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Monday, June 30, 2014

I Got Some Free Books!

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I've recently won a book from the English Historical Fiction Authors blog, a novel by Glynn Holloway, 1066:What Fates Impose , which is...
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Saturday, June 28, 2014

Currently Re-Reading...

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I'm halfway through a reread of Anne-Marie Selinko's novel Desiree , a delightful historical romance about the woman who was Napole...
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Friday, June 27, 2014

June 28 Meme

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Today is my sister Mary's birthday, so I went online to see what happened "on this day" and who was born(apart from Mary, of ...

The Interview Of Ambelin Kwaymullina: On Dystopian YA And The Tribe

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Today I'd like to welcome the amazing Ambelin Kwaymullina to my blog. I had read both her wonderful novels and heard her spea...
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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

The Caller (Book 3 Shadowfell) By Juliet Marillier. Sydney, Pan Macmillan, 2014

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Summer Gathering, when the rebels of Shadowfell are planning to challenge the evil King Keldec, is approaching rapidly. Caller Neryn, with w...

Writing Process Blog Hop #4: Mary Victoria

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Mary and I first met   when we were sitting near each other at the Aussiecon 4 signing tables. At the time, she had a novel out, mine was n...
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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Teaching Year 8 To Write Stories ( from my other blog)

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I'm a writer. I know how to write, but teaching Year 8 how to write stories? If it was that easy, everyone would be selling. Yet it must...
Saturday, June 14, 2014

Writing Process Blog Hop #3: Satima Flavell

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Satima Flavell, who is a WA writer with the novel The Dagger Of Dresnia under her belt, actually has a blog of her own, at satimaflavell.b...
Friday, June 13, 2014

Writing Process Blog Hop #2: Sue Bursztynski

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What are you working on? Right now, a short story, straight historical fiction, about Dr "James Barry", a woman who lived as ...

Writing Process Blog Hop # 1: Ambelin Kwaymullina

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The other day I received an email from Rhiannon Hart, a YA author currently living outside Australia. It was about a "Writing Process...
Saturday, June 07, 2014

The Beatles In Melbourne - Writing About It

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Fifty years ago this weekend, the Beatles were in Melbourne. That is certainly something to celebrate. I've been to the exhibit...
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Continuum Day 1 And ASIM 60 Arrives!

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                                   I had to get up at the same time as I do to go to work today, because I was doing my first panel at...
Tuesday, June 03, 2014

History Is...?

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Today, June 4, is the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Tianenmen Square Massacre in China. In it, pro-democracy students were mowed down by t...
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Saturday, May 31, 2014

Getting Fiction Right

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I'm reading a lot this week and have already unearthed a glitch in one of the books I'm reading. I tend to do this, even in mainst...
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Friday, May 30, 2014

Preparing For Continuum X!

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In a couple of weeks, I'll be going to Continuum X, this year's Australian National Convention. It will be a particularly exciting...
Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Happy Birthday, Rachel Carson!

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Rachel Carson in 1952.Public domain image. Today, Google celebrated the 107th birthday of environmentalist Rachel Carson with one o...
Saturday, May 24, 2014

Look What I Got In The Mail! Juliet Marillier's Latest!

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I know this has been out for months in ebook, but my policy is not to review ebooks, because I can't put them on my library shelves, so ...
Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Countdown To The Ditmar Awards

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I thought I'd done a post here, but found the only post I had done on this year's Ditmar Awards for speculative fiction(Australia...
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Friday, May 16, 2014

The New Aurealis Awards Judge!

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C'est moi! :-) Just got my confirmation. I will be one of those on the children's section panel. Now I will see what all the CBCA...
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What I'm Currently Reading....

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Lots, actually, but here are some recent downloads and a not- so-random read or two! Murder In The Telephone Exchange by June Wright. Recen...