Monthly Archives: March 2009

Short story published at Antipodean SF

by alan • March 28, 2009 • 4 Comments

Antipodean SF is an online speculative fiction magazine that specialises in flash fiction. Short, sharp, clever pieces of fiction that never exceed 500 words. From the website: AntipodeanSF ‘online’ exists to let the world know that there is such a…

by alan • March 28, 2009 • 5 Comments

Sorry things have been a bit quiet around here lately. I won’t bore you with the details, but things have been bloody hectic for the wife and I lately, and they’re only going to get more pandemonic (it’s a word…

by alan • March 19, 2009 • 0 Comments

Check out the latest review for RealmShift posted at Horrorscope – The Australian Dark Fiction Web Blog. Overall a pretty good review – very thorough, well thought out and largely positive. That’s pretty much the best we can hope for…

by alan • March 19, 2009 • 2 Comments

Some of you may be aware of my broad and ecclectic taste in music, others may not. However, one of the things that I’ve always had a passion for is powerful, ball tearing, throat ripping heavy metal. I’m also a…

by alan • March 16, 2009 • 1 Comment

David Wood is a good friend of mine and a top notch author. He’s been kind enough to read and blurb on my books before and he’s an invaluable source of ideas and help in the field of indie publishing…

by alan • March 16, 2009 • 2 Comments

You might notice a few small changes here at The Word. I’ve made a new page dedicated for links (see the new button in the Navigation panel on the left) and removed all the links boxes from the lefthand sidebar,…

by alan • March 14, 2009 • 0 Comments

I was wandering around one of the local towns recently, window shopping with my wife, when we saw this sign posted in the window of a shop. It was one of those shops that sold all kinds of weird and…

by alan • March 13, 2009 • 6 Comments

I picked this up over at Writing Forums: Apparently Hemmingway once wrote a six-word ‘story’ and called it his best work. Wired Magazine challenged a phalanx of SF/F and horror authors to try this. Some examples: Automobile warranty expires. So…

by alan • March 12, 2009 • 4 Comments

April Hamilton is an indie author with a number of successful titles to her name. Here she writes about the love/hate relationship indie authors and publishers have with Amazon. Amazon And The Indie Author: Frenemies? I had a discussion about…