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Here it is - the guest post for Gillian Polack’s Women’s History Month series.

I enjoyed writing that one. I love Ursula le Guin, as the French say - a little bit, a lot, passionately, to the point of madness. I’m grateful to Gillian for giving me the chance to talk about her.
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Breaking radio silence to let you know that I’ve been invited by the lovely Sue Bursztynski (author of ‘Wolfborn’) to participate in her guest blog series celebrating the release of the ‘Mythic Resonance’ anthology.

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I feel like I have just come to the end of a long, long marathon. It began in the months leading up to August 2010 and has finished over a year and a half later, with three books published, two short stories in anthologies and any number of Interesting Life Experiences served up ( Read more... )

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It’s always bizarre dancing the promotion jig for one’s own work. But when it comes to a certain artist and his fabulous cover designs, I have no problem! *drumroll* don’t forget to nominate FRANK VICTORIA this year for his amazing cover artwork on ‘Oracle’s Fire’ (see below.) I ( Read more... )

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After I posted the ‘wrap up’ entry yesterday, comments arrived quite rightly pointing out that I’d omitted to include myself in the series… Dagnabbit, my plan to avoid any hard work has been foiled!

So, our eighteenth and last Place as Person poster is Mary Victoria, whom I met ( Read more... )

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Well, what a journey this has been - a voyage through the hearts and minds of seventeen fabulous authors, each with his or her own unique insights on the subject of Place. Thank you to all who contributed to our series. Thank you moreover to all who read, commented and spread ( Read more... )

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We’re joined today in our Place as Person series by one of the most intriguing writers I know, Kaaron Warren. She has an exercise for us! Except that if you do it her way, you won’t be able to help but transform everything you do into good writing…

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Today the lovely Kim Falconer joins us to talk about Place. Kim has explored the idea of what happens when we forget the divinity of the world in her Quantum Enchantment and Quantum Encryption series. Check them out!

The Great Mother


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Today’s Place as Person poster is Sue Bursztynski. I first met Sue signing books at Aussiecon in 2010, and immediately noticed the cover art of her novel, ‘Wolfborn’. Isn’t it gorgeous? What a place, and story, it evokes…

Thanks for joining us, Sue.

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