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I intend to drop by Swancon 2013 in Perth on Saturday or (and?) Sunday next. If you see me around, please feel free to come and say hi! Look forward to seeing old friends, making new friends, and chatting to … Continue reading
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As most readers of this blog know, I am relocating to Australia. After Wednesday I won’t be living in Malaysia on a permanent basis. Which means saying goodbye to much that has meant a lot to me over very many … Continue reading
If there is one writing “fact” that comes up again and again on blogs on writing and in writing groups and writing courses, it is this: Don’t head-hop in a single scene. Or to put the matter another way: stay … Continue reading
I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. Partly because I am packing up my gigantic collection of books, trying to decide which ones to keep and which ones to give away or discard. I am shifting continents and I … Continue reading
And where’s the wildlife, you may ask? Well, it was in that vase. I disturbed it and it fled out the sliding doors… Yep, that pesky tree-shrew (neither shrew nor tree-dweller, remember) was at it again, building a nest in … Continue reading
I haven’t posted in so long. Too much going on with the house sale, packing up and stuff. Still lots of uncertainties because we haven’t yet found a definite buyer for the house, even though we have dropped the price … Continue reading
We are staying in Kaisermuhlen, which is an area squeezed between the Donau (River Danube) and what we Australians would call a billabong that used to be part of the Danube, the Alte Donau. The ugliest modern belltower ever, for … Continue reading
This is the third and final book of the German translation of the Mirage Makers, Der Bund der Illustionisten. It is a gorgeous lush cover, worth clicking on to have a look at in big size. The German title for … Continue reading
These awards are the yearly Australian awards for science fiction, fantasy and horror short stories and novels. Every year, a dedicated band of folk interested in spec-fic of all kinds gets together to organise the awards, a task which includes … Continue reading