The 26th Year’s Best SF, edited by Garnder Dozois. Honorable Mentions for RORees: Rowena Cory Daniells. Purgatory (Dreaming Again)Richard Harland, A Guided Tour in the Kingdom of the Dead (Dreaming Again)Margo Lanagan, The Fifth Star in the Southern Cross (Dreaming … Continue reading
(Posted on Lynne Jamneck’s behalf) Where to begin? I know—thank you Marianne de Pierres for asking me to blog about something that, at least from my experience, no-one seems to know if there is a right or wrong way of … Continue reading
I think my writing process is somewhere between Rowena’s tidy linear progression and Trent’s addictive scrambling in the dark. Generally speaking, I do start at the beginning of a novel, keep writing until I get to the end and then … Continue reading
Our own Trent Jamieson announces his exciting three book sale to Orbit.
Inspiration for King Rolen’s Kin, my new fantasy series. Havock 21 asked about the writing process. I’m a real control freak, I must be the exact opposite of Trent! I’ve just delivered King Rolen’s Kin books 1,2, & 3 to … Continue reading
I’m now at the “bit past beginning stage”* of writing a novel: part two of series that I hope to be able to talk about in more detail soon. For me writing a novel is a rather non-linear process. I … Continue reading
I read the Guardian online obsessively (my life these days is pretty much divided into things I do obsessively and things I don’t do at all) and I’ve noticed occasional coverage of fantasy and science fiction in their book pages. … Continue reading
Hi! Followng on from Dave’s post – I don’t see anything odd about males writing stories with female protagonists, or females writing stories with male protagonists. People who think otherwise might have an ideological take on the issue, but I … Continue reading
Dave Luckett’s eminently readable, award winning YA Tenabran trilogy. Dave’s books have been shortlisted for four Aurealis Awards, he won an Aurealis Best Fantasy novel, A Dark Winter. His books have been shortlisted twice for the Western Australia Premier’s Books … Continue reading
Have you ever wondered what goes on in a children’s book editor’s mind? Why do they reject books? Well here is where you can find out. This is the anonymous blog of a children’s book editor listing the 8 rules … Continue reading