Monthly Archive: October 2010

Oct 25

Kinda like Alien just without the chest-burstyness

So, I’m incubating a novel. This wasn’t an unplanned novel incubation, so the symptoms aren’t all that surprising. I knew the story I wanted to write next. I have worldbuilding ideas scribbled in a notebook and I met the main character and her dog a few months ago. But only recently, like in the past …

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Oct 21

Fun with words

My writing buddy and Toughest Critiquer Ever (TM), Rabia Gale, and I were having a serious discussion about serious topics the other day. We talked about the difference in the legal drinking age in Aus and the US, and the impacts of problem drinking. This led to a dissection of the social pressures behind things …

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Oct 16

Because I have such wonderful friends

Yesterday I received a belated birthday present from a dear and wonderful friend, who also happens to be an extremely talented writer. She’s at home in Sri Lanka now, having spent years studying and then working in Australia, and I miss her a LOT (and am trying to work out when I can go visit …

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Oct 01

It, like, validates my existence

Oh hey, check it out, I seem to have an author page all of my very own over at Angry Robot Books. Guess that means I DO exist! (and should probably stop procrastinating and get back to writing this short story…)