How to write a novel (the Justine method)
In her acceptance speech at the World Fantasy Awards ceremony this year, Margo Lanagan paid tribute to a blog post by fellow Aussie writer Justine Larbalestier about how to write a novel. Given I’m...
View ArticleLiar by Justine Larbalestier, and the unreliable narrator
The Australian cover of Liar I finished Liar, a tasty tale from the rather accomplished pen of Justine Larbalestier, last night, and it’s got me thinking, even the morning after and before I’ve...
View ArticleAwards and more book covers
Ticonderoga has released the book cover of its limited edition reprint of The Infernal by Kim Wilkins, her first novel and still one of my favourites. Ticon has also recently made available two...
View ArticleTaking time
The RSS feed has delivered two interesting, and timely, posts from fellow scribes. The first, from Kim Wilkins, talks about the negative effect on productivity of the marvellous interwebs — the...
View ArticleWords of writerly wisdom
Recent common sense from writers wot know: Two-million-word writer Kim Wilkins: Write the fucking fiction! Don’t write blogs and marketing plans and twitter yourself in front of everyone in hopes of...
View ArticleRolling the bones, and otherly write bites
I’ve had a wee sabbatical, and there has been wordage, but now it’s back to the mines. Mordor, today; I do hope they’ve cleaned up the blood from the latest cull. At least we had a D&D session on...
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