Tag: bluegrass symphony

‘In Conversation’ over at the Speakeasy blog

In the lead-up to the reading I did last week at Speakeasy, the lovely Alicia Carter and I chatted about my writing process, inspiration, and all things Bluegrass Symphony. Thanks for the awesome questions, Alicia — and for tough ones like this: Which other writers, contemporary or otherwise, inspire you?    This is such a…… Continue reading ‘In Conversation’ over at the Speakeasy blog

Bluegrass Symphony: “Future Collector’s Item”

How did I miss this? Last month, the fabulous YetiStomper selected Bluegrass Symphony for the list of August picks! In the same list as such utterly awesome works as The Magician King by Lev Grossman and Kitty’s Greatest Hits by Carrie Vaughn! WOW. Bluegrass Symphony – Lisa Hannett Short Fiction Collection – You might call Lisa Hannett’s…… Continue reading Bluegrass Symphony: “Future Collector’s Item”

Ooooh, the scarexcitement!

Happy, exciting, scary news! The happy: Episode 11 of The Writer and the Critic podcast went live yesterday. The freshly-pressed ep is now sitting patiently in my iPod, waiting for me to listen to it and, inevitably, embarrass myself by giggling like a maniac while doing so. There should be a warning label that says…… Continue reading Ooooh, the scarexcitement!

Reading, Writing, Drinking. Behold the glory that is Speakeasy.

If you’re kicking around Adelaide on the evening of September 21st, drop by the Wheatsheaf Hotel. I’m honoured to be headlining the Speakeasy Creative Readings event — I’ll be reading from Bluegrass Symphony and possibly enjoying a nice glass of red. Come one, come all! It’s going to be a great night. (And how cool…… Continue reading Reading, Writing, Drinking. Behold the glory that is Speakeasy.

Bluegrass Symphony launch: In Which I Gush and Share Photos

Sometimes I feel soooooooo lucky, and last night was definitely one of those times. It’s actually hard to describe how awesome everthing was at the Bluegrass Symphony launch. Jude at the SA Writers Centre was incredibly lovely, and helped to make sure the atrium was ready for the event to kick off at 7pm –…… Continue reading Bluegrass Symphony launch: In Which I Gush and Share Photos

Readings at Worldcon

Worldcon starts today and oh how I wish I was there! But thanks to the fantastic vocal stylings of Bob Kuhn, one of my stories gets to hobnob with the cool kids in Reno even though I’ll be here in rainy Adelaide! A few weeks ago, the wonderful Mary Victoria (author of Tymon’s Flight Samiha’s…… Continue reading Readings at Worldcon

Writers and Their Worlds

This morning I woke feeling a bit glum. Not anything major, and not for any specific reason. I just found myself weighed down by that general “things are just so freaking busybusybusybusybusybusy” malaise that comes with the beginning of a new semester, new classes, new schedules, and cramming twelve thousand new tasks into each week.*…… Continue reading Writers and Their Worlds

Shades of Sentience review!

Katharine Stubbs has written a fabulous review of Bluegrass Symphony over at Shades of Sentience, which goes a little something like this: The imagery in this collection will force you to pick up this book and keep reading. Even if you didn’t think you enjoyed reading of people who say ‘ain’t’ and ‘gots’ and drop…… Continue reading Shades of Sentience review!

It’s here!!

    Hip-hip-hooray!! Three boxes filled with copies of Bluegrass Symphony showed up on my doorstep this morning, in plenty of time for the launch on August 19th! And for those of you in Adelaide who may want to stop by and say hello at the launch, the details are as follows: VENUE: SA WRITERS…… Continue reading It’s here!!