Monthly Archives: November 2009

And over in the blue corner …

The awesome Charles Tan interviews the equally awesome Aliette de Bodard … this is from a series of interviews featuring the contributors of The Apex Book of World SF edited by Lavie Tidhar. Filled with readish goodness …

Hi Aliette! Thanks for agreeing to do the interview. First off, how did you first become acquainted with speculative fiction?

In a stealthy way, mostly.
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More Reprobates

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The Reveal

wantedposter3[1]smAmbergris Insurgency posters notwithstanding, I am not on any known Watchlists.

VanderMeer asked if I would mind providing a mugshot … I said “Yes, I would mind.” … He said “I know where the bodies of your Clarion South first drafts are.” … I
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Blog Tour – Pack a cut lunch and your shotgun*

QWC is running a blog tour – so far cracking writers such as Belinda Jeffrey and Chris Bongers have heard the call and blogged. Now, it’s Lee McGowan’s turn and if nothing else, his title should attract interest: 

Someone burnt my safari suit…

Read the rest here http://leemcgowan.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/someone-burnt-my-safari-suit/

For more QWC Blog Tour go here http://qwc.asn.au/Resources/TheEmptyPageBlog.aspx

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Howling into the Void

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Yesterday, I lost words.

On Friday at Write-Club, I’d finished a 6000 word first draft of a story. I left it alone on Saturday to percolate. On Sunday I felt I’d give it a read over, maybe do some editing if the spirit moved me thus … which, happily, it
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Huzzah for Finch

Great review of the Redoubtable VanderMeer’s latest, Finch, lives here http://www.bscreview.com/2009/11/finch-by-jeff-vandermeer-review/, and a sample cameos below:

So you don’t read fantasy. You heart mystery and crime fiction but haven’t touched a fantasy book since that one summer when you devoured Lord of the Rings. Well, let me tell you that things have changed since then. The SF/F genre has a long history
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Step One: Throw Self in Bear Pit

More from the redoubtable VanderMeer and Booklife on The Discovery Process: Improving Your Abilities. I don’t think any writer should ever get to the point where they think they know everything about writing – or that they don’t need an editor. You should be honest about your abilities and know what your strengths and weaknesses are … and if you
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