Well, for me at least.

Blood & Tears, book 3 of the Icefire Trilogy, is now a reality on both Smashwords and Amazon
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Tomorrow, my daughter is doing a yr 12 physics exam. She just remarked that she is the only girl in her year doing physics. Last week, she did economics, one of a small handful of girls. My oldest daughter did chemistry. Not many girls there either. What subjects do their girl friends take? Drama, English, modern history. They take the weakest ( Read more... )

Some ranty bits here, because this concerns no one at LJ ( Read more... )

It's that time of year again, when we shamelessly trot out our annual achievements to be paraded for the Ditmar Awards.

If you're Australian, or live in Australia, you can nominate (here).

I've made a comprehensive post of my eligible stuff.Most importantly, I am still eligible for Best New Talent ( Read more... )

The title speaks for itself. Awesome.

More info here:

http://www.ticonderogapublications.com/index.php/our-books/158-ambassador/207-patty-jansen-sells-novel-to-tp

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I can confirm that Kyle Sandilands in the flesh is exactly as much of a dick as he appears on screen or in the press. And also that Grant Denyer measures a lofty height of about 150cm, in other words, I'm a head taller than him.

Don't ask.

OMG, there are some weirdos in the world.

Today I read this post which deals with some things we don't know about Mars. There is a rule 'don't read the comments', but I invite you to do so and marvel. All of these conspiracy theorists are ones who never studied any of the disciplines involved. Yet they know EVERYTHING ( Read more... )

Me to daughter: why do you have pen lines on your hand?
Daughter: *holds up hand, on which are drawn a number of curved lines*
Me: parabolas?
Daughter: No, re-entry paths for space ships

I can officially announce: there is still hope in the universe...

Daughter #1(email, from Ho Chi Minh City): HELP! Facebook is banned here, and I need to see if I can swap lecture times with someone. Can [daughter #2] log onto Facebook email xxxxx password yyyyy ( Read more... )

A while ago, I was talking about some news which people went to all sorts of amusing lengths to speculate about.

It's really much more simple than that:

I've sold my story Survival in Shades of Orange to Analog.

YAY!

*boingboingboingboingboing*