For background on the Sunday Circle, see this post. What am I working on this week So much! Namely more BDLN edits and rewrites, but I'm also aiming to get a draft of a spec fic short story finished which is about a soldier in post-apocalyptic Australia trying to get a scientist off the planet. I've… Continue reading Sunday Circle: what I’m working on this week
Month: July 2016
Friday Finds
Her definition of “domestic fabulism” is that it takes the elements of fabulism — the animals that talk, the weather that wills itself into being, the people who can fly — and pulls them in tight, bringing them home. Domestic fabulism uses elements like a magnifying glass, or rather, a funhouse mirror. As a reader, I’m drawn to this… Continue reading Friday Finds
Three Industry Tips from SQ IncubatHER
This time last week, I was out at QUT for Screen Queensland's inaugural IncubatHER, a full day conference exploring women in Australian cinema. As far as professional development went, it was a really rewarding day, covering everything from pitching to networks to distribution, and was capped with some pretty great wine and chats! Of all that… Continue reading Three Industry Tips from SQ IncubatHER
You’re Not the Monster: what you can learn about story from Stranger Things
My housemate and I had a bit of a madhouse weekend preparing for our Christmas in July party on Sunday night and so, on Monday, we basically fell in a heap. Our fall-in-a-heap days tend to be spent watching messed up documentaries, but we departed from that this week to mainline Netflix's newest series, Stranger Things. If… Continue reading You’re Not the Monster: what you can learn about story from Stranger Things
Collar SS16
It's still pretty cold in Brisbane at the moment (we're mid-winter after all!) but it doesn't mean I'm not lusting after swimwear all the same. Latvian design house, Collar, is producing some pretty magical swimmers with really original shapes and designs. Being a busty lass, I doubt I could ever wear these myself, but hey! I… Continue reading Collar SS16
Sunday Circle: what I’m writing this week
For background on the Sunday Circle, see this post. What am I working on this week I spent a fair chunk of the week on edits for my supernatural break-ups novelette that I have coming out in October (!!) with Tiny Owl Workshop. I'm pretty thrilled to release it on the world, but there's a bit more to be… Continue reading Sunday Circle: what I’m writing this week
Friday Finds
Dan Pflumme, who quietly hands out fake hundred-dollar bills with Christian messages printed on one side, has only been doing it for five months, just to get out of the house after his wife’s death, accompanied by his emotional service animal, a seven-year-old Bichon Frise called BJ who yelps at inopportune moments and jumps up… Continue reading Friday Finds
Vigil Launch
I generally love a good book launch. It usually comes with a real atmosphere of excitement and joy, and brings a lot of readers, writers, and curious minds together. I used to go to a lot of launches, but as I've gotten older and no longer work in the city, it's proven harder and harder for me… Continue reading Vigil Launch
Workouts & Stretches for Writers
One of the things I have found especially challenging in writing fulltime has been how ropey my body gets. Working behind a keyboard, or in front of a notepad, isn't exactly work that gets the body moving, so I've been really taking advantage of YouTube yoga tips and stretches to give the, ahem, more abused writing… Continue reading Workouts & Stretches for Writers
Ain’t Afraid of No Ghosts
I'd be lying if I said I didn't go into Ghostbusters with both high expectations and the very real want to like it. After all, it's been met with an insane amount of criticism, vitriol and misogyny since it was announced, and that sort of thing is something that makes me balk to say the least. Luckily, I… Continue reading Ain’t Afraid of No Ghosts
