Category: Writing

The writing retreat (finally)

The internet is finally back (yay!) but it’s been too hot this week to really do much with it. In between melting and not sleeping, I lost my blogging enthusiasm. But tonight there’s a cool southerly change, and I can sit at my desk without sticking to the chair, so here (finally) are some photos …

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Just before I disappear…

Excited to see the Aussies taking over Robot land, with news that Trent Jamieson has signed with Angry Robot Books! And now I’m off for a week with these people to write and write and write! No internet or mobile phone access though — I just hope it doesn’t turn into something out of the …

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Adventures in research land

Today was a day full of adventure, research and walking. LOTS of walking. Because the new book — still without title and not quite yet ready to be written — is set in Sydney, I decided some Sydney-based research was in order. After all, I want a good clear picture of what the post-apocalyptic version …

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And what have you done?

Recently? Eaten a LOT. Drunk way too MUCH. And enjoyed every minute of it, thank you. Somehow I felt like I’ve deserved it. The end of the year has been a bit of a battle. Mix up novel revisions with a bout of the flu and a bad back and what else could you call …

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Not dead, just busy

That’d be me. What is it about this time of year? It’s like a giant time-sucking black hole has opened up above my house and it’s vacuuming up the rest of the year while I’m sitting here, typing away furiously and otherwise shaking my fist at it. Whew. Don’t worry, I have coffee and I’m not …

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