Joanne Anderton

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Author's posts

Nov 28

Stoker awards

As I mentioned a while ago, Sinister Reads is doing a series of posts about Aussie authors recommended for the Bram Stoker award. See, turns out Shadow of Drought has been recommended for the short fiction category, amidst some absolutely fantastic company. Check us all out! This is a very tiny first step in a …

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Nov 23

Revision rant

So, after a vigorous internal debate I did not rearrange the structure of the beginning quite as drastically as I first thought. No matter what I tried the new structure just threw up a whole set of problems of its own. So instead, I tried to work out what was so wrong with it, why …

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Nov 21

Maybe we should just knock the whole thing down?

If this novel draft is a house, then this revision is the kind of renovation where the only thing that stays the same are the numbers out the front. Eeek, I know, analogy torture. I’ve come to the weighty decision that the structure of the entire beginning is wrong. Time to cut, rearrange, paste then …

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Nov 19

*cough hack* ME3! *coughs*

Taking a short break from hacking up my lungs here to say Midnight Echo 3 has arrived! My twisted little story, Little Ghost Boy, is in some fantastic company there. I’ve already spent my payment on pre-ordering ‘Australian Dark Fantasy and Horror Vol 4’ from Brimstone Press. *cough hack* The new Devin Townsend album is …

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Nov 14

Another review!

Another review for Midnight Echo 2 and Shadow of Drought over at Horrorscope. There are several clear standout stories in this issue, the first of which is Shadow of Drought by Joanne Anderton. Firmly grounded in the Australian landscape, the reality of drought gives this story a particular impact and makes the creepy events occurring …

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