Archive for March, 2006

I’ve got a bit of time to kill before I leave on holiday and thought I might share this with you. In the paper a couple of days ago I was reading about how researchers have questioned the efficacy of omega-3 fats on health. It’s long been considered that a good intake of omega-3’s...
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This past weekend was the ‘Magic Casements’ speculative fiction festival at the NSW Writer’s Centre. It was a good day. There was a decent turnout of people and lots of great discussions and workshops. RealmShift was being sold there along with loads of other great spec fic by the good people from Infinitas Bookstore....
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The drawing show at G & A Gallery had it’s opening last night. It was a good show, very well managed by Zuza Zochowski along with Gretchen and Alan at the gallery. I’ll add a couple of photos from the show. You can see our work in the background here: Not a bad turnout...
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I recently discovered this site: http://www.bigwhitebox.com/ It’s a beta version of a new system where people, professionals and amateurs alike, can upload their photographs. The photos are then stocked on the site for sale to anyone that wishes to buy them, for any purpose, private or commercial. The real beauty is that for every...
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I was reading recently about a new DVD the Dutch are issuing to potential immigrants (as part of an entrance exam) to give an insight into Dutch life. This way immigrants can see if Holland is really a place they would like to live. It’s easy to see that the DVD is obviously targeted...
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Further to yesterdays update, RealmShift is now also available from the good people at Gleebooks, in Glebe. Again, you can buy off the shelf or contact them for mail order. It’s been a busy week for me and RealmShift, and a pretty positive one at that. Keep watching this blog. I promise to post...
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RealmShift, this year’s best novel, is now available in Australia (and internationally, for that matter) through two fine book stores – Infinitas Bookshop in Parramatta and Galaxy Bookshop in Sydney City. You can go in to buy off the shelf or contact them for mail order sales. Go on, you know your life is...
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Halinka, my wife and extremely talented artist, has had this idea for some time of trying to get the movements of the footwork of Kung Fu down on paper as an artwork. It’s something she’s toyed with for ages but never really followed up on. Last week she was asked to be part of...
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I’m repeatedly dumbfounded by the bizarre things I read in public places. One of these things is to be found on the “No Fun Allowed” sign at Bronte Park. Let me explain. I live in Bronte, in Sydney’s east, right near the beach. There is a park behind the beach. A place for fun...
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I thought I’d better fill you in on the story so far with regards to the publication of RealmShift. The novel has been written for some time and I originally tried the route of traditional publishing. I managed to get an agent that believed in the work; one of the best agents in Sydney,...
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