If this month is a fairly scant list, consider it due to taking this on at short notice, and being lazy, and not because the last month hasn’t been exciting times. I’ve called this Part 1, and if folks want to end more links through I’ll make a part 2.

No Second Prize…

Tin Duck nominations opened http://2009.swancon.com.au/tinducks

and everyone said “pick me, pick me!”

http://martinlivings.livejournal.com/329364.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kathrynlinge/sets/72157604344415407/

http://editormum.livejournal.com/164721.html

http://jiraiyanews.blogspot.com/2009/02/tin-ducks.html

Wanna go to swancon? you can buy tix online at http://www.indiebooksonline.com

Ellen Datlow has been doing a great job coordinating the Shirley Jackson Award raffle: http://ellen-datlow.livejournal.com/160233.html

SwanAid for the Victorian Bushfire Appeal happened http://mynxii.livejournal.com/673306.html

Gillian Polack was besotted by recognition: http://gillpolack.livejournal.com/477100.html

Paul Haines is still alive http://paulhaines.livejournal.com/94474.html

Romance writers Victorian Bushfire Book appeal http://badgermirlacca.livejournal.com/127767.html

Russell B Farr pondered why some writers suck http://punkrocker1991.livejournal.com/199471.html

The Aurealis Awards were announced to the usual much gushing and backslapping http://www.aurealisawards.com/Winners.htm

Australian Shadows nominees http://www.australianhorror.com/index.php?view=151

Pretend the water is champagne…

There was much on reviewing, reviewing reviewers, and what not to do about it:

Reviewing reviewers: http://cassiphone.livejournal.com/211978.html

A shitstorm: http://cassiphone.livejournal.com/211583.html

Telling it straight: http://angriest.livejournal.com/307436.html

A dummyspit: http://benpeek.livejournal.com/704678.html

Memories…

Lee Battersby has been hosting a series of reminiscences by Clarion South 2007 students at the Battersblog: http://battersblog.blogspot.com

Hey Lord, Don’t Ask Me Questions…

This is by no means exhaustive and I don’t know if anyone’s tracking them, but a bunch of folks wanted other folks to quiz them.

http://jasonfischer.livejournal.com/156241.html
http://jasonfischer.livejournal.com/158906.html
http://jasonfischer.livejournal.com/160339.html
http://battblush.livejournal.com/150418.html
http://battersblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/satimas-questions.html
http://battersblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/callistras-questions.html
http://battersblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/grants-interview.html
http://tanaudel.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/the-interview-continues-courtesy-jason-fischer/
http://tanaudel.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/facts-and-questions/
http://callistra.livejournal.com/511555.html#cutid1
http://callistra.livejournal.com/511238.html
Satima also interviews Sarah Parker here:
http://satimaflavell.blogspot.com/2009/02/universal-woman.html but I
don’t know if that was part of the meme.

It’s the last piece of the puzzle but you just can’t make it fit

http://voyageronline.wordpress.com/2009/02/12/kim-falconer-animal-vegetable-mineral-part-i-the-science-of-sentience/ – Kim Falconer, The Science of Sentience

http://voyageronline.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/sara-douglass-escape-from-the-starship-enterprise/ – Update on Sara Douglass

New complete LJ syndication for writergoesonajourney http://syndicated.livejournal.com/thesfjourney/

Tim Duck nominations http://editormum.livejournal.com/164721.html

Shadow award nominations: http://jasonfischer.livejournal.com/164639.html

Bushfire relief fanzine – http://chrisbarnes.livejournal.com/94728.html

Conflux 6 banquet http://gillpolack.livejournal.com/475687.html

Hugo awards semiprozine being killed? http://girliejones.livejournal.com/1262046.html

CallMyAgent – Adult fantasy writers – http://callmyagent.blogspot.com/2009/02/ya-fantasy-and-australian-agents.html

ROFLMAO – to cheer you up in all the dark times happening – http://jasonfischer.livejournal.com/162797.html

Dirk returns to New Ceres http://flinthart.livejournal.com/60380.html

More stuff on the gender debate – http://jasonfischer.livejournal.com/161943.html

Justine Larbalestier book tour http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/02/06/melbourne-perth-sydney-i-am-everywhere/

Web goddess Fiona McLennan joins Awritergoesonajourney.com with her first article http://syndicated.livejournal.com/journeyarticles/5192.html

Judging quality in writing: http://nathanbransford.blogspot.com/2009/02/emergency-you-tell-me-king-vs-meyer-and.html

Persistence by Sean Williams – http://ladnews.livejournal.com/109263.html

Free book download – http://halspacejock.livejournal.com/114798.html

Kate Orman on Mary Sue http://kateorman.livejournal.com/1002492.html

Patty Jensen on the Future of Publishing: http://pattyjansen.blogspot.com/2009/02/future-of-publishing.html

a link to a few (non-Aus) articles with my brief (Aus) thoughts on
offensive books, ordinary characters and empathy between characters:
http://tanaudel.wordpress.com/2009/02/06/offence-sympathy-and-ordinariness/

Happy St valentines day — especially to all the mummies ;)

Howard Jones – Everlasting love

Jossed … Again!

Alisa Krasnostein

The end of the year is always a good time to review and 2008 was the year I really got into graphic novels. I’d never really been interested in them before, to be honest, but in 2008 I got Jossed. I’m one of those newbies who came to the form via Buffy.

You wanna make something of it?

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We’re really pleased to announce that Twelfth Planet Press editor Alisa Krasnostein will be joining the ticon4 team. Starting 8 January, Alisa will be giving our readers a monthly dose of opinion, under the heading Two Shoes For Dancing.

She promises to be anything but boring. As the saying goes, checkitout.

Welcome back to the glamorous and sexy world of publishing!

The hiatus, from March 2007 to now, has been entirely because of me. Without boring with details, in this time I’ve been diagnosed with a fairly common and rather debilitating illness, and started treatment, and had some ups and downs. I can’t rule out future breaks in transmission, but I’m happy to say, right now, that ticon4 is back.

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