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Comment on Special Guest Charlotte Nash at the Writing Race Tonight by Noel and Jan HILL

Noel and Jan HILL — Tue, 14 May 2013 03:58:55 +0000

Dear Charlotte, My wife passed on RYDERS RIDGE to me after she read it. I’m amazed at the number of great girl writers that have come to the fore in the past 10 years, particularly as you are all so deep into OUR country heritage and rural industries. As a keen fan of AUSTRALIANA for over 71 years it is very gratifiying to see. Except all we seem to be doing nowadays is buying new books!! Haha. I’ve done many things in my life and still enjoy riding my horse every Saturday with mates. we will look forward to further titles from your pen. Cheers, Noel and Jan HILL.

Comment on The fiction of history: An interview with James Vella-Bardon of the Historical Novel Society Sydney. by Elisabeth Storrs

Elisabeth Storrs — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 23:17:54 +0000

Julian, thanks for the great interview – and well done James! You’ve done a great job setting up HNS Sydney.

Comment on ‘Characters circling the drain’: An interview with Crime Factory editor Cameron Ashley by David Cranmer (@CashLaramie)

David Cranmer (@CashLaramie) — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:19:40 +0000

Crime Factory is a juggernaut of talent.

Comment on GenreCon 2012 Wrap-up by Perry

Perry — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 22:57:48 +0000

Hi Alison, while GenreCon is predominately a convention for writers, we would love to have some librarians attend in 2013. This year we had Vassilki Veros, from the Australian Library & Information Association, join us as a panelist and she gave us some wonderful insights into the state of reading and the ever evolving role of the library in Australia. Hope to see you at GenreCon 2013.

Comment on GenreCon 2012 Wrap-up by alison

alison — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:14:01 +0000

GenreCon sounds awesome. Did any librarians attend? I’m a librarian and would love to come to the next #GCoz.

Comment on GenreCon 2012 Wrap-up by Phillipa

Phillipa — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 08:17:48 +0000

a great weekend, thanks to everyone who made it happen – see you next year

Comment on GenreCon 2012 Wrap-up by Anna Campbell

Anna Campbell — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 02:45:21 +0000

Christina Brooke did a great one here: http://romancebandits.com/a-different-tribe-genrecon-australia/

Comment on Friday Fry-Up by Jason Sizemore

Jason Sizemore — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:31:30 +0000

Thx for the link up!

Comment on Everything you always wanted to know about the Review of Australian Fiction (but were afraid to ask): An interview with Matthew Lamb by Interview: Matthew Lamb | Neon – A Literary Magazine

Interview: Matthew Lamb | Neon – A Literary Magazine — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 01:04:32 +0000

[...] The best place to go is to the source: reviewofaustralianfiction.com. But also, I recently did a long, ranty interview with the Australian Writers Marketplace, about the RAF, which may be of interest to those who want to know more about what we are trying to do: blog.awmonline.com.au. [...]

Comment on Where the eyeballs are going: An interview with Smashwords founder Mark Coker by Jesse Kaellis

Jesse Kaellis — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 03:39:18 +0000

I’m getting a little more sustained movement lately. What does it mean? NOTHING. I’m not holding my breath. I dropped my price to .99, not because I think 2.99 is too much for my book but because I can promote my book at less expense to me by gifting it. I don’t care about the money anymore.
Is my book a crappy book? Read the first three or four stories. Then tell me it’s crap. I never wanted to flog my book in competition with erotica. Or zombie Apocalypse books. I lived my book. If I sound self righteous, oh, well… Early out, by Jesse Kaellis: Vegas casino life, narcotics, sex, the death industry, legal process,
boxing, God, despair, irony, and dark humor.