Monthly Archives: September 2010
And so, post-book launch
So, Kaaron Warren and I had our joint book launch Friday last at WorldCon. It was awesome.
Publisher Russell B. Farr wore
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Stone Flowers
Head over to Fantasy Magazine for Aidan Doyle’s new, poignant tale Stone Flowers.
Even though he was a god, Daisuke always removed his shoes before he went inside. It was the polite thing to do.
He knocked on the sliding screen door.
“Come in,” a woman’s voice called.
Daisuke slid
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Holy Stunning Review, Batman!
My lurgy-addled brain (which told me it was a good idea to do the 45 min walk to the shops this morning with only two coffees and a Haigh’s marshmallow square in my belly), has just meandered through this review from Beyond Fiction. It’s a very nice review indeed. Thanks to Mr Reviewer, Simon Marshall-Jones. And thanks to Mark Deniz who
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Meh
Haz the con-lurgy. Blah. Meh. *sniffle*
Comment
Awesome comment from Karen Miller last night at dinner: Every character lives somewhere inside you.
And so, no, I do not have a Ditmar :-D
Last night’s phone call from Pete, saying I had a Ditmar made my spidey senses tingle with wrongness and I thought ‘wind-up’.
In the end not quite, but rather drunken confusion from others that ‘nominated’ meant ‘won’. (Not Pete’s fault – he did indeed win a well-deserved Ditmar for Horn). So much laughter and derision this morn – and Cat Sparks
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Like Chicken Man
I am apparently everywhere, including Booklife.
The short story isn’t dead, it’s just _________?
Angela Slatter: Fighting a vigorous rearguard action against big publishers who don’t see any money in selling short story collections unless they’re attached to big name authors. I do think it’s a form that’s
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Interview from WorldCon with Gary Kemble
Gary Kemble asked me questions! I tried to answer sensibly. Jury is still out!
You can listen here if you so choose.
The Baggage Drive-by: Gillian Polack
Gillian Polack is an Australian hsitorian and writer of fantasy. She is the author of the novel Life Through Cellophane, edited Masques (CSFG) and the new anthology for Eneit Press, Baggage, which contains stories from such luminaries as Kaaron Warren and Deborah Biancotti. She has written fantastic entries for one
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