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Brain being blown around by katabatic winds. They’re my new favourite kind of breeze, especially when they occur on the edges of the Mongolian steppes. Stay tuned for Week 6 story #2 to see if this post makes any kind of sense.

Just came back from a lovely dinner at Apt 336–or is that 366–or is that 666?Thanks stephmor, aidandoyle, benjulien, and readerofasaph  for a great feed and for lovely conversation 🙂 Ooh, and I was utterly decadent and had 2 pieces of cake! Oink oink oink ;-)Now time to switch the brain back to story plotting before…… Continue reading Delightful…

I’ve just sent the proofs of ‘Commonplace Sacrifices’ back to the editor, so if all goes well then perhaps the story will appear in On Spec’s next issue — hooray! I’ve done my Clarion ‘homework’ — and let me just say that OMG I love the origami story, Mr North. Mon dieu! I’ve also gone over…… Continue reading Sunday

Week 5 story is drafted! Woo hoo! It’s a fatso at 7,500 words… Will print it off today and see if I can trim it down a bit, but at least it’s done! 🙂 🙂 🙂 Plus, I just did the nerd test and found out I’m an ‘Uber Cool Nerd Queen’ which sounds all…… Continue reading Yeah baby!

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