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Melbourne Writers Festival and Brisbane Writers Festival 23 Aug 2013 | 01:29 pm
Next week I will be at the Melbourne Writers Festival. I have one event left which is not yet sold out: Wednesday, 28 Aug 2013, 11.15 am STRONG WOMEN Me and Kelly Gardiner Details here. Price: $7. ...
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Movie Premiere 13 Aug 2013 | 11:31 am
Next Thursday the City of Bones movie opens here in Sydney. Scott and me will be hosting a first-night screening here in Sydney, courtesy of the wonderful Kinokuniya Bookshop.1Cassie herself will intr...
Me in Pittsburgh, PA, USA 20 Jun 2013 | 06:18 am
As part of teaching at the Alpha Teen Workshop, I’ll be appearing in Greensburg, PA. Scott will also be there on account of we’re teaching the workshop together. Along with the fabulous Theodora Goss ...
We Have Always Been Fighting this Fight 13 Jun 2013 | 05:06 am
N K Jemisin recently gave a speech in response to the latest kerfuffle around sexism and racism in science fiction. It’s a very fine speech. Go read it. One of the points she makes is this: women ha...
Twitter Etiquette 6 Jun 2013 | 09:07 am
So ages back @MalindaLo requested that I “blog about twitter etiquette: the good, the bad, the ugly.” Best. Request. Ever. Especially as there are so many other people who are so much more qualified ...
Me and Libba Bray and Barry Goldblatt at Sydney Writers’ Festival 23 May 2013 | 07:23 am
Look what’s happening this Sunday, 26 May at 10AM1 Sydney Writers Festival Pier 2/3 Club Stage Walsh Bay, Sydney, NSW This event is free and no bookings required. FUN AND GAMES WITH LIBBA BRAY AND ...
Where I Will Be in 2013 25 Apr 2013 | 06:34 am
After Scott put up this post about his appearances for the rest of this year, I realised I should do likewise because most of those places he is, I will be also. An eerie coincidence, I know. Most of...
Overused Words 23 Apr 2013 | 03:57 am
This post is a reference post for my convenience. It’s taken from my large post on rewriting from a few years back. With some additions that I’ve noticed crop up in my writing more recently. (The horr...
Ten Years of Writing YA Novels For A Living 1 Apr 2013 | 03:12 am
It is now TEN WHOLE YEARS since I became a freelance writer. I know, right? How did that happen? Ten years! And one more time because truly my disbelief is high: I HAVE BEEN A FULL-TIME, FREELANCE ...
Torment and Writing 11 Feb 2013 | 09:44 am
One of the most insidious myths about writing is that of the Tormented Genius.1 I blame the Romantics: Byron, Wordsworth, Shelley, that lot. Who were all: [i]f you have not suffered, if you have not ...
