From the monthly archives:

April 2008

Back To Pressing Word, Part Deux

24 April 2008

Part One is over on Fahim’s site.
Fahim announced to me two days ago that he was thinking of switching back to WordPress since WordPress upgraded to version 2.5 and there were all sorts of new features and toys. And he announced when he did since [...]

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A Potentially Very Cool Site

22 April 2008

Is currently in construction. It’s a Tor site. You know Tor – publishers of science fiction and fantasy. You can read more about it on Making Light.
The basic idea behind the new site – as I interpret it – is a community for people who enjoy reading [...]

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Ignite!

21 April 2008

Ignite bills itself as Australia’s premier writing contest with an award of AUD$110,000. Wow!
This ground-breaking award is for a book-length work of literary fiction written by an author resident in Australia or Asia, or a work primarily set in Australia or an Asian [...]

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The Price of a Picasso Painting

18 April 2008

I read this on Absolute Write today:
A friend once told me the story of Picasso:
Picasso was sitting in a restaurant when a fellow diner spotted him and gushed."Oh my God, you’re [...]

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Stranded

13 April 2008

Science Fiction.
A group of people, heading towards the Gathering of all the families, go through an unstable Nexus point into an uncharted region of space where they discover their ancient roots, lost in the passages of time until now.
Status: Rough plotting, but needs [...]

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Basement of the Universe

11 April 2008

Science Fiction.
A man searches for his missing wife, only to find a way to disappear himself to a strange place.
Status: Currently in editing. The following excerpt is the first draft. I have a revised excerpt you can look at, although it still needs further editing.
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Piers slumped in his black leather easy-chair. He put his drink [...]

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Children of the Dome

9 April 2008

Science Fiction.
Children, trapped inside a bombed mall, find a way outside to an unfamiliar world.
Status: First draft not complete. Completely plotted in the detail that my brain requires. Just needs me to sit down and finish writing the thing.
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Black Light

7 April 2008

A woman inherits a watch that takes her to other worlds – or does it?
Science fiction.
Status: First draft completed, but needs to be re-plotted and re-written.
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A young man stood hunched over a long utilitarian work [...]

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Djinn Rummy

5 April 2008

Original title – New United Earth. Science Fiction.
A corporate spy, intent on infiltrating a technologically superior world, discovers he isn’t who he thought he was.
Status: First draft about half written. I stalled out when I realized it needs to be re-plotted and re-written [...]

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Flores

4 April 2008

Not sure if it’s science fiction or fantasy yet. Don’t have the plot sufficiently figured out to tell.
A young woman learns of a plot by a neighboring village to destroy her village, and she will do anything to stop it from happening.
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