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Australia Day
Happy Australia Day, to the 22 million of us who celebrate it! And happy India's Republic Day to boot, for the 1,200 million who celebrate that.
In honour of the occasion, here's a right-side up map of the world.
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A day in the Life
Wake up at 6am, shower, skip breakfast.
Catch bus at 7am.
Start work at 8am.
Finish work at 5pm, catch bus to uni.
Stay at uni till 10pm, walk to train station.
Arrive at train station 10.30pm, wait for train.
Catch train at 11.30. Disembark at next station. Catch next train. Get taxi.
Arrive home midnight. Post on livejournal.
Rinse and repeat.
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My Old Dah
My grandfather, my old Dah, passed away within the last couple of hours. He was 78 years, but he was always extremely fit and active. He walked, rode his bike, yachted when he could. It was only during the last bit that he became "old".
He was diagnosed with mesothelioma earlier in the year, and the decline was rapid, particularly these last ( Read more... ) -
Plagiarist Alert
Recently Shock Totem received a story from one Richard Ridyard. It didn't take the slush reader long to recognise a Stephen King story under the superficial rewordings. Not a particularly obscure one either, it's "The Boogeyman" from Night Shift. K. Allen Wood, editor of Shock Totem, writes about it here, with examples of just how blatant the theft ( Read more... ) -
Happy Birthday Rose!
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Seller of Stories
Writerly update- my story, 'The Rainbow Serpent', has been accepted by Shock Totem, them of the "Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted".
This is a big deal for me. Pending edits and the signing of contracts, it will be my third story sale, and my first at pro rates.
Also, at 5c a word for 3400 odd words, that ain't bad either.
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And the world record goes to...
... me, with a 10 minute rejection from Fantasy Magazine.
Beat that!
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The Auction House Rules
Today was an untypical Saturday. I got to buy art, a first for me, and pay for it with someone else's money, which was both a plus and a minus. Plus, because, well, it wasn't my money I was spending. Minus, because I was spending someone else's money.
And, I have to admit, being the hick that I am this was the first auction I've been to that wasn't ( Read more... )
