Category: Writers

Guest Post: Donna Hanson on balancing writing and life!

Today I am lucky enough to be visited by the wonderful Donna Maree Hanson. Her book Dragon Wine Book 1: Shatterwing is free in e-book for a short time. As part of spreading the word about Shatterwing Donna is doing a blog tour and offering a give away of a hard copy of Shatterwing. Winners will be drawn from people …

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Continuum and Octopuses and Costumes, Oh My!

or ‘what I’ve been doing for the past two weeks’ I know this is way late, but I have an excuse! Convention-flu. Let me take you back in time, before too much wine, not enough sleep, and an over-reliance on take away food turned me into the croaky, slouching creature you see before you. Back …

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Continuum 8!

This year is moving at an insane crazy pace. Need proof? Continuum is only a few days away! See, crazy! I made a belated decision to go this year, but that doesn’t mean I’m not looking forward to it. No sireee. Jo’s very rough plan for Continuum: Thursday: Get up f**-off scary early. Long drive …

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Story Spruiking

My wonderful writing buddy Rabia has a story up at Flash Me magazine at the moment. She’s a great writer who I admire a lot, so I totally recommend popping over there and having a read! It’s short and… well… not that sweet actually. Kinda dark. But we like it that way, don’t we. *evil …

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Back from the Aurealis Awards

Sadly, ‘Dragon Bones’ did not win. But regardless, I had a fantastic time. This was my first AA ceremony and what fun it was! The organisers put together a wonderful audio-visual display and read excerpts from some older Aussie spec-fic novels and stories in between each category. All-round an inspiring showcase of Aussie spec-fic awesomeness. The …

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