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New review for After the World #4
Scaryminds has just released a review for After the World issue #4 (Black House Comics). The stories get quite a bit of positive ink, and of my novella Corpus Christi the reviewer says: "Hold onto your knickers kids, Jason Fischer delivers his long awaited sequel to...
Coming Soon – TUSK
Feet to trample, Trunk to crush, Men become Man-slaves, Or die in the dust. Look how they tremble, And bow to the tusk! fragment of elephant script, age unknown. - Clad in iron, proud and decadent, the elephants rule. The lords of ancient Tusk grind the world beneath...
Midnight Echo goes digital
Issue #6 of Midnight Echo has just been released into the ether as a digital download, available in various formats. This is the science-fiction/horror special, as edited by David Conyers, David Kernot and myself. Really happy with how our issue turned out, and now...
AHWA Short Story and Flash Fiction Competition 2012
Just a quick signal boost: Each year the Australian Horror Writers' Association holds a short story and flash fiction contest, and this year I'm one of the judges. It's a great little contest. Winners receive a cool engraved plaque, paid publication in the...
Teaser – upcoming title
Coming soon to a Kindle near you... 🙂
The Writer as a Parent
(Firstly, I should mention that, by the nature of this topic, it falls under Your Mileage May Vary) During my recent writing sabbatical, I was handed a golden-ticket opportunity to take leave from my full-time job, and focus exclusively on my writing. Awesome stuff....
Getting up with the high-tech!
So I finally uploaded the WordPress app onto the iPhone, hopefully this means I will update this blog a bit more often. Things have been going well on the writing front. I'm currently working on the first draft of the next After the World novella with the working...
Slowcooking your Fiction?
With November all but gone, the final days of my writing sabbatical slip away like greased ferrets on meth. I'm pleased to say I achieved everything I set out to do. Now I have a little window of time to relax, work on a couple of other short projects, start to noodle...
The Writer’s Credo
May I always stay hungry. May I always realise that this is as legitimate a career as any. May I never be content with what I've achieved. May I remember that this is meant to be fun. May I never EVER step on the dreams of a newbie. May I never lose the unbridled joy...
On the Completion of Project Lucy
Once more, apologies for the extended blog silencio. While I've been on this writing sabbatical, I've done my best to cut out the typical faffing around online that I've often passed off as "writing" and occasionally "research". Bullshit, all of it 🙂 Seeing as Arts...
Coming Soon! “After the World: Corpus Christi”
Awesome! The cover art for my next instalment in the After the World zombie novellas has now gone public. Once again, artist Jason Paulos knocked it out of the park, bringing the world-weary bow-slinging Tamsyn to life. Look out for "Corpus Christi" in your local...
Confessions of a Pantser
So, I'm officially a little over half-way through my writing sabbatical. How's it all going? Very, very well indeed! Have stayed on target thus far, and with this head down and bum-up approach I've just reached the 75% complete mark. So, I'm slightly ahead of the game...