Joanne Anderton

Author's posts

Feb 23

Out of the Frying Pan!

By Joanne

Found a lovely surprise on my doorstep this morning: my author copy of Out of the Frying Pan! The pub date is April so I wasn’t expecting to see it so soon. It’s such a great looking book and the stories are amazing. Was flicking through it this afternoon and before I knew it I’d …

Feb 22

Stick a fork in this draft, it’s done

By Joanne

Draft the second is officially DONE. Completed. OVER. New word count comes in at 116,600 up from 113,100. But, the most telling part? I cut (ready for this?) almost 20,000 words of crap. So that means that I also wrote 23,000 new words of not crap. Oh, how I hope they’re not crap. This is …

debris, revision, Suited
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Jan 31

In another world?

By Joanne

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 …

publications, revision, short stories, Suited, Writing
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Jan 26

Back from the Aurealis Awards

By Joanne

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 …

Jan 19

Yes, I might be a sheep

By Joanne

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? (audiophile …