New RealmShift review at Horror Bound

Feb 28, 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...

Continuum 6 – The report

Feb 28, 2010

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...

Continuum 6: Future Tense

Feb 23, 2010

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...

All 90 Australian SpecFic Snapshots 2010

Feb 22, 2010

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...

Rules for writing fiction from various authors

Feb 21, 2010

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...