o my lord

So last night I was happily watching a TV program on the Seven Ages of Rock when a realisation surfaced from the murky subconscious and quirked a brow most wry: of course, Lindeth’s metacharacter is Jareth the Goblin King.  And I am so glad he didn’t tell me that earlier. Lindeth, that is, not Jareth. [...]

Sticky note #762

Beware the sticky note, gentle reader… it spawns and devours the ink which marked it as important, leaving a pale ghostly scribble and general confusion:

smoke detectors

The confusion as per this note relates to how long it’s stayed stuck to the wall, something like ten months. That’s how long its been since my world revolved around [...]

Saving books…

… by Australian authors published in Australia, a situation under threat of Parallel Importation. This  act is prohibited by the UK and USA; why would Australia want to change?
To paraphrase the circular: While it’s possible that lifting territorial copyright restrictions will bring down book prices, it’s more likely to result in less Australian science fiction, fantasy [...]

Treat: Witching Hour

                                                               For all those lovely Kindle fans out there, After the Fall: Witching Hour is available early… click the cover for the link.
A bit of background: the Mistress of the AtF Universe said a particular alien species did not come in shades of grey, despite our insubordinate attempts to paint our characters that way.  Ha!  She should have [...]

Nightlights

I have a new novel in progress, a crime-fantasy set in the City of Light and thus full of shadows.  It’s also full of auxilary characters who are giving me trouble by being coolly named (so I can’t arrest them), lovable (so I can’t kill them off) or in the case of the newest one [...]

Flee, pale mortal…

Thanks to a link discovered on the Tor.com site I’m reading Dracula in real-time – well, almost. Have to allow an extra day for the US/Australian time zones. Nineteen days in and I’m very much on The Count’s side although I haven’t quite figured out the significance of his hairy palms (hmmm!).  I’d be even [...]

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