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I might be a bit quiet on the interwebz front over the next few days due to a bit of family drama. Nothing that won’t be sorted out before long, but it’s going to take my attention for a while. However, in a “funny old world” sort of moment, I’ve also had a slew...
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It’s my turn to host the Australian Spec Fic blog carnival for this month, so following is a round up of all kinds of interesting spec fic related interwebby goodness. If I’ve missed anything, add a link in the comments or email me and I’ll update the post. First off, Eneit Press interviews Gillian...
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I’ll be hosting the Australian Spec Fic blog carnival in March, posting up a loads of stuff on March 15th. If you have any posts you think are relevant, please let me have the links. It can be anything spec fic related, about writing, books, movies, TV or anything you can find even a...
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The latest list of recommended reading from Locus Online has been announced. You know I’ve been rattling on for months about Paul Haine’s awesome novella, “Wives”. Well, that’s on there, as is Margo Lanagan’s novella, “Sea Hearts”, from the same anthology. And, in fact, the “X6″ Novellanthology itself is listed. So yeah, you really...
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My short story “Trial Not Required” has just been published in M-Brane SF magazine. It’s in issue 13 and starts on page 13, which is kinda cool. The PDF edition of the mag is out now and the print edition should be available in the next couple of days. The publisher, Chris Fletcher, asked...
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The Australian speculative fiction blog carnival is off to a galloping start for 2010. You can find the January collected posts at Egoboo WA. There’s loads of stuff there, including a few bits by yours truly. Things about Continuum, Natcon, feminism in spec fic and the furore surrounding it, reviews, fiction, interviews, publishing news,...
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Not be mistaken for anything to do with flash fiction, Genre Flash 4 is a PDF magazine listing “The best Australian genre fiction and true crime.” It’s a 24 page magazine that lists all sorts of genre fiction novels and true crime books by Australians, along with a run down of the content, where...
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More often than not when submitting stories for publication a rejection comes in the form of a standard line. It’s usually something along the line of “thanks but no thanks” and that’s it. It’s fair enough too – having been on the other side of the fence I can sympathise with the editors. As...
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For Friday Flash this week I thought I’d draw your attention to a piece I’ve just had published in the House Of Horror ezine in the UK. Each issue there is divided up into different rooms, with different things available in each part of the house – you can find my piece in The...
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You may or may not know about SeizureOnline. According to the website: Seizure is * a new avenue for authors to get published * a collection of serialised novels * a website with RSS feeds, sub-divided by each story with its own feed * available worldwide * released monthly in collected book format. It’s...
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