Congrats to SpecFaction and everyone involved for a terrific event last night. Congrats to the winners, the nominees, and everyone who submitted work for consideration. And congrats to the crazy Rapture-dudes for being wrong about the world ending before the Australian spec fic community got its party. We deserve nothing less! I'm glad someone up ( Read more... )

If you're coming to Sydney for the Aurealis Awards bash, why not start the day a little earlier? I'll be talking with Peter Hollo about remixing as part of the Sydney Writers' Festival, which I'm attending as a guest (and very excited about it I am, too). Garth Nix and I will be larking about as well, here and there. Full program available here.

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I'm just back from Sydney and way behind on everything (including Earth Ascendant, the sequel to Saturn Returns). It'll take me a while to catch up on email and the like, so please don't take it personally if I haven't responded--and feel free to nag if my tardiness becomes unacceptable. I won't mind ( Read more... )

Every morning I wake up with a song in my head. Today it's "Domino Dancing" by the Pet Shop Boys, which I haven't heard for at least ten years. Beats me why. Sometimes the mind plays tricks...

Anyway, I'm off to start my stint at the Sydney Writer's Festival. As well as badgering students about the 10.5 Commandments, I'll be giving a couple of ( Read more... )