Been far too busy to update lately, but so many good things have been happening.
1: Section 92A seems to be dead and buried. Like all Hollywood monsters, there's every chance it will be back. Hopefully though, they'll leave the knife and hockey mask off.
2: Over at Tor.Com, Jo Walton has nice things to say about Keri Hulme's The Bone People. Comments include a bunch of recommendations for further reading.
3: The final ballot for the 2009 Sir Julius Vogel Awards are up. And there's this guy up for best short story and best new talent... I don't know. He might be OK. It's a really strong field this year. Nice to see NZ speculative fiction in such rude health.
Check out what's up for best dramatic presentation - short form...
D1sc0r0b0t. Ones. Also zeros.
28 Mar 2009
20 Mar 2009
Submit. Again.
1.
Cat Rambo on rejection. If you're submitting to magazines, you need to read this. Then stop whinging about getting rejected and write something else.
And while we're on the subject: as part of the recent Starship Sofa site update, the submission guidelines for articles, poe'ry and short fiction. Send us some stuff: operators are standing by.
2.
I've been downloading a lot of hip-hop from emusic.com lately. Last month Blu & Exile rocked the iPod.
This month Madvillain (if you've listened to the Jack Wakes Up podcast, you've heard some of this before)
But the album I keep coming back to is Raheem Jamal's Boombox. Came out in 2007, but it feels nice and old-school. You can check out a bunch of tracks here. Start with "Right Now".
Cat Rambo on rejection. If you're submitting to magazines, you need to read this. Then stop whinging about getting rejected and write something else.
And while we're on the subject: as part of the recent Starship Sofa site update, the submission guidelines for articles, poe'ry and short fiction. Send us some stuff: operators are standing by.
2.
I've been downloading a lot of hip-hop from emusic.com lately. Last month Blu & Exile rocked the iPod.
This month Madvillain (if you've listened to the Jack Wakes Up podcast, you've heard some of this before)
But the album I keep coming back to is Raheem Jamal's Boombox. Came out in 2007, but it feels nice and old-school. You can check out a bunch of tracks here. Start with "Right Now".
15 Mar 2009
Speed and getting up to it.
Over at Scalzi's place, Mary Anne Mohanraj has a couple of posts you need to read if you're at all interested in writing about people who don't look back at you in the mirror every morning.
Mary Anne Mohanraj Gets You Up to Speed, Part I
Mary Anne Mohanraj Gets You Up to Speed, Part II
Go read them. Then go read them again.
Mary Anne Mohanraj Gets You Up to Speed, Part I
Mary Anne Mohanraj Gets You Up to Speed, Part II
Go read them. Then go read them again.
12 Mar 2009
Here & There & Tears for Fears
1: So something's growing. Go over to Tim Jones' blog and read the guest post by Ripley Patton.
Reclaiming Gravity: The Birth of a New Zealand Writers' Association. It's early days, but I'm expecting great things from this. If you're interested in finding out more, drop me a line.
2: Unbelievably, I forgot to mention that Starship Sofa is playing The Serial Murders by Kim Newman. I've been enjoying Kim Newman's work for a while now, especially his Diogenes Club stories, so having one on the sofa is very cool.
3: If you know me, you'll know I will still argue for Tears for Fears as one of the most important bands of the 80s. So obviously this had to end up on the b0t.
OK, I can't post that without having the real thing too...
Reclaiming Gravity: The Birth of a New Zealand Writers' Association. It's early days, but I'm expecting great things from this. If you're interested in finding out more, drop me a line.
2: Unbelievably, I forgot to mention that Starship Sofa is playing The Serial Murders by Kim Newman. I've been enjoying Kim Newman's work for a while now, especially his Diogenes Club stories, so having one on the sofa is very cool.
3: If you know me, you'll know I will still argue for Tears for Fears as one of the most important bands of the 80s. So obviously this had to end up on the b0t.
Head Over Heels: Literal Video Version - watch more funny videos
OK, I can't post that without having the real thing too...
10 Mar 2009
Write On
If you haven't discovered the Write On podcast, you're missing a treat. It's the radio show of the Otago Southland branch of the New Zealand Society of Authors and hosted by local crime writer Vanda Symon.
The latest programme includes an interview with David Howard from Otago University Press and it's well worth a listen if you're at all interested in New Zealand publishing. It's not all doom and gloom either - he's got some interesting thoughts about the future of small press.
The latest programme includes an interview with David Howard from Otago University Press and it's well worth a listen if you're at all interested in New Zealand publishing. It's not all doom and gloom either - he's got some interesting thoughts about the future of small press.
4 Mar 2009
Jazz Cats
My story "Dick Whittington's Blues" is available in the latest issue of Semaphore Magazine. It's full of cats, foxes, jazz, and young kiwis looking for luck on the Hammersmith & City line.
This story has a soundtrack. I had Sonny Rollins playing the whole time I was writing it - this piece in particular. Turn up the speakers before you read.
This story has a soundtrack. I had Sonny Rollins playing the whole time I was writing it - this piece in particular. Turn up the speakers before you read.
3 Mar 2009
Bad Monkeys
Good news! No more monkeys crossing state lines:
Bad news: This means there's absolutely no chance of a BJ and the Bear remake. The whole thing is about a monkey crossing state lines!
Also - however BSG finishes, it won't be a fraction as good as it could have been. Imagine: humans and cylons reach earth. It's completely destroyed. They're all standing around wondering what to do next.
Suddenly, an ape on horseback throws a net over them...
Bad news: This means there's absolutely no chance of a BJ and the Bear remake. The whole thing is about a monkey crossing state lines!
Also - however BSG finishes, it won't be a fraction as good as it could have been. Imagine: humans and cylons reach earth. It's completely destroyed. They're all standing around wondering what to do next.
Suddenly, an ape on horseback throws a net over them...
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