Guest Post - Doctor Who Review: Nightmare in Silver
Reblogged from Wine And Roses From Outer Space: The hype for this episode was at a fever pitch. The last time Neil Gaiman wrote an episode for Doctor Who, he wrote what most people would call a game...
View ArticleThe Aurealis Awards 2013
On May 18th I had the wonderful opportunity of attending the 2012 Aurealis Awards. The AA’s annually recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, horror and fantasy writers and this year a...
View ArticleBook Review: Prickle Moon by Juliet Marillier
Prickle Moon, Juliet Marillier, Ticonderoga Press, 2013. RRP: $25 Australian. I never used to enjoy reading short stories- I’m not quite sure if it was a maturity thing. These days, pressed for time...
View ArticleGuest Post: The Name of the Doctor Review
Reblogged from Wine And Roses From Outer Space: I have re-watched this episode three times and even now I am not sure that this review can possibly do justice to what I saw on the screen. Yes. The...
View ArticleChoose Your Own Adventure Crowd-funding Project
Do you remember the old Choose Your Own Adventure books? How would you like to do one in real life? For those of you who don’t know, I’m taking part in a new collaborative writing project where myself...
View ArticleBook Review: What The Ground Can’t Hold by Shady Cosgrove
What The Ground Can’t Hold, Shady Cosgrove. PanMacmillan Australia, 2013. RRP: $29.99 Australian. What The Ground Can’t Hold follows the stories of five unlikely companions forced to rely upon each...
View ArticleJUMP Mentorship Story Excerpt
It’s my turn in the potato pit, so I clamber along the side of its rim, covered in mud, trying not to think about how my brother died here yesterday at the hands of King Men. I don’t mind getting my...
View ArticleAustraliana: The Jade Widow by Deborah O’Brian Review
The Jade Widow, Deborah O’Brian, Random House Australia, September 2013. RRP $32.95 Aus. The Jade Widow picks up a decade after Mr Chen’s Emporium leaves off, continuing to follow the lives of Eliza...
View ArticleBook Review: All is Fair by Emma Newman
All is Fair, Emma Newman Angry Robots Books, October, 2013 R.R.P.: £5.49 / US$6.99 So the story behind this review is a sorry one. My kindle broke just as I started reading which meant I had to wait...
View ArticleBook Review: Audacious by Gabrielle Prendergast
Audacious by Gabrielle Prendergast Orca Book Publishers, October 2013 RRP: $19.95 You know me, dear blog readers. I can’t ever say no to verse novels. I love them. I adore them. I can’t get enough of...
View ArticleMerlin Poetry
It’s been a long time since I’ve posted any original work from myself. I have just completed a novel plotting and planning course with the indomitable Kate Forsyth and am therefore reworking my...
View ArticleSong of the Slums Book Review
“I use Grammarly for proofreading because I am afraid of someone leaving grammar Nazi memes in the comments.” Song of the Slums, Richard Harland Allen and Unwin 2013. RRP: $17.99 Aust. Back what feels...
View ArticleGuest Post: Doctor Who 50th Day of The Doctor Review
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View Article2013 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,700 times in 2013. If it...
View ArticleMy Heart’s Choir Sings Ebook Release
My Heart’s Choir Sings. A eulogy and a verse novella. Grief, guilt, redemption. How do you go on in a world without your other half? Two years ago, I fell in love with London. I began to write a...
View ArticleDoctor Who Guest Review: The Time of The Doctor
Reblogged from Wine And Roses From Outer Space: The time has come at last for Matt Smith's Eleventh Doctor to face Trenzalore, the oldest question in the universe hidden in plain sight, and his own...
View ArticleCarla (A Feminist Manifesto)- Poem
I wrote this poem a few years back and it is pretty rough (in more ways than one as it discusses sexual assault) but it also is a fair example of what my verse novella will be like in terms of the...
View ArticleJill (Poem)
I’m on a poetry roll with my ebook coming out on Saturday 1st! This poem is positively ancient and is based off the relationship between Jill and Rhodry in Katharine Kerr’s Deverry Saga. I am quite...
View ArticleReview: The Reflections of Queen Snow White
Title: The Reflections of Queen Snow White Author: David Meredith Date Published: 2013 RRP: $1.83 The Reflections of Snow White re-tells the story of Snow White… yes… but also not really. The point of...
View ArticleCover Reveal: My Heart’s Choir Sings
Finally, the time is upon me! My wonderful cover artist, Tegan Ivison, sent me the final cover art for my poetry collection. A eulogy and a verse novella. Grief, guilt, redemption. How do you go on in...
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