Category Archives: On Writing: The Novel
The Broken Drive-by: Stephen M. Irwin
Stephen M. Irwin is a Brisbane-based writer of speculative fiction and an award-winning director and screenwriter – Car Pool won Best Comedy at the 2007 St Kilda Film Festival and in 2008 Ascension won Best Short, Sci-Fi London. His
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The Behind the Plastic Sheet Drive-by: Robert Shearman
Serious writer face
I’ve driven-by Mr Shearman before and he survived. Obviously it wasn’t too terrible, because he lined up again when I nagged, errr, asked nicely. What can I say, other than he
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The Debut Drive-by: Jaime Lee Moyer
Jaime Lee Moyer lives in San Antonio with writer Marshall Payne, three cats, three guitars and a growing collection of books and music.
Her first novel, DELIA’S SHADOW, will be published by TOR Books in February 2013. Her novels
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The Livings Drive-by, I presume: Martin Livings
Martin Livings is another one of those nice, talented Perth people. His debut novel, Carnies, was published by Hachette in 2006 and has been optioned as a feature film this year. He’s the father of over sixty
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The Concrete Drive-by: Gary McMahon
I first read Gary McMahon’s work when I reviewed his Spectral Press novella, What They Hear in the Dark*, and found myself unable to sleep comfortably for a few nights as the nastier side of my imagination had been activated and I
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Again with the remiss
Where is my head at? Again with the missing of things.
Go to Read Horror and bathe in the dark glory that is Kirstyn McDermott.
What first attracted you to horror writing??
I’ve always been a voracious
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It’s only a matter of time …
… before Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer will be trying to get into this guy’s parties … bring bribery cab sav and larcenous brioche … and those little circles of black bread with a schmeer of cream cheese and the world’s thinnest slice of smoke salmon on top with only an anorexic caper to keep it company.
Especially when
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The Naked Drive-by: Bella Vendramini
And now for something completely different. We leave the field of spec-fic for a day and peek into the world of actress and author, Bella Vendramini. Naked in Public is the follow-up to her
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The Near Zennor Drive-by: Elizabeth Hand
Elizabeth Hand was kind enough to do a drive-by a few months back. Now she’s back to answer random horror-related questions. Her contribution to A Book of Horrors, Near Zennor, is one
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The Ending Drive-by: Deborah Biancotti
Deborah Biancotti is one of Australia’s leading lights in the spec-fic scene. This means her short stories are positively luminous and can also be used to light up dark rooms … of course, the stories themselves are pretty
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