amandapillar writes:

Pet Hates

Over in my LJ, I have started to write up pet writing hates as I think of them. Today’s is First Person Fiction.

It took a long time before I could bring myself to read first person fiction. Why? Mostly because when I was younger, I’d read it and think, ‘But I don’t empathize with you at all, I’m not you’ - (I used to take the ‘I ( Read more... )

amandapillar writes:

Vampires

True Blood: The HBO television series inspired by the Sookie Stackhouse novels, written by Charlaine Harris.

I have to say, I am fast forming an addiction to the series. It’s not another Buffy, far from it. The vampires are mostly traditional in nature, and they live among the human populace since a Japanese company invented ‘True ( Read more... )

amandapillar writes:

Grants Pass

I’ve just finished the final stages of typesetting the anthology, Grants Pass. It is currently with the proof readers, and I’m waiting anxiously to hear the comments so I can email our authors with “It’s great, no changes” or “It’s great, but we need to tweak this”.

So what is Grants Pass about?

Grants Pass is a post ( Read more... )

amandapillar writes:

Serial Killers

I have always wanted to write a novel about a serial killer. A real, hardcore book that covers the mental processes involved in someone like that. I know there are some out there. I read - I wouldn’t say ‘enjoy’ -and appreciated American Psycho. So far, I think that’s hit the nail on the head; the best for me, anyway.

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amandapillar writes:

Twilight

Now, I know Mark hasn’t read the Twilight books. He tried; he told me he really did try. But he just couldn’t.

Maybe it was because it was aimed at teenage girls, and Mark is as far from that as I am from being a grandfather (okay, maybe there’s a little hyperbole there). Maybe it was because it took a while to get into. Either ( Read more... )

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If like me, you like yer horror then you really need to get your hands on a copy of this:

Australian Dark Fantasy and Horror - 2007 Edition

and I have been reliably informed that there are very few copies left, so hurry up!

Has anyone suffered the same with Mr. R. R. Martin?

I read his first three books in the Song of Ice and Fire series in 2006 and loved them, having all three in my top five books of that year, with A Storm of Swords at number one.

I eventually got around to starting book four: A Feast for Crows, a couple of weeks ago and I am bored stupid. ( Read more... )

A few days ago
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