Best Christmas present ever: I sold my bleak and unsettling story “Smoke Billows, Soot Falls” to the wonderful Simon Marshall-Jones at Spectral Press! Spectral Press specialises in fine, numbered, special edition chapbooks that focus on the ghostly/supernatural end of the fiction spectrum — I couldn’t be more delighted that my story will be published in…… Continue reading Spectral sale!
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On Applying for Grants: Part Two
Being Engaging, Creative, Interesting Anyone who has worked as a teacher – in any capacity – will know how mind-numbingly boring marking papers can be. You have a few set questions and dozens and dozens and dozens of students all answering the same one or two, all in the same way, using the same phrases,…… Continue reading On Applying for Grants: Part Two
Tuesday Therapy: Inspirational Lemons
I hope you’re all having a lovely festive season with plenty of great friends, great food, and great cheer! I have a feeling that many of you, like me, will be taking the chance to use this “holiday” time for a little bit of relaxing, but also as much writing as can be squeezed in,…… Continue reading Tuesday Therapy: Inspirational Lemons
On Applying for Grants: Part One
After yesterday’s fantastic news – which still hasn’t quite sunk in, to be honest – several people mentioned that they’d like to know how I went about getting this funding. So I thought I’d do a series of blog posts on applying for grants – with a few caveats. Caveat the First: I’m no expert.…… Continue reading On Applying for Grants: Part One
Three Cheers for Arts SA!!
THIS JUST IN: HOORAY HOORAY HOORAY FOR ARTS SA!!! I got the grant I applied for — not all that I requested (my budget was a bit cheeky), but all that I need to write full time for much of next year!! Goodbye daydrudgery, hello novel!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
Regency Fairies, Midnight & Moonshine, and other writing matters
‘Tis the season to be writing! Dayjobbery is pretty much finished until after Christmas — yay! — and this morning I did the final edits on ‘Drinks and Measures’, a Regency fairy story I’ve been working on for the past few of weeks. It’s full of wigs and frocks and food and manors (and manners!)…… Continue reading Regency Fairies, Midnight & Moonshine, and other writing matters
Tuesday Therapy: The Nagging Call of Ambition
Today’s therapy session is brought to you by Lee Battersby, one of Angry Robot’s Open Door success stories. Context: 980 novels were submitted to Angry Robot’s “Open Door Month” back in March, and out of this lot only 3 authors were chosen for publication… and Lee was one of them. He’s signed on for two…… Continue reading Tuesday Therapy: The Nagging Call of Ambition
The Weird West in Fiction
This week, a feature post I wrote about the Weird West in fiction is up on suduvu.com — Random House’s site about all things science fiction and fantasy (books, movies, games, comics, manga — yeah, pretty much everything). Thinking of the American mid-West conjures up images of cowboys and desperadoes, dusty plains and wild mountain…… Continue reading The Weird West in Fiction
Ann VanderMeer’s Introduction to Bluegrass Symphony
Ann VanderMeer’s wonderful introduction to Bluegrass Symphony is now up at Ecstatic Days! Jeff kicks things off with a little stroll down memory lane… I first met Lisa L. Hannett when I taught at Clarion South in 2009, and I was impressed with her originality and her prose. (She also looked like she could kick…… Continue reading Ann VanderMeer’s Introduction to Bluegrass Symphony
Uncanny Ink: The Weird Illustrations of Beardsley, Niffenegger and Gorey
While I was off getting Doctorified today (HOORAY HOORAY HOORAY!), my essay on the weird illustrations of Beardsley, Niffenegger and Gorey went up over at the Weird Fiction Review website. As most of you probably know, judging by how much I gush about painting and sculptures and exhibits on this site, I adore visual arts…… Continue reading Uncanny Ink: The Weird Illustrations of Beardsley, Niffenegger and Gorey
Lisa L. Hannett 