Category: News update
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Dear Ms Moon on Daily Science Fiction
You can now read a flash fiction piece of mine, Dear Ms Moon, online at Daily Science Fiction.
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This is what 61,000 words looks like
60,000 took me a while to get to. I’ve been wrestling with some structural issues that need to be resolved now, not in draft 2. It’s taken some unexpected turns that I must now analyze and interrogate. Different stories have different needs and this story demands careful thought and deep exploration. Things are starting to…
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A Chance to Win Prizes
So Maxima Vrugleplex, a short story of mine, has turned into a play. A play premiering in Portland, Oregon in January as part of PULP DICTION II. PULP DICTION II is a series of live staged readings of world premiere works of pulp. It’s happening at the Brody Theater in downtown Portland OR, Jan 23rd,…
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New York in October – mildly incoherent, belated post
At the beginning of October I went to New York for a week. I stayed with my American doppleganger and marvelous food godess Liz for the first half and in a hotel in Wall Street while attending Comicon for Inception Strategies for the second half. I failed to go into any art galleries or see many of the…
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Spirit Mountain Community Fund
I want to write a blog post about my adventures in New York, but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get photos off my iPhone! When I am more technically savvy and a little less tired I shall try. But, I am excited to share with you Spirit Mountain Community…
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This is what 41,000 words looks like
I continue to work on my novel. Half my strategy seems to be sidling up to it and pretending I’m not writing it. I scribble something on the whiteboard, but that’s not really writing it – I’m just putting down thoughts. Then I type it up on my computer, but that’s not really writing it…
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New York
I’ll be attending New York Comicon! Ah New York, place of dreams. One of my clients, Inception Strategies, has a booth and I’ll be doing portfolio reviews. Inception Strategies has been going through a few changes in recent times with new people coming on to the editorial team and working on more projects than ever.…
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The books beside my bed
Before moving to Seattle a few months ago we had 2 pieces of furniture in America, a tiny Ikea coffee table and a set of drawers we picked up at a yard sale. We now have many things, a couch, a chair, a soda stream machine, an espresso machine, a good mattress, all the essentials….…
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Glasses, glasses, glasses!
Hooray hooray, my glasses arrived. What is wrong with my current glasses you might well ask. Well, I let you decide for yourself. Last time my glasses broke in the act of folishly cleaning them with a soft cloth(Oh no melon, my glasses broke) I just couldn’t wait for new glasses and shelled out $50…
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Back Stage at the Novel House
I’ve been making good progress on my novel (working title “The Scent of Memory”) recently and here is my secret weapon. (there is also a secondary whiteboard stuck to the cupboard door in the bedroom) I am able to pace, have random ideas and scrawl them on a wall without any inconvenient getting out a…