by Month

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• Writers, put your big girl panties on…
• iBookstore comes to Australia
• The book pyramid
• Slow food, slow travel…now slow reading
• Supernatural collective nouns
• 99 page test
• Just another ebook article
• Ups and downs of writing for others
• When anyone can be published…
• “I do not write for free” — counter-intuitively damaging?
• Extra energy and focus for writing
• Musings on the self-help industry
• Is this the silliest argument against ebooks yet?
• Terry Pratchett gets quoted in some unusual places…
• Gimmick non-fiction
• New Terry Pratchett prize
• Reader question: does historical fiction need murder?
• Book review: A Tapestry of Spells by Lynn Kurland
• Book review: Resistance by Owen Sheers
• Book review: Wicked Gentlemen by Ginn Hale
• Book Review: White Star by Beth Vaughan
• Happy links for readers and writers
• Book review: Perdido Street Station by China Mieville
• Non-paying editor: writers be warned
• Mini book reviews: my YA reading binge
• Happy links for readers and writers
• New writer? Reading comprehension skills really help
• Book review: Soulless by Gail Carriger
• Happy links for readers and writers
• Ah, the alpha male. No thanks.
• Book review: The Heroines by Eileen Favorite
• Happy links for readers and writers
• Nonplus and nonplussed: language change in my lifetime
• Book Review: Curse of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz
• Happy links for readers and writers
• Sex and the author
• Book review: Of Bees and Mist by Erick Setiawan
• Happy links for readers and writers
• The sting in the tail: reading twists
• Book review: The City & The City by China Miéville
• Read an ebook week, March 7-14 – 50% off sale.
• Terry Pratchett, shaking hands with death
• Reading resolutions: progress report
• Tuesday Teaser
• Free short story: Silent Song
• Happy links for readers and writers: Oz edition — and free books
• Don’t mind me. This is a page flipper test
• Book review: The Magicians by Lev Grossman
• Happy links for readers and writers
• Book review: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
• Happy links for readers and writers
• Book review: Court of the Air by Stephen Hunt
• Happy links for readers and writers
• Viewpoints and grammatical person: I or she or they or you
• Book review: The Margarets
• Happy links for readers and writers (Perth edition)
• Book review: Two Pearls of Wisdom
• Letting Amazon pick my books…
• My reading resolutions
• Conversion to ebooks: things holding this reader back
• Happy links for readers and writers – Oz ebookstores edition
• Kindle for iPhone vs Stanza. Notes from a Stanza-whore
• Damn!
• Happy links for readers and writers
• My favourite books of the year
• Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope
• Happy links for readers and writers
• Musket fantasy, new trend for the fantasy genre
• Andreas Reh
• Writing rules and the query letter to the agent
• Happy links for readers and writers
• Futuristic Motherhood anthology
• Writing round
• Bad sex
• Sometimes idle fancies should remain just that
• Marketing yourself: make connections with people of similar tastes
• Hello, new writers: do not pay to be published
• Book Giveaway: cover snark
• Rejecting genre fiction vs growing up
• A giant company named Virago…
• Go Home On Time Day
• Writing round
• How to get story ideas in fiction-writing
• Vellum: the book of all hours by Hal Duncan
• Writing round
• The Frog Prince’s Daughters: written AND spoken
• Little idea of the point of what you’re writing today?
• Flash Forward by Robert J Sawyer
• Oh, relationships AND plot, who knew?
• Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber
• Writing round
• Editing masterclass
• First Meetings in the Enderverse by Orson Scott Card
• Writing round
• Now with even more listy goodness…
• Best way to read using Stanza
• Editing masterclass
• The Road by Cormac McCarthy
• Writing round
• Top rated at Fictionwise
• How I did
• Tabourot’s Law: after you scream but before you give up
• Editing masterclass
• City of Thieves by David Benioff
• Self-plug: more places to buy my book
• Writing round
• How I did
• How to use social networking channels to market your book
• Edward Trencom’s Nose by Giles Milton
• Writing round
• Genre Book Reviewers
• Self-plug: places to buy my book
• How I did
• Explaining to the reader: beat them over the head, or leave them lost?
• Editing masterclass
• Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold
• Writing round
• How I did
• Backing up your work – test your system
• Editing masterclass
• The Forest of Hands & Teeth by Carrie Ryan
• Writing round
• How I did
• Paragraphing and points of view
• Editing masterclass
• A Sorcerer and a Gentleman by Elizabeth Willey
• Writing round
• How I did
• The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
• Writing round
• How I did
• Writing rules, misapplied: open with action
• The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro
• Writing round
• Book launch
• Writing round
• How I did
• Measuring your success as a writer
• Editing masterclass
• A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold
• Writing round
• How I did
• Marcus Graham agrees with me
• Editing masterclass
• Mr Mee by Andrew Crumey
• Writing round
• How I did
• It Ain’t A Get-Rich-Quick Scheme
• Robert Rankin
• Writing round
• How I did
• Writing for commercial success: love or money and why can’t it be and?
• Editing masterclass
• Summerland by Michael Chabon
• Writing round
• How I did
• Identifying writing scams
• Editing masterclass
• Three Hands for Scorpio by Andre Norton
• Writing round
• Writing round
• How I did
• How to accurately quote on work
• Editing masterclass
• Only Revolutions by Mark Z. Danielewski
• Writing Round
• How I did
• Story takes over: new path or blind alley?
• Editing masterclass
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
• Writing round
• How I did
• I’ve forgotten how to grocery shop
• Editing Masterclass
• A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
• Writing round
• Choosing a title in genre fiction
• Anathem by Neal Stephenson
• Writing round
• Writing villains: understanding without endorsing
• The Good Mayor by Andrew Nicoll
• Writing round – late edition
• Censorship in Young Adult fiction
• The Dark Volume by G.W. Dahlquist
• Honesty in storytelling
• The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters by G.W. Dahlquist
• Writing round
• New writers and trends in the arts
• The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
• Writing round
• Using figurative language in genre writing
• The Final Solution by Michael Chabon
• Writing round
• The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl
• Writing round
• Using rape in genre fiction
• Feast of Souls by Celia Friedman
• Writing round
• Romanitas by Sophia McDougall
• Writing round
• The purpose of the synopsis
• A Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier
• Writing round
• Writing rules, misapplied: adjectives and adverbs II
• The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway
• Writing round
• Working out an hourly rate
• The Meaning of Night: A Confession by Michael Cox
• Promoting your book through podcasts
• The Autumn Castle by Kim Wilkins
• Favourites of the year
• Writing round
• Pleasing the reader: dealing with minor criticisms
• Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
• Writing round
• Using description in genre fiction
• Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel
• Writing fiction with other people
• The End of Mr Y by Scarlett Thomas
• Choosing a setting in genre fiction
• The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie
• How I did
• Writing rules, misapplied: don’t consult your thesaurus
• Zorro by Isabel Allende
• How I did
• Stanza for the iPhone or iPod Touch: affordable ebook reader
• Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko
• How I did
• What we know: spheres of knowledge in writing fiction
• The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
• How I did
• The writer’s little notebook
• How I did
• Who stands between the writer and the reader?
• The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue
• How I did
• Writing rules, misapplied: kill your darlings
• Nation by Terry Pratchett
• How I did
• “He doesn’t need external enemies”: write your interests
• The Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson
• How I did
• Motivations for writing: “It’s about the gear”
• Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
• Congratulations to Connie Willis
• How I did
• The second best writing tip I’ve ever received
• The Observations by Jane Harris
• How I did
• Writer’s block: how to clear the blockage
• Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch
• How I did
• Procrastination: how to avoid it
• Peter Pan in Scarlet by Geraldine McCaughrean
• How I did
• Writer’s block vs procrastination
• Resurrectionist by James McGee
• How I did
• Made-up languages in fantasy writing
• The Last Witchfinder by James Morrow
• How I did
• You know more grammar than you think you do
• Making Money by Terry Pratchett
• How I did
• Focussing the plotlines of your story
• Neil Gaiman
• How I did
• Writing scenes: know the scene’s purpose
• The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
• How I Did
• Choosing your point-of-view characters
• Philip Pullman
• How I did
• Developing your characters with interactions
• The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
• How I did
• Developing your characters with logic
• Robin Hobb
• How I did
• Writing time savers: organising your electronic files
• Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
• How I did
• Writing time-wasters: nifty software
• Patricia A. McKillip
• How I did
• The uses of critiquing
• Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
• How I did
• Writing rules, misapplied: Write What You Know
• Ursula Le Guin
• How I did
• Writing rules, misapplied: Cut 10% in editing
• Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
• How I did
• Writing rules, misapplied: avoid adjectives and adverbs
• Lois McMaster Bujold
• How I did
• Writing rules, misapplied: show, don’t tell
• The Confusion by Neal Stephenson
• How I did
• Writing rules, misapplied
• Terry Pratchett
• How I did
• Letting your subconscious work
• Never let me go by Kazuo Ishiguro
• How I did
• Using short snatches of time
• The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
• How I did
• Minimum words vs minimum hours
• Watership Down by Richard Adams
• How I did
• Posthumous publication: reluctant author, ravenous fans…
• CJ Cherryh
• How I did
• Occupational health and safety for home-based freelancers
• Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart
• How I did
• Lessons from cycling
• George R.R. Martin
• How I did
• Use the Find function to polish your writing
• Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
• How I did
• Writing teachers: TV
• The Perth Writers Festival
• Connie Willis
• How I did
• Writing time-wasters: TV
• The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch