I've spent the past 3.5 days at Continuum 7, Melbourne's own speculative fiction and pop culture convention, and I'm knackered. It's been an awesome frenzy of panels and meals and bottles of wine and talking and generally fuelling the literary flame. One of the guests of honour was the incomparable Catherynne M Valente, fantasy author and poet, … Continue reading Wrapup of Continuum 7
On perseverance
A short post from me today. And indeed, I'm going to cheat and direct everyone to this post from literary agent Rachelle Gardner, which came into my inbox this week and served as a timely motivational aid. Her message is about finding the strength to go on in the face of adversity, not giving up, and facing … Continue reading On perseverance
Ideas in the night
Ever have one of those nights when your mind is churning churning churning as it nuts out a story? And you turn the light out, because it's time to sleep . . . but then you have another idea and although it feels like you'll remember it in the morning, you know from experience that the chances … Continue reading Ideas in the night
Shot of adrenalin
I often find myself pondering exactly what it is that makes me write. The automatic response on being asked is always, "because I can't not write." And while this is true, it doesn't really provide any insight as to why I live in such a state (for 'state' it certainly is . . .). I don't … Continue reading Shot of adrenalin
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