Here are the 42 stories I'm planning to include in my new collection(s). Please feel free to suggest additions, deletions, running order, etc.

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Ok, time for me to get serious about self-publishing some e-books.

I need a cover for my crime novel Immunity: thinking of a photo of a petri dish (probably with a germ culture) on a black background with some handgun ammunition (9mm parabellum, by preference). Anyone able to help, please let me know, and we can talk payment.

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This weekend (October 11th-12th), I will be a guest at Crime Scene WA, talking about writing when I can tear myself away from the fascinating presentations on forensic science by experts including Professor Simon Lewis, Associate Professor Hadyn Green and Associate Professor Guy Hall, as well as presentations on writing and publishing by GoHs ( Read more... )

True, in the past 48 hours, fantasy artists Patrick Woodroffe and H. R. Giger died, and bullshit artists Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey didn't presented us with an abominable budget that might have inspired Edvard Munch or Francisco Goya... okay, maybe that wasn't a particularly inspiring introduction. I'll try again ( Read more... )

I mostly enjoyed Swancon 39, and any lack of enjoyment is not attributable to the concom or any of the participants, but on my own personal problems and the absence of many of the people I look forward to seeing at cons - some local, some living in inconceivably distant lands (Melbourne, Adelaide, Mandurah, Joondalup, etc.) For this reason, the ( Read more... )

2013 wasn't quite as bad as its portrayal in The Postman - although, incredibly, it did seem to drag on for even longer. I wrote quite a lot, including finishing my novel What Rough Beast?, but sadly, I had very little new work published apart from a short story in Shadowrun ReturnsFortunately, the drought will soon be broken: my novella 'Farewell ( Read more... )

When last we left the Swinetrek Before heading to Readercon, I visited Boston's Museum of Science to see their exhibit on The Dead Sea Scrolls. I took a wrong turn en route and found myself at Edgar Allan Poe Square, conveniently across the street from a large map that sent me in the right direction. This didn't leave me much time to see the rest ( Read more... )

Friday morning, I headed back to the con for a 9am panel on how to get your stories into anthologies, which was largely a litany of editors' pet peeves (which include being programmed at 9am) and a discussion of the relative merits of themed vs unthemed anthologies from the viewpoint of both publishers (themed anthologies sell better) and editors ( ( Read more... )

Tapped by Lee Battersby, David Whish-Wilson and Alex Isle, but delayed by the great hard drive disaster of last week.

1) What is the working title of your current/next book?

Currently working on a novel with the working title What Rough Beast?.

2) Where did the idea come from?I was tired of writing books with heroes, particularly action heroes ( Read more... )