Comprehension skillz
Aug 24th, 2009 | By Stephanie CampisiI just read the phrase “to steal a peek into” as “steak potato”. Perhaps it’s time to step away from the computer.
Someone upstairs is baking a hummingbird cake
Aug 24th, 2009 | By Stephanie CampisiI’ve just about finished off my WQ article, and then it’s on to some fiction (okay, so I’ve already done a fair chunk of work on a short story today).
It looks as though Stephen Amsterdam (the author whose talk Jono happily programmed through, to the polite chagrin of the Sleepers crew), has won the Age [...]
Double Stop
Aug 22nd, 2009 | By Stephanie CampisiI confess, instead of resting up to convalesce from this swiney illness that my body seems to have quite readily succumbed to, I’ve begun work on the new novel. It’s about devils and doppelgangers and violins, and because I’m unable to resist a pun, it’s been retitled ‘Double Stop’ (although Doppelgang, admittedly, was indeed an [...]
Gosh, it’s dusty in here
Aug 20th, 2009 | By Stephanie CampisiOops, yes it’s been a while. I’m fast becoming one of those bloggers who only blog to apologise for not blogging.
But this shall change, as I’ve finished Spatterbaum and Zitherbother and am starting work on a new novel called Doppelgang, which means that I will be engaging in much procrastination. And that means, of [...]
Paper Cities shortlisted for a World Fantasy Award
Aug 5th, 2009 | By Stephanie CampisiPaper Cities, edited by Ekaterina Sedia and published by Senses Five Press, has been shortlisted for a World Fantasy Award.
2nd draft of Spatterbaum and Zitherbother done
Aug 3rd, 2009 | By Stephanie CampisiYes, I’m feeling like a right smartypants right now. There are a few sections I need to fix up, but mostly it’s looking quite good (even if it is full of my awful humour).
Speaking of awful humour, terrible headline of the day:
Funeral home’s body mix-up ‘mortifying’
. . . The spokeswoman said the owners of the [...]