Category Archives: On Writing: General

New books!

Very happy to find these on the doorstep this morn.

Angela Carter, hallowed be her name.

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Meanwhile, over at Clarkesworld …

… the lovely Jeremy L C Jones talks to the equally lovely Lisa L Hannett …

In Bluegrass Symphony, Lisa L. Hannett writes of a place that is, perhaps, somewhere (or nowhere) in the rural United States—a place that is inspired,
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Belatedly, Tuesday

Jason Fischer talks about magpies over at the Hannettorium’s Tuesday Therapy session.

T’is here.

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Really good advice from Sarah Pinborough

Great and simple advice from Brit Sarah P. My favourite bit?

This one:

1 – Don’t waste time on envy. You’re only in competition with yourself. It’s a long road and just use others’ successes to inspire you or make you raise your game. It’s a happier way to live.
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Day one, writer

So today is my first day as a full time writer.

I’ve spent the last four days in a frenzy of sleep, reading, and playing so much Skyrim that it will be a fortnight before I can even look at an Eleven Warmhammer of Malediction again.

Today, I am ready,
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Over at ThrillerCast, I say stuff …

… the delightful and charming Alan Baxter and David Wood ask me questions about short stories, stakes, fairytales, flensing and the Highlighters of Doom.

On occasion, I swear. Keep your small children away.

Be warned.

T’is here.

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An Introduction to Australian Horror over at This is Horror

Lisa Hannett gives a run-down on the state of Australian horror …

Australia is a land of extremes. One minute the country is ravaged by drought and bushfires, the next it’s drowning in devastating floods. The continent is a combination of enormous red deserts meeting sprawling metropolises meeting ancient
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Tuesday Therapy: Deborah Kalin at the Hannettorium

Deb Kalin gives good advice over at the Tuesday Therapy performative space, here.

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Place as Person: The Places You Think You Know

Over at Mary V’s Lisa Hannett talks about places and tricksters, here.

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Sparks over at Kaaron Warren’s Place …

… with the awesome Dan Abnett – talking about trains and inspiration and stuff.

“My ideas come by train. And bus. Mostly train. Public mass transport, basically. I presume they buy their own tickets.”

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