Monthly Archives: May 2010
Just Because I Like It
I heart xkcd.
The Stalker Reviews
The Bibliophile Stalker reviews Scary Kisses over here http://charles-tan.blogspot.com/2010/05/bookmagazine-review-scary-kisses-edited.html and says some nice things :-).
Casting of the Pod
Twelfth Planet Press haz podcasts:
Episode 1 – “One Saturday Night With Angel” by Peter M Ball from Sprawl, read by Nick Evans
Episode 2 – “Language Lessons” by Patti Kurtz from Shiny Issue 6, read by Tehani Wessely
Episode 3 – “Yowie” by Thoraiya Dyer from Sprawl, read by Tansy Rayner Roberts
You can subscribe here http://girliejones.livejournal.com/1587122.html
Worlds Next Door
And here’s the lovely cover of the World’s Next Door anthology from FableCroft Press :-). Cover blurb reads:
There are worlds where ships take travellers through space like taxis. Worlds where your worst nightmare destroys your greatest dreams. Worlds where magic makes the rules.
What you have here is not
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Connect, Don't Network
Some very wise words about the art of blogging. This article (via Brendan D Carson) may contain traces of Gaimanesque commonsense genius.
“Use your blog to connect. Use it as you. Don’t ‘network’ or ‘promote.’ Just talk,” says author Neil Gaiman, winner of the Twitter category at the inaugural Author Blog Awards given last month in London. Gaiman is among
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Sometimes I forget I'm a writer
Life gets in the way, I forget that my prime directive is words on page.
Then something nice happens, like a good review. Ray from Tartarus Press pointed this one out to me, it’s in Supernatural Tales #17. A most kindly review of Sister, Sister:
I was also surprised to encounter `Sister, Sister’, Angela Slatter’s story of a rogue queen-prostitute in a
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Moonlight Tuber – filled with stuffly goodness
Editor and writer … or is it writer and editor? … Anyway, the talented Ben Payne is at it again, with Moonlight Tuber.
The first issue is now live and Snoopy Dancing over here http://moonlighttuber.wordpress.com/2010/05/03/moonlight-tuber-1/.
Its ToC is made of awesome and includes offerings from the likes of Peter M. Ball and Adam Browne.
From the Editor's Desk
Who can find an editor of worth? For her/his price is far above rubies.
You write your story, you send it out into the world, someone says they love it and want to buy it. If you’re foolish, you think you’re done. If you’ve got a clue, you realise that even when an editor says “It’s an awesome story”, this doesn’t mean
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Call for Subs: More Scary Kisses
Liz Grzyb and Ticonderoga Publications are going for Scary Kisses Part Deux … go on, you know you want to … ze details are below:
The reading period is now open for More Scary Kisses edited by Liz Grzyb.
We had so much fun with the first Scary Kisses that we’re doing it all again!
Do you like your romance spiced with a
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Coz not all Baggage is bad …
From Eneit Press and edited by the talented Gillian Polack, here is Baggage.
Humankind carries the past as invisible baggage. Thirteen brilliant writers explore this, looking at Australia’s cultural baggage through new and often disturbing eyes. Baggage explores layers and complexities that are oddly Australian. If you think Australian culture is all about neighbours and mateship, you may
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