Joanne Anderton

Out of the Frying Pan is up on the Finch Publishing website, looking extremely official (and still very bright!). It will be out in all good bookstores by the end of the month. It even looks like there will be a book launch (in Perth, sigh, which I cannot afford to get to *weep*). More [...]

Behind in my blog posting again, where is my head at the moment? Ah, I know. When a sff writer says ‘oh, sorry, I was in another world’ that means we’re hard at work… right?

So, what I have forgotten to mention is ‘Breathtaker’ — a quasi-romantic, quasi-apocalyptic short story of mine — will be coming [...]

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 post-award [...]

But I am a sheep with a desk. Lots of interesting writerly type people are showing off their writing spaces, so I decided to join the party. Observe:

Do you see my ‘Aperture Science (your trusted friend in science)’ mug? The cuteness of the mac mini and the pico headphone amp attached to it? [...]

Urk, it’s too hot tonight. Of course, this is nothing compared to what others have been putting up with. But still. Hot.

Melting inhibits the revision so instead, I’ll chat about some odds and ends!

First, and very exciting, is that the ToC for Worlds Next Door has been announced and my short story, ‘Graffiti’ is in [...]