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Oh dear, post-midnight haikus

At Clarion South a few years ago, our weeks 1 & 2 tutor, Sean Williams, made us start our days by writing a haiku.

I thought I’d gotten over it after much therapy, but noooooooooooooooo.

After midnight last night, unable to sleep, I found myself posting mournful and terrible haikus to FB.

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T’is the season to be meh …

Yes, it’s that time of the year when EoYM strikes.

That’s End of Year Malaise, a term coined many years ago by my old pal and sparring partner, Charlie Sutton. It describes the period from the beginning of November to about the start of the Christmas holiday shutdown, when
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Airing the briefs

Over at Deborah Biancotti’s place, she’s running a series of Blog Briefs on Burnout. Mine is there today, and there’s a great series of wisdoms from clever folk like Karen Miller, Sean Williams, Martin Livings and Tansy Rayer Roberts.

T’is here.

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Before I head off into PhDery …

… a word from Sean Williams about indie press over at the lovely Fablecroft.

It seems strange now that there was ever a time when small press was thin on the ground in Australia, but in the early nineties publishers big and small had pretty much abandoned the field.
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Laaaauuuuunnnnccchhhheeedddd

The Bluegrass Symphony has had a bottle of champers broken over it and is officially launched. Lovely intro by Russell B. Farr, truly glorious speech from the delightful Sean Williams, and a wondrous reading by the author herself, Miz Lisa L Hannett (and her awesome red boots). Great night had by all. Included the final pic
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If you are in Adelaide …

… then you need to go to the launch of Lisa L. Hannett‘s debut collection, Bluegrass Symphony. Ze details:

When:           Friday, August 19 · 7:00pm – 10:00pm

Where:         SA Writers Centre, 2nd Floor, 187 Rundle Street, Adelaide, South Australia

RSVP:         lisa.hannett@gmail.com by 12th August 2011

Blurbery: “Lisa L Hannett’s
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Swancon Booty

Behold, the reasons why my luggage was so damned heavy on the way back from Perth … in addition to the books in the con showbag … and there may have been some clothing purchased too (shhhhhhh!).

Love and Romanpunk by Tansy Rayner Roberts. I mentioned this before in
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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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The Truth About Donuts

Via Sean Williams, an exposé about donut hunting by Robyn Tatlow-Lord :-)

Lives here.

Why I am awake this early? There is a damnable bird in a tree outside my window twittering -.-; it’s just gone 4.30am. Get a clock, Nature! *grumble*

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Review of Sprawl

… over at Guy Salvidge’s place. Sprawl is the latest anthology from TPP and has some awesome stuff from the likes of Peter M. Ball, L.L. Hannett, Sean Williams, et al.

He says nice things about Brisneyland by Night:

“Brisneyland by Night” by Angela Slatter is an intriguing and complex tale about the Weyrd, and more specifically a kinderfresser or child eater.
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