Joanne Anderton

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  1. This in an intervention — 13 comments
  2. The Next Big Thing… thing — 12 comments
  3. A little short story in a big wide world — 10 comments
  4. Character guilt — 10 comments
  5. Debris is ALIVE! — 10 comments

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Dec 29

Exciting!

Horrorscope have just released their 2008 Dark Fiction Recommended Reading List It’s SO exciting to see a story from ASIM #34 (otherwise known as the issue edited by yours truly) on the list! “Bitter Elsie Mae” by Tessa Kum (ASIM #34) Horray for Tessa!

Dec 29

Better late than never

Oh I’m so far behind! I blame Christmas. Check out the list of contributors for CSFG‘s Masques anthology. What great company! Amelia Walker ‘Gentlemen Prefer Pengs’ Andrew J. McKiernan The Dumbshow Anne Mok The Gift of the Butterfly Queen Ariella Adler Coppernic’s Sky Astrid Cooper Still Life Cat Sheely Hobnails in heaven Cat Sparks Seventeen …

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Dec 08

A little gem of wisdom

This is it, people. Revelation time. Guess what? Writing is hard. That’s right. Hard. It’s hard to sit at a computer when everyone else is taking the day off. It’s hard to look at a plot point or a sentence or a paragraph you love so much and concede it has to go. It’s hard …

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Dec 05

Another short story in a big wide world

Today I learned Death Masque has been accepted into the CSFG‘s Masques anthology! Horray! My thanks go out to Gillian for her fantastic editorial feedback. And I couldn’t do any of this without dearest Rabia, the best critique-buddy a writer could hope for.

Dec 02

Metaphors

I’m gearing up for the next revision of Debris and have been thinking a lot about how this stage feels. This might make me sound like a crazy person but I’ve been searching for the right metaphor. A bit like taking a very deep breath. A bit like setting out on a long journey. Neither …

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