | 9 Comments »

http://www.dezeen.com/2010/03/22/house-antero-de-quental-by-manuel-maia-gomes/#more-66646

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An Almighty Squeeeeee!

Posted in News, tagged , , , on March 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »

While the rest of today is being difficult (‘Gravity nothing, this planet sucks!’), some good writing things are happening. I just got the proof from the lovely Tehani at FableCroft Publishing for my contribution to the Worlds Next Door anthology, Genevieve and the Dragon. And yes, I have taken myself off to a corner of [...]

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Random Thoughts on a Day with a Headache

Posted in Random, tagged , , on March 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

#1: if you’ve got a headache, no amount of positive thinking will make it go away. #2: staring at a screen will most likely make said headache worse. #3: ideas that may occur to you when you’re caught between a drugged sleep and a blinding headache will either be (a) crap or (b) really good, [...]

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Well, Yes.

Posted in News, Random, tagged , , on March 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

On the upside, just receieved the Afterword for Sourdough & Other Stories from Jeff VanderMeer, which is bookending the Introduction by Robert Shearman. Feeling very humble and grateful.

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Callout for Subs – TPP

Posted in News, tagged , , on March 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

From Alisa K over at TPP: Twelfth Planet Press is announcing a reading period for our 2011 Anthology: Speakeasy. All the details are over at twelfthplanet here. Speakeasy is a roaring, lively and exciting new original anthology, edited by Alisa Krasnostein and published by Twelfth Planet Press. It will blend art deco with urban fantasy, [...]

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The Year in Review – as of 25 March 2010

Posted in On Writing: General, Random, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 25, 2010 | 6 Comments »

… so, I was sitting around last night after I’d finally finished tidying up the Afterword for The Girl with No Hands & Other Tales, doing what I usually do which is thinking I’m not doing enough as a writer. Then the reasonable part of me appeared (she makes occasional cameos) and took stock. She said “Errr, have a [...]

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Inspiration!

Posted in Random, tagged , , on March 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

… or not … I find Big Bang Theory helps with most things … http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5oc-70Fby4

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What I Do When I Get Stuck – by Margo Lanagan

Posted in News, On Writing: General, tagged , , , on March 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Appearing over at Steph Su Reads (via the Bibliophile Stalker), awesome advice from the Queen of the Wicked Tale, Margo Lanagan (long may she reign). Lots of people (including many schoolchildren) ask me what I do when a story stops working, or just stops – stops feeding itself through my brain onto the paper. Behind [...]

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