Tag: Writing

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 01

Shadow of Drought review

Midnight Echo #2 has been reviewed very positively over at the Specusphere, Shadow of Drought included: Through many of the stories, there is a distinctive Australian feel, which will definitely draw some uneasy parallels to personal experiences for any Aussies who have ever ventured past their front door, particularly in Joanne Anderton’s “Shadow of Drought” …

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Oct 15

Albatross Ghosts!

My author copies for Kaleidotrope #7 arrived today, and just in time. I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the world in which Albatross Ghosts is set, so it is great to see it in print. Ghosts and aliens and an apocalypse, oh-my!