The last time I attempted NaNoWriMo was back in 2013 which I failed pretty spectacularly. Not this time though! I've settled in to write the first draft of an entirely new project, which I'm really excited about. I've spent most of my writing time this year redrafting old projects, working through edits and working through… Continue reading NaNoWriMo: Flight
Month: October 2016
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'm gearing up to start on NaNoWriMo! It's awesomely exciting and a bit scary, given I haven't done it before. The project I'm working on is Flight, an historical fiction crime novel set against the backdrop of Houdini's 1910 tour… Continue reading Sunday Circle: what I’m writing this week
Friday Finds
TV isn’t the only storytelling medium that’s setting science fiction in the present day; many of the genre’s creators are grappling with the notion that, as technology improves at a perpetual, even frightening, state of acceleration, projecting far into the future now seems unnecessary. As Neuromancer author William Gibson put it in a 2007 interview… Continue reading Friday Finds
Five Horror Movies to Watch This Halloween (that you might not have seen already)
One of the great tragedies of Australia is that Halloween is barely a thing here at all. It's a shame, because I am a huge horror fan and always have a blast in haunted houses, dressing up, or even just holing up at home and getting my spook on with some creepy movies. I'll probably… Continue reading Five Horror Movies to Watch This Halloween (that you might not have seen already)
On Writing
After a few months of wrangling a lot of different projects, I finally feel like I'm starting to break through the other side and get things done. So much of writing can feel like you're just cutting through a thicket, the destinations and reaches of it somewhere out of sight. It means that finishing a… Continue reading On Writing
Anniesa Hasibuan NYFW
Last month, a collection rocked New York Fashion Week in a couple of revolutionary ways. Firstly in that she was the first Indonesian designer to show a collection, and secondly it was the first collection shown that not only incorporated the hijab, but celebrated it. It helps to that it was such a chic collection, with… Continue reading Anniesa Hasibuan NYFW
A Few Thoughts on the Body in Motion
One of the things that I struggled the most with as a new writer was in putting the body into motion. It's so easy to think of characters and stories as stationary beasts, to have emotion and narrative come through in dialogue and exposition, but the reality is that the time people spend talking is varied,… Continue reading A Few Thoughts on the Body in Motion
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 made a great start with final act revisions of the BDLN this last week, but didn't get quite as deep into them as I wanted to, namely because one of the drafts didn't save properly and I had to… Continue reading Sunday Circle: what I’m writing this week
Friday Finds
Then, in her Jamaica Estates home, where the government said she’d forced scholarship students to clean and cook, she turned on the gas in the kitchen, slit her wrists, and, when the desired result didn’t come quickly enough, tossed a stereo cord over the ladder to the attic and hung herself. The notes, carefully written… Continue reading Friday Finds
Good Night, Day FW 2016
It's warming up in Australia, but it's cooling down pretty much everywhere else. It means that a lot of the beautiful Fall/Winter collections are upon us and definitely not things I can even think about wearing right now. But still. They're nice to look at, especially when the lines are as nice as this one… Continue reading Good Night, Day FW 2016
Sophie Overett 