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Frame this, look at it daily: Diagram of the Writing Process
The scarily brilliant Angela Slatter has whittled up this simple chart of her writing process. I've sat in on all sorts of weird and wonderful writing classes, groups, all of that schtick - but I've never seen a writing workflow summed up so well. Ponder this well,...
It’s all good 🙂
For the first time in ages, I feel on top of this writing gig! I'm meeting my goals, I'm not overwhelmed by things, and the business side of things is set up and working smoothly. I'm approaching writing in a balanced and conservative way - allowing plenty of fallow...
Speaking of Dragon Assault…
...the artist just dropped this nifty piece of quest artwork onto the Facebook page. Check it out! A nice taste of things to come 🙂 URL is here: http://www.dragonassault.com/ Facebook page is here: https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Dragon-Assault/461417370535039...
Here, have a computer game
Feast your eyes on this! I've written some content for this upcoming RPG, which is soon to be released as a beta for Facebook and on the web. I've seen some of the other artwork for it, and it's absolutely GORGEOUS. Do yourself a favour and sign up for the beta, this...
Because you’re running a goddamn small business, that’s why.
I've said it before, I like to live my life as a warning to others. Those of you who have aspirations of becoming a professional writer, gather around and hear my tales of woe. It's great to work in a creative field, even better to get paid for your efforts. Having a...
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To My Novel
For those coming in late, I was fortunate enough to take a six month sabbatical from my employment, with the assistance of an Arts SA project grant and all of the leave I could scrape together. I became a hybrid stay-at-home-dad and a full-time writer. Went through...
Know Your Achilles Heel, Edit Accordingly
Bad habits, we've all got them. And that's okay 🙂 when it comes to the bad habits in one's writing, you are in the unique position where you get endless do-overs. Before you release your brain-babies into the wild, you get to carve, polish and refine them to your...
Fisch Industries: The State of Play
So, we've reached the end of the financial year. I'll be honest with y'all, 2011/2012 was extremely busy, and I came within a whisker of burning out. I wrote over 200,000 words of new fiction, including the current draft of my novel "Papa Lucy and the Boneman". I also...
Winners – AHWA Short Story and Flash Fiction Competition 2012
Well, it's all official and such. The results for this year's AHWA Short Story and Flash Fiction Competition are as follows: SHORT STORY COMPETITION WINNER: "Always a Price", Joanne Anderton HONOURABLE MENTION: "Life, Death and Customer Service", Nicholas Stella FLASH...
Australian Horror Writers Association – 2012 Mentor Program
Over at the Australian Horror Writers Association page, the Mentor Program for 2012 has just been announced: http://www.australianhorror.com/index.php?view=104 There's a bunch of great folks giving their time to the program this year, and I'm lucky enough to also be...
Tamsyn Tweets!
Of all the friends requests to get! A certain Tamsyn Webb (resident of Gravesend, Kent) has gotten hold of a working mobile phone, and can be found on Twitter via the following link: http://twitter.com/TamsynWebb Last I heard, things were getting pretty tough over...