Author: lisahannett

The apartment smells like melted chocolate, with an undertone of Tuscan salami. These are *good* smells for a Friday night party, especially when they are the result of Angela’s cooking. So good, it’s torture. So hard to concentrate on writing when salivating… Week 5 story now stands at 3,846 words and I still have a…… Continue reading Friday fun

Week 5 story is currently 1,923 words + about 500 words of outline (i.e. ‘Then Thom leads WM up the stairs.’ and ‘Add physical description around dialogue here’). I’ve never worked on a story in this haphazard fashion before: yesterday, I wrote 900 words in the logical order (beginning of the story working toward the…… Continue reading On the horse

So, my story was critted this morning. Let’s focus on the good parts. Jack said, "There’s real talent here. You’ve got a wonderful talent." He also mentioned that it seemed like the story might be Ellen Datlow’s cup of tea. Fab. But I’m not going to write about anything else he or any of the…… Continue reading The glass woman

548 words of Week 5 story written in a relatively short period of time… I was on a roll, despite the Monday afternoon blahs, but that roll has now abruptly halted. This story feels much bigger than my Week 4 story (which was 1,400 words all told). I’m thinking this one has a closer-to-5,000 feel…… Continue reading Untitled

I was grouchy last night so I didn’t feel up to gushing about what a great time I had on the Aurealis Awards weekend. Now I feel like gushing, so strap yourselves in…Saturday rocked. Angela (with some excellent forward planning) booked us a very posh room at the Stamford for Sat/Sun. I realise I must…… Continue reading Aurealis in retrospect. Beware: Long Post

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I think this may be the shortest short story I’ve ever written… My Week Four tale is in draft form (which, BTW, earns a massive WOO HOO!) and it is currently a tidy 1,081 words. Tweakage will occur over the weekend (let’s be honest. It’ll happen on Sunday night, most likely as the clock strikes twelve)…… Continue reading Draft!

My excitement over the rain has proven to be entirely unfounded. Sure, it’s raining. But it’s just made things worse up here in the sauna known as Brisneyland. It’s stinking hot. Humid. I have an extra layer of skin that is entirely made out of sweat. My hair is perpetually wet (and not because I’m…… Continue reading Untitled

It’s raining!! Halleluiah! 🙂

My Week 4 story is now my Week 5 story. Now there’s a *new* Week 4 story that has bumped the previous (brain-breaking, undercooked, needs more consideration) story back a week in the rankings. The *new* story is shiny and, well, new. And a hell of a lot more exciting to write than the undercooked…… Continue reading Hooray for writing the *right* story