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I feel chatty today. I have much to do. I will blog later about why my brain is buzzing and exploding. Here first though, is a plug for the Locus Roundtable Podcasts. I’m thoroughly enjoying them. Yesterday I drove home listening to Joe Haldeman and Jay Lake talk about their ( Read more... )

I'm practising efficiency by admitting I am sick today and spending it in bed. I''m actually about to shut down the laptop and do the thing you do when you are really sick - watch crappy TV.

So here is a great link via @tansyrr on Twitter for advice on time management. I have to admit that after running ASif for 5 years and working at indie press ( Read more... )

Over at twelfthplanet, I talk about some thoughts I was having yesterday on editing writers and how to ensure you work with an editor again: here.


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Thoraiya Dyer is a writer whose work I am going to be watching with keen interest. She writes heartbreakingly beautifully. She crafts her words so artistically with such subtlety that all you can do is sit back and admire.


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After we posted the LSS lists for 2007 I made a post with the writers I was going to look out for, I spose in 2008? I made it here - that's for accuracy because I listed ( Read more... )

Just been perusing the others' lists of Best work for 2007 and it occurs to me that the writers to watch are:

Bren MacDibble
Cat Sparks
Trent Jamieson

I am also interested to see new work from Kylie Seluka.