Monday, September 26, 2005
Accepted to AntipodeanSF
My flash fiction Spin Doctor has been accepted by AntipodeanSF! It'll appear in Issue 94, in March next year.
Sunday, September 25, 2005
Take Two
I added a post the other day, but the blogger server was having a bad day.
Saturday before last I went to a book launch for the first time. It was the Year's best Sci-Fi and SF launch at Infinitas, parramatta. It was a lot of fun and I got to meet some well known names in the Aust spec fic scene, including Bill Congreve (who recognised my name!), Margo Lanagan, Deborah Biancotti and Ben Peek. Also got to see Chuck Mackenzie before he moved down to Melbourne.
We had the writers group meeting afterwards, where the first chapter of Ante Body was critiqued. The consensus was that it succeeded in grabbing the reader and dragging them along with the fast-moving story, but the minimalist approach I'd used to maintain the pace left a little out (scene details, more depth on the protag's thoughts). Good stuff, I tightened it up.
On a whim, I've also written a sentimental 1000 worder called Touch Tone. It's unlike anything I've written before and I'm unsure what to do with it. Perhaps it could find a home in a women's magazine.
Saturday before last I went to a book launch for the first time. It was the Year's best Sci-Fi and SF launch at Infinitas, parramatta. It was a lot of fun and I got to meet some well known names in the Aust spec fic scene, including Bill Congreve (who recognised my name!), Margo Lanagan, Deborah Biancotti and Ben Peek. Also got to see Chuck Mackenzie before he moved down to Melbourne.
We had the writers group meeting afterwards, where the first chapter of Ante Body was critiqued. The consensus was that it succeeded in grabbing the reader and dragging them along with the fast-moving story, but the minimalist approach I'd used to maintain the pace left a little out (scene details, more depth on the protag's thoughts). Good stuff, I tightened it up.
On a whim, I've also written a sentimental 1000 worder called Touch Tone. It's unlike anything I've written before and I'm unsure what to do with it. Perhaps it could find a home in a women's magazine.
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Tis only a flesh wound!
It's taken a lot of submissions, but I finally got an out-and-out rejection (from Infinitas re: my story A kinder world). Not to their taste, and they're looking for something more Aussie. I'll touch it up a bit before sending it out again.
Chapter 3 of Ante Body plods along. Chapter 2 received some good crit and I've changed it quite a lot.
STILL shaking off that awful bug.
Chapter 3 of Ante Body plods along. Chapter 2 received some good crit and I've changed it quite a lot.
STILL shaking off that awful bug.
Sunday, September 04, 2005
Bio warfare
I'm still shrugging off this bug. It comes and goes. Ness and poor little Matt are currently in its worst phase. To hear a 13-week old give a sore throat cry really breaks your heart.
Crit from Reboot showed that I was misleading the reader, so I adjusted the ending. Because it no longer featured boots, I had to rename the title to A kinder world. I've submitted it to Infinitas.
Sent chapter 2 of Ante Body to The Prose Nest for critique.
Started chapter 3. It's very research heavy, but almost all the info I need is freely googleable. Ever wanted to take a virtual tour around Ljubljana airport? That's the capital of Slovenia, in case you didn't know.
Crit from Reboot showed that I was misleading the reader, so I adjusted the ending. Because it no longer featured boots, I had to rename the title to A kinder world. I've submitted it to Infinitas.
Sent chapter 2 of Ante Body to The Prose Nest for critique.
Started chapter 3. It's very research heavy, but almost all the info I need is freely googleable. Ever wanted to take a virtual tour around Ljubljana airport? That's the capital of Slovenia, in case you didn't know.
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