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Continuum 8

So, yesterday I managed to stay awake long enough to participate in QWC’s So You Want to be a Writer seminar, ably chaired by Aimée Lindorff. The two more awake panellists were the delightful and delovely Chris Currie
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Seahearts Salon in Brisneyland

So, next week the lovely and luminous Margo Lanagan will be headlining at Avid Reader, with a team of appropriate literary handmaidens as the support act.

On Thursday 26 April, from 6-8pm there will be readings by emerging authors,
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Hello, GenreCon!

And so there is this, GenreCon, which is an initiative of the Australian Writer’s Marketplace, and is being shaped and force into submission by Peter M. Ball’s organisational skills. It’s running from 2-4 November this year
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Joining the Twitterverse

In a decision I may live to regret, I have joined the League of World-wide Twits.

Peter M. Ball predicts it will set off some kind of Doom Apocalypse – or at least a chorus from Mental as Anything’s Apocalypso – I cannot say with certaintly that he is wrong.

Follow me, if ye dare: @AngelaSlatter

Ps: the other half of the Brain
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A Very Good Cause

Over at my mate Peter M. Ball’s site, he’s posted about his sister Sally.

Sally is walking to raise funds for Parkinsons Queensland.

As Pete points out: Parkinsons sucks. Both our families have been struck by
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The Graveyard Dalek

With great power comes great responsibility.

On Thursday, Peter M Ball and I reconvened for our first write-club in almost 6 weeks. During the initial hour – which is when we eat pancakes and bacon
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Swancon – Part Deux (or Stop Nagging Me, McDermott)

Part Two

On Friday morning we finally made it to the con proper (as opposed to simply being located in the same city and a bit around the block from it), we schlepped to the Hyatt and registered. There’s always a lovely sensation when you walk into a con hotel and see faces you don’t usually see except for a few
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Ditmars!

The shortlists for this year’s Ditmars have been announced and it’s great to see names like Peter M. Ball, Cat Sparks, Felicity Dowker, Kirstyn McDermott, Jason Fischer et al.

And awesomest of all: three nom-nom-noms for Lisa
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In which there is Shadowy Snoopy Dancing

The short list for the 2010 Australian Shadows Award has been released and it’s awesome to see names of some very talented friends there, including Peter M. Ball, Kirstyn McDermott, Liz Gryzb and Felicity Dowker.

I was lucky enough to get two mentions, one in Long Fiction for The Girl with No Hands and Other Stories (Ticonderoga Publications) and one in
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Locus Online Recommended Reading List

Wooot! Lots of Aussies on the list, including Cat Sparks, Peter M. Ball, Elizabeth Carroll, Margo Lanagan and editor Alisa Krasnostein.

Also, I got two mentions: one for ‘Brisneyland by Night’ in TPP’s Sprawl and t’other for ‘Lost Things’
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