Archive for February, 2010

I was very pleased to read a new review of RealmShift over at Horror Bound today. Among other things, the reviewer said stuff like: “You’ll be hooked. And then, you’re in for a fast-paced, white knuckle ride.” “Alan Baxter excels at writing action.” “All in all, Realm Shift is a worthwhile read. At the...
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It’s Monday, I’m feeling sleep deprived and have a sore throat from talking too much. I was clearly at a con this weekend. Continuum 6: Future Tense, in fact. And what a great con it was. I caught up with many friends and finally met for real some people I know quite well online....
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It’s convention time again. This weekend I’ll be at Continuum 6: Future Tense. Continuum is a Melbourne con that has a cool, intimate vibe. There’s always good people and interesting things going on. For my part, other than hanging out with friends and hopefully making some new friends, I’ll be on a couple of...
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You may remember this post about the Snapshot of me done as part of the 2010 Australian SpecFic Snapshots. It’s basically 5 questions answered by as many of us as the people behind it could find. Mad fools that they are, they managed to find 90 people to interview this year. A truly sterling...
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Thanks to Adrian for this one. A couple of articles in the Guardian (UK) about writing fiction. Various authors give their rules for writing well and there’s a lot to be learned from the places several authors cross over in their advice. The article is in two parts: Part the first. Part the second....
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Yes, you read that right. One of the mailing groups I’m on was shocked by this recently, so I thought I’d share. A young Twilight fan wrote a letter to the website latinoreview.com. I had no idea there was a Latino Review site, but there you go. This letter writer does nothing for the...
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I am extremely pleased to announce that my dark fantasy thriller novels, RealmShift and MageSign, have been acquired by Gryphonwood Press in the US. This marks a move from the books being indie published through my own press to being “traditionally” published by a small press in the US that is really going places....
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I love Twitter. The things that happen there are great, especially when the big stars show themselves up to be geeks like the rest of us. A conversation between Simon Pegg and Nathan Fillion this morning cracked me up. For those not versed in geekery, Simon Pegg is the British comic genius behind TV...
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I’ve been Snapshotted. Snapshat? There’s a Snapshot of me. Whatever. You can find it here. Basically, it’s an interview that was conducted as part of the 2010 Snapshot of Australian Speculative Fiction, blogging interviews with Aussie spec fic writers from Monday 15th February to Sunday 22nd February. They’ll all be archived at ASif!: Australian...
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I followed this car into a car park the other day. It had two stickers on the back window. On the passanger side was this: Likes as in “likes”? And on the driver’s side was this one: Weird, slightly religious train spotting nerds? Hornby model train nerds? Bizarre, whatever the truth. Makes Star Trek...
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