Tag: tuesday therapy

Tuesday Therapy: On Disconnecting

I am so delighted that Joanne Anderton has joined us this week for Tuesday Therapy. Her first novel, Debris, was one of the most enjoyable books I read in 2011 — the type of book that makes you wish, for once, that your bus ride to work was longer because you just don’t want to…… Continue reading Tuesday Therapy: On Disconnecting

Tuesday Therapy: Writing Out Loud

For this week’s Tuesday Therapy, Allyson Bird muses about feelings of isolation, censorship, and writing as a vehicle for exploring and understanding the world around us. Allyson’s collection, Bull Running for Girls, won the British Fantasy Society Award for Best Collection 2009. Isis Unbound, her debut novel, has been nominated for the 2011 Stoker award for…… Continue reading Tuesday Therapy: Writing Out Loud

Tuesday Therapy: Letting Ideas Cook

A few years ago, I was lucky enough to have Margo Lanagan as a tutor at Clarion South. Rumours of Margo’s famous “words not to use” list were proven true (the list included things like ‘crystalline’ and ‘iridescent’, and now I can’t see either of these words without thinking of Margo) and her passion for…… Continue reading Tuesday Therapy: Letting Ideas Cook

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

Tuesday Therapy: Whatever Works

After three weeks of working on my novel, I’ve come to realise that all of the writing habits I thought I had were actually temporary. Or cyclical. Or anything other than habitual. So this week’s Tuesday Therapy, which comes from Deborah Kalin, author of Shadow Queen and Shadow Bound (both published by Allen & Unwin) couldn’t…… Continue reading Tuesday Therapy: Whatever Works

Tuesday Therapy: Never Stop Learning

Alan Baxter is a man who practises what he preaches. He is the author of two dark fantasy novels, RealmShift and MageSign, a stack of short stories, and reams of non-fiction. Yet he hasn’t rested on his laurels. Alan continues to learn and grow as a writer, and to help others do the same: based…… Continue reading Tuesday Therapy: Never Stop Learning

Tuesday Therapy: Letting Stubborn Stories Breathe

Today’s therapy comes from Theodora Goss, whose writing is simply exquisite. Her first collection, In the Forest of Forgetting (2006) contains some of the most finely crafted fantasy stories you will ever have the pleasure of reading. Think Hope Mirrlees and John Crowley and Virginia Woolf and Delia Sherman — and even then you’re only…… Continue reading Tuesday Therapy: Letting Stubborn Stories Breathe

Here’s looking at you, 2011

Last day of the year… so like many of you I’m feeling the urge to commit a bit of retrospective bloggery. 2011 sucked. Then it was awesome. Then it sucked again. Then it got better than ever… And so on. This was the rollercoaster year to beat all others, and it often felt like I…… Continue reading Here’s looking at you, 2011

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