Joanne Anderton

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My eyes! Oh my eyes!

I hate italics. Why? Because I spent most of today helping out the fabulous layout gurus at ASIM. And italics are hard to see, they make my eyes hurt, I have to check and check again in case I miss them. I hatesss them. I hereby swear (you all are my witnesses) not to use …

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Holidays don’t last long enough, do they?

Well, we’re back from our far-too-brief holiday down the south coast. I’m in moping mode. Returning to the city always depresses me. We stayed in a lovely house close to the coast a good five hours south of Sydney. It was beautiful and peaceful and we had ourselves a lovely time. Gully the dog joined …

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Behind the times

I never notice these things when they actually happen. Only later. Much later. Ah well. At any rate, here are a few small mentions that made me happy. Shane Jiraiya Cummings’ annual Dark Fiction Writers to Watch list. It would be nice to achieve things in 2009 *twitches* 2008 felt almost like a waste. It …

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Tales that certainly feel long ago

Reading one of Graham‘s recent posts started me thinking about writing stories. Not the act of writing, I mean stories about writing. I have never almost stopped writing, so I don’t have one of those stories to tell. But I can clearly place the moment I realised I wanted to write. And not only write, …

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Om nom nom

*stands up* Hi, my name is Joanne and I’m obsessed with food. I don’t eat when I’m upset, or lonely, although I have noticed a tendency to munch away the boredom. I just love food. I love buying it (Mmmm fresh fruit and veg) I love cooking it and boy, do I love eating it. …

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