Category Archives: Random
I do believe …
… today requires an otter. Mr Burns Otter steepling paws.
And, hey, why not Sneaky Otter is sneaking?
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I’ve taken to walking around the park in the morning – in the interests of removing (in a non-surgical manner) the 20kg I managed to put on during 2011 whilst finishing the PhDoom. Also, to simply get some
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Again, art blast
Another Chrissy Ellsworth piece, the cover for Shimmer‘s issue 4, 2006.
Illustrating my story “Bluebeard”, in that issue.
For today …
… a rational cat. 
Today …
… is back-at-the-novel-day.
It’s also, coincidentally, the first quiet day I’ve had in the two weeks since the British Fantasy Awards were announced. I’ve spent large chunks of that time talking about myself – which is not my usual
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As I work …
… I’m listening to this, which is Jason Nahrung and Kirstyn McDermott talking about gothic stuff, horror, writing, and reading with one’s ears.
Coincidentally, they’re two of my favourite gothic-flavoured writerly folks.
Huzzah!
Thanks, Joy
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Revisiting childhood
Last night I ordered one of my favourite books from childhood, Joan Aiken’s The Wolves of Willoughby Chase.
I read this when we lived out at Longreach and I was about nine … it was an incredible read for
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Vale the Pink Flamingo
My beloved laptop, the Pink Flamingo, has gone to the great tech graveyard in the sky. I had her since 2008 and she has served me well, producing two short story collections (Sourdough and Other
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