Musings Of An Aussie Writer

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A writers journey from the very beginning to (hopefully) publication, with all the tips and tricks, do's and dont's I find along the way.

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  • Sporadic At Best on Nov 23, 2009 in Blade Red Press Dark Pages Volume 1

    It seems my posting here is becoming fewer and further between efforts. I'm sorry about that. I've also not written anything in quite sometime, but my mind is still ticking over with how I'm going to improve the first draft of Inner Voice - I'm exci...

  • Cool on Nov 19, 2009 in Fun

    My work stops us from being able to watch videos on YOUTUBE which is a pain in the proverbial as most people embed videos from there into their blog posts when/if they wish to embed anything at all. The block also stops me from being able to embed Y...

  • Editing on Nov 18, 2009 in Mixon Blade Red Press Editing Writing Tips Dark Pages Volume 1

    As I've mentioned before, during all this reading I'm currently doing for Dark Pages Volume 1, the first anthology from Blade Red Press (how's that for a plug), my mind continually drifts back to Inner Voice. I guess I'm somewhat in the same quandar...

  • Some Good News Today on Nov 17, 2009 in Blade Red Press Dark Pages Volume 1

    Not for me - for some of you. A bunch of 'May we please hold' emails are, or have, been sent to my short listed stories for the anthology. I hope you squeal with glee if you get one as I think you've done exceptionally well to get this far. But all...

  • Moving Right Along on Nov 15, 2009 in A Writers Life Blade Red Press Dark Pages Volume 1

    I'm at work so I'm unable to get onto Utube but imagine Kermit and Fozzy driving along singing the song... As reported last week, Blade Red Press has received over 200 submissions for Dark Pages Volume 1 to date. In the very beginning, Blade Red was...

  • Good News On PIR on Nov 11, 2009 in PIR BTs Soapbox

    Reports have begun popping up all over. Last night there was a decision made to not remove PIRs. If you're not sure what I'm talking about (what rock have you been living under) a quick refresher can be found here. This is a huge win for the Austral...

  • Just So on Nov 11, 2009 in Apex Magazine Musings

    This is the link to the general feedback about Jason's new funding model. I provide it here just for the sake of completeness in the debate and because the question of figures was raised and here it is answered. I've made my choice and subscribed/do...