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.
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