Site announcements for Earl Grey Editing.
I am super excited to share that I’ve been selected as a judge for the 2016 Aurealis Awards! If you’ve previously missed me discussing the Aurealis Awards, they are Australia’s premier juried awards for speculative fiction. They cover fantasy, sci-fi and horror, with categories for Best Novel and Best Short Story for each genre. There are […]
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Contact2016 is the National Australian Science Fiction Convention this year. It will be held in Brisbane from Friday 25 March until Monday 28 March… which means it starts in just ten days! The Guests of Honour are Ben Aaronovitch, Jill Pantozzi, Keri Arthur, Kirilee Barker and Maria Lewis. I will be attending this year and […]
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Recently, I wrote a little about stepping outside my comfort zone and my plans to do more of that in the coming year. The 2016 NAFF race is part of that. NAFF is the National Australian Fan Fund. It was set up to send one Australian fan to the National Science Fiction Convention each year. This year […]
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If you follow me on Twitter, you’ve probably already heard this news but I thought I would record it here for posterity. Yesterday, I received an email informing me I’d been nominated for the 2015 Express Media Awards. My review of (I Hate You) For Sentimental Reasons was selected for the category of Best Piece […]
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In her guest post for Brewing Community last week, Leife Shallcross mentioned Conflux: Canberra’s annual convention for speculative fiction writers and fans. This year it is taking place from Friday 2 October until Monday 5 October, so it is just around the corner! The theme this year is Light, in line with the UN’s International Year of […]
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A couple of months ago, I had the good fortune to do some work for Wyrd Games. One of the projects was Shifting Loyalties, an expansion for their Malifaux miniatures game. Along with some new rules, it contains some great new stories that I was delighted to edit. Shifting Loyalties is out now. If you like Southern gothic horror and […]
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Today is a very special day for me because it marks one year since the very first post went up here on the Earl Grey Editing blog. And what a year it has been! When Melissa Hartfiel of Fine Lime Designs first designed the website for Earl Grey Editing, she asked me if I wanted […]
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I’m very much a creature of habit. As I have mentioned before, I like to make plans and I’m usually good about sticking to them. Almost from the very beginning, blog posts have gone up here at Earl Grey Editing on Tuesdays and Thursdays (Australian time) like clockwork. But sometimes things need to change. Recently, […]
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Being an avid reader usually goes hand-in-hand with being an editor. I don’t think I know a single writer or editor who doesn’t possess a giant pile of books to read. For me, many of the books I acquire come from working in the industry—bought because I know one of the writers or editors, or […]
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