Monthly Archives: August 2010
Check it out
Russell B Farr looking like a happy publisher with Kaaron’s and my books 🙂 :-).
More stuffly goodness is here.
Dear WorldCon
Okay, it’s 14 days to WorldCon … and no sign of a program … I have no idea when my 3 panels are on … I asked Dr Miéville and he doesn’t know when his panels are and he’s waaaaay more important than I … I know it’s a big
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An Agently Drive-by: John Jarrold
The multi-talented John Jarrold is not only a leading literary agent, but also a script doctor and and editor. Among his clients he counts Ramsey Campbell, Stephen Hunt,
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Storming the Post Office
Dear Diary,
Another day with no sign of Sourdough and Other Stories. I don’t know how I shall go on.
My plan is to storm the local post office tomorrow and demand to know where they’ve hidden my author copies. In my head, it will look like this:
But alas,
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Drive-bys and Circuses: Felicity Dowker
Felicity Dowker won a Ditmar Award and a Chronos Award. She’s a member of the AHWA, has been a finalist for the Aurealis Awards, had an honorable mention from Ellen Datlow and from Writers of the Future. Bread and Circuses in Scary Kisses is one of the scariest love
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Pulling a Récamier
Why am I using David’s Madame Récamier to illustrate my prostration on the eighteenth century fainting couch?
Because I couldn’t find a LOLCAT that appealed.
And why am I pulling a Récamier?
Still waiting for the postal service to bring Sourdough & Other Stories
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Just finished reading …
John Connolly’s The Whisperers. Once again, a Charlie Parker triumph, delivering intelligent prose, well-paced action, engaging (and frightening) characters, and lines such as this:
“You think trouble follows me?”
“Jesus, Death himself probably sends you a fruit basket at Christmas, thanking you for the business”
And this:
“He’s crossing the border. The
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