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Woooooot!
Just got a sneak peek at the new Doorways Magazine with my story "Frozen" in it. That made me happy. The fact that there is also poetry from Jane Yolen almost made me faint. :-) -
Is it just me or ...
... whenever George Bush speaks does anyone else hear the words "Bend over, America", no matter what else he's saying??? -
Reasons why I should go back to bed:
1. I forgot the coffee bubbler-thingy was on the stove and burned the coffee - again. House smells like coffee (vanilla coffee, not bad) and I am drinking very toasty coffee ( Read more... ) -
This is actually me at the printer ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REQRHdMRimw
Yes, you can see the way the office is going this Friday afternoon. -
And I started a story ...
... the other night, based on the old Irish folksong Binoorie ... I think it may just stay short and I can use it for Daily Cabal somewhere down the track. But I wrote, I wrote, I really did! And got good feedback on the Crusades novel y'day, which was a HUGE relief to find other people think there's something there too. *yay* -
And so, to my new crush ...
... Yann Martel, who's appearing at the Brisneyland Writers Festival, and who spoke this morning about his attempt to educate (and, I suspect, taunt) the Canadian Prime Minister. Gotta love a man who does this: http://www.whatisstephenharperreading.ca/about/. My new hero/crush (but I haven't even read Life of Pi - couldn't get past the first page ( Read more... ) -
Dreaming Again celebrations
Come one, come all - Dreaming Again celebrations (sanctioned by Jack Dann!) to be held in Brisneyland - see below.
Hi everyone!
Some ten years ago DREAMING DOWNUNDER, the anthology of contemporary Australian F&SF was released and caused a sensation.
DREAMING DOWNUNDER was groundbreaking: Oz speculative fiction suddenly came of age and our voices ( Read more... ) -
And so to The Mummy ...
... which I didn't hate. In fact, my only regret was Maria Bello, and the fact that someone thought it a good idea to make Evelyn O'Connell into a romance novelist after her exciting career as a tomb-raiding, mummy-killing, kickasss librarian-archaeologist. *sigh ( Read more... )
