Health issues and the spectacular destruction of my old computer slowed down my writing for a while, but I'm getting back into it. In the meantime have some linkage: The Guardian's Bad Sex Awards is on again. They usually get either a giggle or a disgusted-but-cannot-look-away stare from me. Also, if you haven't watched this video, you should. It's truly beautiful.

Happy Birthday to me!

And happy Halloween to everybody else. May it bring candy and much spookiness!

Oh and for those of you planning on embarking on the mad journey that is Nanowrimo tomorrow, you might find this article by Jodi Cleghorn helpful. Oh, and consider joining the guys on Often Inspired for their annual Nanowrimo contest. It's always heaps of fun. I'm not attempting another novel this year as I have too many other writing projects on the go as it is, but I'll be watching my friends' progress with interest.

Femslash

I know it's a couple of years old, but I love this! I wish there was a little more Katee Sackhoff in it though. I had the honour of meeting her at a con in April and she was lovely.

Bits and Pieces

I have a bad habit of reading quite a few different books at the same time. See?

Evelyn's currently-reading book montage

Evelyn's favorite books »

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Since most of these are anthologies it's not really too confusing, but I should actually knuckle down and finish some of them so I can write some reviews. My writing tends to go the same way. I start writing a story, then have an interesting idea and start writing that, then think of something new and before I know it I've got half a dozen stories on the go and nothing completed to show for a whole month of writing. Having lots of ideas is a good start, I think, but I need to work on my focus. At any rate, I can assure you that there are new stories coming, it's just that presently they're all in bits and pieces. I'll get there. It's just a case of picking one and sticking to it.

I love this!

I don't know how to make it fit into my blog, sorry, but you can see it all if you click on the picture.

Geeking Out

I had a lot of fun at Supernova at the weekend, gawking at the cosplayers and celebrities and trying not to spend the whole month's budget on books, comics, dvds and assorted geekery. I MET KATEE SACKHOFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For those who don't know, she's Starbuck from Battlestar Galactica, and she was lovely, despite being probably quite jetlagged.

I got to (briefly) meet fellow Brisbane author Trent Jamieson, who signed my copy of Managing Death, the second book in his awesome new urban fantasy series Death Works (more info about this can be found on his website, including some spiffy 'community announcement' videos about the series).

I also briefly said hi to Marianne de Pierres, whose new young adult series, Night Creatures, I really must check out. So many books, so little time! That's it for now. I'd better go and tackle the giant stack of unread books by my beside before it topples and crushes me in my sleep.



On a somewhat related note, this made me giggle:

Under the weather

I've been sick for a while (nothing serious, just a cold and stomach flu- what a great month!), but am still plugging away at another story on and off. Today, though I took time out to join in a rally for gay marriage here in Brisvegas. Apparently there were about 400 people marching, which sounds about right. Not quite the numbers seen in other larger cities, but considering our population and the fact that it was pissing down today it wasn't too bad. There's another rally planned for May 21st. Hopefully if we can keep the issue in the public eye and keep up some pressure on the government eventually something will happen.


I love this video. :)
Beware: Contains lots of naughty words. Well, mainly just the one lots of times.