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Where I was yesterday More news … much, much later. … Continue reading
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Good news. The authorities have taken action on the Great Hornbill killing. I salute them. “An army officer and three of his subordinates who slaughtered a great pied hornbill and posed with the dead bird have been suspended from duties,” … Continue reading
…from blogging. I have visitors. One of them is especially cute. My six-year-old grandson. He and his family and my sister are all here for my husband’s 70th birthday. When they leave, I leave for Swancon/Natcon – so busy times … Continue reading
Just recently I was up in the north, in the state of Perak, the only place where all of Malaysia’s ten species of hornbill can be reliably found, all species totally protected. Once, a couple of years back, my friends … Continue reading
I had just barely recovered from a bout of euphoria — caught from the news that Stormlord Rising was an Aurealis Award finalist (for Best Fantasy Novel of 2010) — when I was hit by another bout, just as serious. … Continue reading
Remains of ancient oil jars photographed by a camera lowered into a cave somewhere in the Middle East? Nope. Each is hardly much bigger than my thumbnail and they are made of mud, by potter wasps. All found during a … Continue reading
Back in the days of yore… Ok, back in about 1997 or 1998, my agent, who lives in UK, told me I should start going to science fiction conventions now that I had my first book accepted for publication. I … Continue reading
On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 the best… Coming in at No. 10: I’ve scored another Aurealis Award shortlisting! That makes my sixth. I think I shall give up the idea of ever winning as I doubt … Continue reading
To recap, I have already made three posts on this subject, here, here and here. And I am doing a lot of research as I am starting a new trilogy set in a different world, but one which has its … Continue reading
Yep, we’ve done it again. Let’s get one thing straight (no pun intended there, my friends) — put in the simplest of general terms, people are born with their sexuality/gender identity. It’s NOT a choice. If you believe it is … Continue reading