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Ah, how I hate plane travel, economy class. I can’t even use my laptop because there isn’t enough room to open the top to see the screen. I started from home at 5.30 a.m. and arrived at NY’s Newark airport … Continue reading
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I have to be off to the airport at 5am, so I really ought to be getting some sleep. Instead, Gillian over at gillpolack over at livejournal started me thinking about worldbuilding. She has thought more deeply about the way … Continue reading
My daughter was in hospital four days, so this unashamed plug is to cheer her up – all you peoples downunder have to go an buy her band’s EP CD “If Gold were Silver…” from F.O.Machete (distributed by Shellshock) And … Continue reading
Writers tend to sit. A lot. Some of us don’t even have a normal outside- the-house job that gets you moving (as far as the car in the garage anyway). When living in West Malaysia, my husband and I try … Continue reading
There was an interesting discussion recently (10th April) in the Purple Zone (nickname for the Australian Voyageronline Message Board), on whether published authors were mean – or wise – to tell unpublished writers horror tales about how hard it is … Continue reading
Malaysia grows coffee. So one would think it was possible to get good fresh coffee beans, or ground coffee, right? Not so easy. Not here in Sabah anyway. Well, maybe you can, but by the time it is being sold … Continue reading
I have just read the perfect chapter, and that made me fall to thinking about what a perfect chapter should have. And here are my ideas: 1. It should advance the plot.2. As a corollary to point 1, a perfect … Continue reading
Am feeling rather extravagant. We now have two places to call home. The photos show the block of apartments in Sabah where we are renting; the view from one end of the block; and the pond at the other end. … Continue reading
I am off to Kota Kinabalu tomorrow for a week. As far as I know, the internet connection over in the apartment is not yet fixed. And I am not yet sure when it will be, so if you don’t … Continue reading
There is still one copy of Heart of the Mirage going begging as I write this – but I don’t expect it to last long.There is an extract up at the HarperCollins Voyager site (it’s the beginning chapter) which can … Continue reading