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Category Archives: On Writing: General
Wise Words
The lovely Meg Vann, CEO of the Queensland Writers Centre, writes her monthly letter to members and it goes out with our copies of WQ magazine.
A very talented writer herself, Meg hits on a basic truth here.
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Yes, I am still here …
The Scream by Munch
… you can hear me breathing and no, not in a creepy phonecall kind of way.
Having returned from the whirlwind of Conflux in Canberra, barely escaping mummification by the hotel’s heating system (BTW: if you need somewhere to mummify a body, talk to me),
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Australian Women Writers of Outstanding Horror and Dark Fantasy: A Not Quite Top Ten
Hecate by William Blake
So, I think we may have *just* missed Women in Horror month, but that shouldn’t stop you from checking out Lisa Hannett’s latest post over at This is Horror. Any time is a good time to read creepy stuff by excellent women writers.
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Mail causes Snoopy Dancing
Okay, this is what arrived in this morning’s mail – sorry for the dodgy video (hey, I’m a writer, not a cinematographer), but I wanted to show how gorgeous and special this book is. A Book of Horrors, super-mega-ultra-special edition.
Professionals -v- Amateurs
Dear Writers,
Professionals have a range of bios of varying lengths and depths that can be tweaked at a moment’s notice when an editor asks you for it.
Amateurs shudder, throw themselves on fainting couches and howl ‘Whatever shall I say about myself in the third person!?’
So, noobs, here is your task
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The Night Stair
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
So, with “St Dymphna’s” in the bag for now, I’ve started on a new Bitterwood Bible story. Here is an extract from “The Night Stair”.
The Night Stair
The Steward is a tall man, entirely bald, gaunt in the face, yet rotund in the belly. His legs
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St Dymphna’s – Redux
John Singer Sargent, The Misses Vickers
So, “St Dymphna’s School for Poison Girls” has had a redrafting, which means the beginning is a bit more interesting than the version I posted a few weeks ago. It is also, at 15 112 words, the longest short story
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Literati 2013
The program for this year’s Gold Coast Literati Festival is now available here.
I’m on the bill and very excited to be going – I’ll be giving a masterclass on polishing short stories.
You can also come along and see the likes of Katherine Howell, Matt Condon, Kari Gislasson,
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Review of Nightmare Issue 7
Over at Fantasy Literature, Terry Weyma reviews Nightmare seventh issue, which includes “The Coffin-Maker’s Daughter”, Elizabeth Hand’s “The Bacchae”, Marc Laidlaw’s “Bonfires”, and “Gravitas” by Weston Ocshe.
Go here to read.
In which I sneak into Harry’s place, steal the cupcakes and drink all the coffee …
From the exquisite Kirsty Mitchell
The lovely Harry has included me in his series on Women in Genre.
I don’t know why, but I have a thing for fairy tales. Despite most female characters in fairy tales fall in two categories – subordinate, good girls or wicked, petty
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