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Slush Party

I’ve just experienced one of the more unexpected and unusual effects of hanging out with one of the largest speculative fiction publishers in The Netherlands. I guess it’s also an effect of the whole Writers of the Future thing: being taken seriously by a publisher. Being a large specfic publisher in Holland means he’s got […]

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It’s A Small World After All

I shouldn’t be allowed to keep a web log; whenever something interesting happens, I get too excited to think of writing an entry. It’s been a week already since my first meeting with the most important Dutch specfic publisher (M, part of De Boekerij), and only now do I remember to report on it. He […]

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Worth Every Cent

Flying to London last Sunday with my girlfriend to attend the London Book Fair, hang out at the New Era (Galaxy Press) booth and meet publishers, I was very aware that by ratio of money spent to hours at destination it might very well be the most expensive trip I’ve ever undertaken. We arrived at […]

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Mission Statement

Time to get off my butt and write. As an incentive, I’m going to figure out a way to reward myself for every 1,000 words I produce – this thread is wide open for every sensible and insensible suggestion in that area. To force my hand, I’m going to follow the example jaylake set and […]

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Keepin Up Appearances

My First Appearance! I’ll be at the London Book Fair this Sunday afternoon, at the ExCel London venue. Feel like coming over? It’s a great opportunity to get a first peek at the Writers of the Future 2005 documentary (directed by Taron Lexton of United fame). And of course, there may be some copies of […]

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Documentary Evidence

Last Monday, upon coming home from work, I found a message on my machine informing me that Hugh and Claude of Writers of the Future and Galaxy Press fame were in town! The message stated that they had something cool to show me, and it wasn’t hard to guess what that would be. And indeed, […]

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Always The Last Place You Look

My computer display was acting up. After unscrewing upwards of 20 tiny screws and spending 15 minutes with my arms shoved up to the elbows into the display innards, I ended up fixing the problem by shoving a folded-up card between the on switch and the casing. From the outside. But do I feel frustrated? […]

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Brain Fart

Oh, oh! I completely forgot! It’s almost three weeks ago now, but still here it is: the DragonPage science fiction radio show did a phone interview with me and the other three 2004 WotF 1st place winners! I had a lot of fun with the two hosts; I hope they keep some of the laughs […]

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That’s Funny

My first review! HorrorScope did a review of Issue 20 of Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine (ASIM), the issue containing Beans and Marbles. It may ‘just’ be an Australian review weblog, but it’s still the first time any reviewer mentions one of my stories by name, not to mention my own name, and favorably at that. […]

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Planning

So far, my newfound urge to write (brought home from Seattle, where the Writers of the Future workshop caused it) is paying off. It may not be the greatest story I’ve written – actually, it is probably the worst – but my entry for the Halloween contest of my Codex Writers Group is finished and […]

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