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Tales from the Oubliette: Full time writing, month two

This month has flown by. February is a short little month, but still. Where did all those days go? Anyhoo, things I’ve learned in the past four weeks: 1) Apparently, there will be one week in which all the writing I do is deletable crap. So, as was the case in January, the first week’s…… Continue reading Tales from the Oubliette: Full time writing, month two

Evil Children in Art (and other tabs I need to close)

I have a terrible habit of leaving about 40 tabs open on my browser at once. Whenever I find something interesting, worth revisiting, or just plain cool, I leave the tab open so that I can look at it again and again throughout the day. Or over the next couple of days. Sometimes over a…… Continue reading Evil Children in Art (and other tabs I need to close)

Tuesday Toot… on a Wednesday*

Alan Baxter, warrior scribe, invited me over to his website to participate in his ‘Tuesday Toot’ series, which he describes as: An invite-only series of short posts where writers, editors, booksellers and other creatives have been asked to share their stuff and toot their own horn. So I blithely headed on over to The Word…… Continue reading Tuesday Toot… on a Wednesday*

‘Twice Full’ now up at This Is Horror

Woke up to discover that my short short, ‘Twice Full’, is now up at This Is Horror — accompanied by an absolutely gorgeous illustration by Rich Sampson (a detail of which I’ve included to the left.) Tonight, they dig a second pit on our beach. Big men, all of them, dark hair and skin slick…… Continue reading ‘Twice Full’ now up at This Is Horror

The Peripatetic Life of the Freelance Editor: In the Lair with Mr Stephen Jones

Today we have kidnapped the much lauded, applauded and awarded Mr Stephen Jones, editor of such tomes as A Book of Horrors, Zombie Apocalypse!, Shadows Over Innsmouth, and the Mammoth Books of Best New Horror, Vampires, Wolf Men and Zombies, as well as recent collections by M.R. James, Karl Edward Wagner, Charles L. Grant and Basil…… Continue reading The Peripatetic Life of the Freelance Editor: In the Lair with Mr Stephen Jones

Clarkesworld interview!

Recently, the most excellent Jeremy L. C. Jones interviewed me for the February issue of Clarkesworld magazine — and it’s now live! In ‘Wendigo, Waistcoat, Spyglass and Other Words’ Jeremy and I chat about style, the short form, and “the human side of even the nastiest creatures.” Jeremy asked such fantastic questions — it was…… Continue reading Clarkesworld interview!

Tales from the Oubliette: Full time writer, one month in…

This is what my oubliette looks like… No, seriously. I’m not just sitting in my living room writing my book most days, or taking the laptop to bed… So, it’s been a month since I got my grant. A month of being a full time writer. This has been a completely new experience for me:…… Continue reading Tales from the Oubliette: Full time writer, one month in…

Tuesday Therapy: Being the Best Magpie

Jason Fischer is a fellow Adelaidean, harmonica-player, sometimes singer of undead camel songs, zombie aficionado, writer of rollicking stories, and all ’round hell of a nice guy. For this week’s Tuesday Therapy, Jason shares some advice that, really, I just adore. Writers as magpies: what a fantastic (and incredibly accurate) image… Be the Best Magpie…… Continue reading Tuesday Therapy: Being the Best Magpie

FYI: Angry Robot and EWF

After the huge success of last year’s open door submissions, Angry Robot Books is once again opening their doors to non-agented, non-solicited manuscripts, from April 16th to April 30th 2012. They’re looking for “classic” fantasy (epic, medieval, magical, etc) and their YA imprint “Strange Chemistry” is also looking for fantasy for YA readers. Get those…… Continue reading FYI: Angry Robot and EWF