Following on from the recent discussions about there not being enough women writing SF in the world, I’m delighted to see that Jason Fischer is looking for SF/Horror for the next edition of Midnight Echo. You can find all the details here, but thought you might be interested read this part of Jason’s blog:

“I guess one of the things that might be putting some people off is the fact that this issue is actively seeking science fiction, and is headed up by three white male writers.  But I for one would be just as happy to see the next Marianne de Pierres as much as the next Greg Egan.  There are some very talented folks out toiling under the Aussie SF umbrella, and just about every genre writing thing I’ve ever been to has been split roughly down the middle gender-wise.  There’s no reason why TOCs can’t turn out similarly, without any special effort expended, simply because a large initial pool of fiction would allow this to happen naturally (and probably unconsciously).”

Janette Dalgleish and a bunch of others who I won’t name, time to get cracking.

Just wanted to update you on my November/December signings, as there have been a couple of changes. Basically Kippa Ring has been postponed until January/Feb and Chersmide has moved to the 18th December.

20/11/10 Redbank Plaza 11.30am – 1pm

25/11/10 Post Office Square 12.00am -2pm

27/11/10 Stafford 12.30 – 2pm

4/12/10 Carindale 12 – 2pm

11/12/10 Burleigh Heads 11am – 1pm

18/12/10 North Lakes 11am-12.30pm, Chermside 1pm – 2.30pm

Hope to see some of you there.

MDP and Trent Jamieson at A&R Victoria Point

Glitter Rose has had some kind reviews; words that make an author’s tender heart expand and glow. Today there is one such review up at Bibliophile Stalker and recently over at Book Smugglers, Geek Speak and the Bayside Bulletin. However it was a casual line by Jeff Vandermeer that really touched me. In a Shelfari blog post he referred to the stories as ‘beautiful and delicate‘ and coming from him – a magnificent craftsmen – it was terribly gratifying and made me feel like the emotion I poured into those stories was worthwhile.

So that’s my writerly spillover for the day. I will add though, that because of my warm fuzzies,  there’ll be some Christmas giveaways during December of Glitter Rose, so watch both this website and the GR site.

Some upcomings for you to anticipate include an interview with the Cool Shite/Joffre Street Team, likewise for Team Apollo talking more about the new Apollo Awards, plus Super Creatives from Spike Spencer and Paul Jenkins and my girl, and brilliant comic artist, Nicola Scott. And you’ll all be thrilled to know that Anne Bishop will visit again in the future to talk about Ephemera and new worlds.