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After I posted the ‘wrap up’ entry yesterday, comments arrived quite rightly pointing out that I’d omitted to include myself in the series… Dagnabbit, my plan to avoid any hard work has been foiled!

So, our eighteenth and last Place as Person poster is Mary Victoria, whom I met ( Read more... )

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Well, what a journey this has been - a voyage through the hearts and minds of seventeen fabulous authors, each with his or her own unique insights on the subject of Place. Thank you to all who contributed to our series. Thank you moreover to all who read, commented and spread ( Read more... )

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We’re joined today in our Place as Person series by one of the most intriguing writers I know, Kaaron Warren. She has an exercise for us! Except that if you do it her way, you won’t be able to help but transform everything you do into good writing…

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Today the lovely Kim Falconer joins us to talk about Place. Kim has explored the idea of what happens when we forget the divinity of the world in her Quantum Enchantment and Quantum Encryption series. Check them out!

The Great Mother


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Today’s Place as Person poster is Sue Bursztynski. I first met Sue signing books at Aussiecon in 2010, and immediately noticed the cover art of her novel, ‘Wolfborn’. Isn’t it gorgeous? What a place, and story, it evokes…

Thanks for joining us, Sue.

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Next up on Place as Person we have Allyson Bird, talking about a rather wonderful place, the Convent of Bazzano. I had the pleasure of meeting Allyson when she moved to New Zealand recently. (Why are horror writers just so darned nice?) Check out Allyson’s latest release, ‘Isis ( Read more... )

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Next up on Place as Person we have Tiffany Trent, author of ‘The Unnaturalists’ and the ‘Hallowmere’ series. The way she speaks of place certainly has me fooled - I love the ‘write to know.’

Thanks for joining us, Tiffany.

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Today’s Place as Person post comes to us from a writer I very much admire, Lisa Hannett. If you haven’t yet read her collection, ‘Bluegrass Symphony’, do so!

Thanks for joining us, Lisa…

The Places You Think You Know


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Today we hear from Brenda Cooper, author of ‘Mayan December’ and many other tales. Oh, and she’s a futurist! She actually predicts how the world will develop in years to come, and what technologies and ideas will drive that development, hopefully for the better. I find that ( Read more... )

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Our next contributor for the Place as Person series is Alan Baxter. I eye people like Alan from afar, with something akin to awe: where does he get the energy to do it all? Writing, blogging, Kung Fu, reams of good advice… Check out his thoughts on writing the fight right.

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