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RealmShift
A race against time and the Devil
"RealmShift is phenomenal. If it’s not already on your bookshelf it should be."
MageSign
Believe in the blood 
"a gritty tale of blood rituals, mystery, and mysticism… grabs hold of the reader and doesn’t let go"
The Darkest Shade Of Grey
You can tell the story.
"...stunning supernatural noir..."
Ghost Of The Black
"Everything about it is bang on"
Write The Fight Right
“The best way for a writer to learn what’s really involved in brawling, short of going down the pub and starting something.”
Hat tip to my friend Cat Sparks for this one. She pointed me to this Bleeding Cool post on the subject. There’s an offer on ebay at the moment that must have film producers all over the world fighting each other to get the mouse click in first. Or maybe not. Seriously, this is...
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My short story, Stand Off, was published in text and podcast by Wily Writers back in 2009. I was honoured when Wily Writers then contacted me and bought the story again to reprint in their first Best Of anthology. This is my first inclusion in a Best Of book, hopefully the first of many....
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The 2010 shortlists for Australia’s premier dark fiction awards, The Australian Shadows Awards, have been announced. First off, I’m incredibly proud to have the Dark Pages anthology among those finalists. While the book is really the baby of editor Brenton Tomlinson and the contributing authors, it was published by my small outfit, Blade Red...
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I’m always complaining that we don’t have flying cars yet, but there is some truth to this comic. Oh, xkcd, how I love thee… .
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Everyone is blogging about the collapse of REDgroup, the company that owns the bookshop chains of Borders and Angus & Robertson (and Whitcoulls in New Zealand). I was going to write a big long ranty post all about it, but the truth is it’s all been done. A quick web search will yield more...
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I’ve just booked my flights and accommodation for Swancon 36, Perth’s annual SF convention, which is happening this Easter. More than that, it’s this year’s Australian NatCon, the 50th Australian National Convention, so it looks like being a good one. It’s from 21-25 April 2011 at the Hyatt Hotel, Adelaide Tce, Perth. I’ll be...
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I’ve been mainlining Dexter recently. Let me state from the outset that it’s the TV series I’m currently loving and I haven’t yet read any of the original books by Jeff Lindsay. I’d certainly like to and will eventually, but right now I want to talk about the TV series. I started wondering what...
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It’s all about the announcements right now. You may remember in a post a few days ago I was talking about great fiction podcasts. One of those I mentioned was Wily Writers. They do great podcasts, with two new stories every month. Well, their first print anthology, called Night-Mantled, the best of Wily Writers...
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The Ditmar Award (formally the Australian SF (“Ditmar”) Award; formerly the “Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award”) has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention (the “Natcon”) to recognise achievement in Australian science fiction (including fantasy and horror) and science fiction fandom. The award is similar to the Hugo Award...
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So I’ve been running a series of guest posts about the new age of publishing, talking about ebooks, indie authorship, where the traditional bookshop is headed and so on. One of the guest posts was from Shane Jiraiya Cummings and he’s running a similar series of posts on his own blog right now. I’ve...
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The latest edition of ThrillerCast, the podcast I do with fellow author David Wood, is up now. In this episode we interview Joanna Penn, author of the new novel Pentecost. You may remember that I reviewed that book recently and Joanna guest posted here as well. Get the podcast here. .
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I plan to start blogging a bit about good places to find quality fiction. I’ve been meaning to do this for a while, but keep not getting around to it. Today I sold a story to one of my favourite podcasts, so that triggered me to get started. With the net and all associated...
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Wow! Big response. I’ll leave the post in place, but if you’re just finding it now please don’t email asking for review copies. The response was overwhelming and quite humbling – I’m touched by the amount of people that offered reviews. So thanks to everyone, but no more free ebooks for now. Of course,...
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I’m sure that wherever you are in the world you’ve heard about the shocking run of extreme weather Australia has been enduring lately. Foremost among that devastation are the floods and cyclone that have thrashed Queensland over the last few weeks. The damage and loss of life and property are heartbreaking. But true to...
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Joanna Penn is a person at the vanguard of indie authorship. She runs The Creative Penn website and has made a name for herself with her self-published books, How to Enjoy Your Job (2008), From Book to Market (2009) and From Idea to Book (2009). She’s also a blogger, speaker, internet entrepreneur and international...
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Welcome to the website of author Alan Baxter.
I write dark fantasy, sci fi and horror, ride a motorcycle and love my dog. I also teach Kung Fu, hence the Warrior Scribe tag above. A friend once referred to me that way and I liked it, so it stuck. Learn all about me and my work by clicking About Alan just below the header.
Our world is built on language and storytelling. Without stories, we are nothing.
The Word is a place to learn more about me, my stories and the words of others. Click the links along the top for all kinds of stuff, search the sidebars for loads of other stuff, click on book covers for reviews and previews, enjoy the blog and don't be shy to share your words, in comments or send me an email:
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