Tag: story
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Waking in Winter give-away!
To celebrate my guest post on Mary Robinette Kowal‘s My Favorite Bit series AND the recent Kindle eBook launch of Waking in Winter on Amazon, I’ve launched a giveaway! ONE hardcover copy of Waking in Winter will be available *worldwide*. That’s right. You could be anywhere, & I’ll post you a book. I’ll even sign…
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Another Waking in Winter update
In news today, my SF Signal guest post is LIVE! Whereupon I wax lyrical (or not) about the setting for a sorely under-appreciated little telemovie called A Cold Night’s Death–& various other tangentially related thoughts around the topic of icy, remote research stations in fiction. Also today, the first reader review is LIVE! Stephanie Gunn…
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Two quick WiW updates
Two updates for my novella Waking in Winter (WiW, for those in the know): The latest PS Publishing newsletter links to a video interview I did about Waking in Winter. Please admire the warm red wall of my loungeroom! I broke my camera tripod setting this up, so I can’t watch the video without feeling…
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Winter is Coming
Okay, first I steal the title of my new novella, Waking in Winter, from Sylvia Plath. THEN I steal the title of this post from Game of Thrones. Have I no shame*?! Next week I’ll share the opening paragraphs of Waking in Winter on the blog. But first, I wanted to remind you that the…
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Soul making
“To follow Story is to under-stand the path of healing. Each of our stories is a universe. Each one of us is living a story. To discover its shape and essence is essential to soul making.” — Deena Metzger
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McKee & me
One marvellous thing I did for myself recently was buy membership of Robert McKee’s one-day Thriller seminar in Melbourne. As far back as – I think – 2004 I did a similar trip, heading to Melbourne for McKee’s Horror seminar. It was the most invigorating day of story I had that year and for possibly…