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The first cases of the bird flu have been found in Kuala Lumpur among domestic chickens. That’s right, not in wild birds. One wonders why wild birds always seem to take the rap, when there is still no evidence to … Continue reading
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In the middle of the nineteenth century, my great-grandparents set sail from England and Ireland, seeking a better life in Australia. They had no guarantees that they would ever arrive, let alone ever go back again. Photo by Lim Kim … Continue reading
When I started down the road to being a published author, there were times I wanted it so bad it was a physical ache. I would carefully calculate exactly how long before I could expect to hear back from the … Continue reading
…the only trouble is that it is not making money for me! On Amazon.co.uk the secondhand price is now a whopping big 163.07 pounds sterling for one copy. (Are they mad?) Never mind, someone has it on sale for a … Continue reading
Now I know a lot of people, including Malaysians, are going to look at that title and wonder what the hell I am going on about now. But there will also be a lot of people out there – from … Continue reading
I feel as though I just escaped a scam. I went along to my local travel agent to book a ticket to New York under the current travel fair cheap ticket week. Luckily for me, before I went, I checked … Continue reading
We all know that feeling. You start reading a book, even perhaps a best seller, and after a few pages you think to yourself, ‘How on earth did this ever get into print? I could do better!’ When you’re unpublished, … Continue reading
….without having to wade through all the blogging trivia, take a look at what is happening over at Emerald City. Cheryl Morgan has had the intelligent idea of an author-contributing blog (in fact, not just authors but others in the … Continue reading
It’s beginning to look likethe world was made by a committee. So maybe… Now is the time for all good mento comfort the ache of their country. Ouch. … Continue reading
Photo: the Orkneys, Scotland, after Sff Worldcon 2005: from left, Paul Ewins, self, Donna Hanson, my daughter Natasha and Trudi. I love seeing my fellow Australian sff authors do well. I love it when they are fellow Voyager authors. I … Continue reading