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I've set up a new Wordpress site and transferred this blog over there (in the process, every apostrophe had a slash inserted before it -...

This is my nephew, Tom.

It's true, I'm biased against semi-colons.

When we watch Netflix together...

When I was a kid, I used to draw comic strips about girls in boarding school (I mean, what else is there?!). More recently I've tried my...

I'm talking worldbuilding at Ivy Book Bindings today. While I do get flashes of character and plot in the early stages of storywriting,...

Here's a nice reference to Song of Scarabaeus on the Mac Observer. Think about it: what if computers were powerful enough to make a di...

If you're on Goodreads, Song of Scarabaeus has been picked as one of the two reads this month at the Vaginal Fantasy Hangout, which is ...

I know all I'm blogging about these days is MCP's new book, but that's because I don't have a whole lot to talk about in my ...

Pretty much the first thing MCP and I did when we met was exchange manuscripts - mine was an early version of Song of Scarabaeus , his was t...

I remember the excitement of seeing my book starting to appear in online bookstores before it came out. Now it's my other half's tur...

Attack the Block This is a story that could not be told in America. In America the kids in the projects would have guns and the movie wo...

I've been interviewed as part of the 2012 Snapshot of Australian SF, where various bloggers publish various Aussie SF interviews over th...

Unfortunately we didn't make it to the Aurealis Awards in Sydney this year - but I did watch the tweets from the ceremony, so thanks to ...

Aussie author Kylie Griffin has interviewed me on her blog , where I talk about some sci-fi influences and the slooooow (but hopefully ongoi...

Children of Scarabaeus has been nominated for the Aurealis Award for Best SF Novel 2011. Wow! You can see the other nominees here , ...

Another upcoming sci-fi movie, Lockout - this is almost 5 straight minutes from the movie and to be honest it looks a bit silly, and the edi...

Ridley Scott's forthcoming Prometheus finally has a trailer - see here on io9: I don't like horror movies but I love Alien , t...

More on the nostalgic front, because we are what we were as children, are we not? I've been feeling crafty lately - actually, ever sin...

This is the stuff of every sci-fi writer's dreams, except that it's true... Astronomers have discovered over 700 exoplanets (extra...

I repeat myself from yesterday, with a minor twist: Battle: Los Angeles is more enjoyable if you watch it as a war movie than as science fic...

We quite enjoyed this one as a popcorn movie. In fact we watched it on our wedding anniversary, so let's call it a great date movie. I...

Two films I've seen recently - one to recommend and one... not so much. The bad news first. Tomorrow, the good. I rented  Far North b...

Back to io9 for their list of the  Ten plotlines you'll find in science fiction : my favorite is definitely interstellar travel, with p...

io9 lists their best and worst SF&F films of 2011. And, wow, I've seen only 1.5 of the 20! ( Limitless and bits of Thor ). So man...

What's hot in adult SF books this Christmas? Let's take a look at Bookscan's top 50 bestsellers this week. With a tie at #50, th...

George Takei, who rivals James Earl Jones in the "I'd listen to him reading a shopping list" voice department, sends out a ple...

Heidi Ruby Miller writes a column called Geek Girl Underground for Inveterate Media Junkies. Today she's blogging about the sci-fi roman...

Heather Massey at the Galaxy Express asked a bunch of us what being a Geek Girl means. Find out how other geek girls became geek girls and ...

I've been hanging out for a good sci-fi show for nine years - ever since you know what was canceled. So I've been watching Terra Nov...

Mary Robinette Kowal writes an inspiring post on finishing up your NANOWRIMO novel. I agree with her that the important thing, whether or n...

Earlier this year MCP and I got our first "smart phones". It was his first ever mobile phone, and my third. I got my first when I ...

Today MCP and I arranged a babysitter for three days between Christmas and New Year. We are going to write for three days solid. That's ...

I've done a quickie interview over at Heidi Ruby Miller's blog where I answer six questions:  here . You'll notice I mostly didn...

The Time Guardian is an 80s Australian movie starring the man from Snowy River, a pretty Aussie woman, and, for reasons unknown, Carrie Fis...

At 11AM today I happened to be checking out at the supermarket when we stopped for a minute's silence, preceded by someone reading the o...

From the picture book Shopping Day  (c) 1974, found on my mum's bookshelf. Click to enlarge, for it must be seen in all its glory. ...

Comics... not superhero stuff. I never read those and today I can't follow them when I try. I'm talking about comics for girls, or p...

Been feeling nostalgic lately - perhaps brought on by Christmas shopping for my 16-month-old (she'll be 18 months at Christmas). Wow, ha...

There are a few TV shows I don't miss - my favourite right now is probably The Big Bang Theory , which is unusual for me because I don...

Today I'm blogging over at Marie Treanor's Romantic Theme Party . Marie has a week of SF writers guest blogging, so don't forget...

I found something today I thought must exist but couldn't previously find even though it's sort of in plain sight: the Judges' R...

My mum is about to go overseas and has been persuaded by friends that buying an ereader would be a good thing. I've never met anyone wh...

MCP and I took a short vacation (following our long vacation - did we deserve it?) this week with our agent Kristin Nelson and her husband B...

Met with my agent Kristin Nelson and her husband for lunch yesterday (both are, to use her word, exceedingly "nice") - Kristin is ...

On Sunday we returned from two weeks in the USA - a quick trip to visit family and friends. "Quick" sounds like "easy",...

I'm featured in the Writers Gone Wild Blatant Promo Weekend . Find out what five jobs I've had and never want to have again. A coupl...

Back in 2006, I sent my fledgling query letter for Song of Scarabaeus to Evil Editor, who snarkily savaged it. This is a free service provi...

Book Chick City is having a Women in Science Fiction Week and I'm guest blogging there today about a few sci-fi movies I love that feat...

The RomCon blog has an excerpt of Children of Scarabaeus today, along with a brief intro by me and a giveaway. Head over there to check it...

Just got back from Sydney's Aurealis Awards - a very impressive event! Even MCP dressed up and he doesn't do that except for job int...

Check out the Nelson Literary Agency's updated client web page. Scroll down to the P's!

Over the Edge interviewed me and is giving away two copies of  Children of Scarabaeus. So, would I go forward or backward in time? (Duh!)  R...

Finn is about two meters tall, for the record. On a related note, much genre fiction these days is written in first person or close third ...