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The Good, the Bad & the Sushi

Great news: the wonderful Shaun Tan won an Oscar for the short film based on his book, The Lost Thing. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/02/28/3150766.htm I had the chance to meet Shaun at WorldCon in September last year.  He illustrated a story of mine

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The Duke of Vertumn’s Fingerling

Strange Horizons has a story by Elizabeth Carroll, one of my Clarion South writing buddies. She workshopped the story at Clarion in week 5.  It was interesting for me to see how the revised story turned out. Assassins, magic and

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Sean Williams Interview

Sean Williams has published more than thirty novels and more than seventy stories.  He has won eight Aurealis Awards and seven Ditmars.  He is a past Writers of the Future winner (and now judge) and his Star Wars novel, The Force

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Attack of the Killer Sock Puppets

This month’s issue of the Internet Review of Science Fiction includes my article about Clarion South. Attack of the Killer Sock Puppets: Six Weeks at Clarion South http://www.irosf.com/q/zine/article/10551

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Wordle

Wordle is a fun tool for word and font geeks. You can input text and it makes a word cloud image. Here’s a Clarion South 2009 image.

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Clarion South Fundraising Appeal

Clarion South was a great time for me and I learned a lot.   There were a few problems because of tutor cancellations (due to illness), but the organisers did a great job organising new tutors for us at short notice. 

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What I Learned From Clarion South

What I Learned From Clarion South AKA: Jedi Writing Tricks – These aren’t the characters you’re looking for. A Post-Clarion Summation By Aidan Doyle ****************************** Six of the best weeks of my life are now but a memory. I knew

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