you’re getting warmer now
Welcome to Melbourne, Australia. Welcome to the 118th day of above 20 degree temperatures… pretty good since the previous record was 70-something days back in 2001. Even better when the mild-to-warm forecast just keeps rolling into next week. Give me rain! Give me arctic winds! Give me chill and gloom and the smugness of curling [...]
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 [...]
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