Joanne Anderton

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…)

I am a creature of habit and I get very disturbed if those habits are broken. If, for example, my morning routine (centred almost entirely on the consumption of a nice cup of coffee) is upset then woe be to anyone who has to deal with me for the rest of the day.

Writing is not [...]

I gave myself this week off to get over this stupid cold. Spent my evenings crashing on the couch, and obviously needed it *sigh*

But last night I struggled to get to sleep, because I was distracted by books I want to write. That’s the sign, isn’t it. Must be time to start writing again

Or, they will be.

I’m peering through my sore-throat, headache-rattled, icky-feeling haze to point to THIS over at Angry Robot Books.

That’s me they’re talking about. And those are my books.

Debris will be published by Angry Robot Books in 2011, with Suited following in 2012. Wanna say WOOT with me? WOOT!

I’ve been calling these books ‘dark-fantasy/steampunk-ish’. Angry [...]

So, while I wait for the novel brain to recover, I’m playing with short stories. That sounds like I don’t appreciate my short stories for who they are, but I do, really *pets them and hopes they don’t get offended and walk off in a huff*

I’ve always felt that short story writing and novel writing [...]