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Aug. 31st, 2006 12:25 pmToday is a day of too much bad news. No-one is dying, but an awful lot of people in my vicinity have things happen that should not. Please take care, all of you.
On the lesser-bad-news scale, I keep getting thrown offline. I have been emailing my ISP for a week about this and eventually got a not-useful answer. I can't wait for the broadband to happen!
Finally, do you like great short stories? Have you always wanted to sample Aussie writing but can't be bothered working out what authors might be Australian? Donate some money to ASif and Ticonderoga to help with their operating expenses for the next twelve months and you get sent a pdf booklet with scrummy things inside, including a story by Simon Brown. Trust me, it's worth donating, just for that story. Full details here: http://www.asif.dreamhosters.com/doku.php?id=donation_drive
ASif doesn't just provide reviews of Australian fiction, it gives Aussie authors and editors and publishers 2 weeks to answer tough questions by the public. Actually I got easy questions, but I was lucky :). Every two weeks there's a new forum guest and they have all been interesting so far (except me - there's a rotten apple in every pile). Interesting in different ways, too. When Rob Hood was guest we talked about horror and about giant Japanese monsters. When Damien Broderick visited there was a bunch of interesting thought about the future and speculative fiction. Right now everything is a little loco rococco because Adam Browne has the hot seat.
Even if you don't donate (but please think of it - you giving the cost of 2 cups of coffee could keep the Forum alive for 12 months), check out the forums. Some facinating conversations have happened, are happening and will happen. This is the main URL: http://www.asif.dreamhosters.com/forum/index.php?c=5 but the writers area has the most buzz right now.
All puns intended. Maybe.
On the lesser-bad-news scale, I keep getting thrown offline. I have been emailing my ISP for a week about this and eventually got a not-useful answer. I can't wait for the broadband to happen!
Finally, do you like great short stories? Have you always wanted to sample Aussie writing but can't be bothered working out what authors might be Australian? Donate some money to ASif and Ticonderoga to help with their operating expenses for the next twelve months and you get sent a pdf booklet with scrummy things inside, including a story by Simon Brown. Trust me, it's worth donating, just for that story. Full details here: http://www.asif.dreamhosters.com/doku.php?id=donation_drive
ASif doesn't just provide reviews of Australian fiction, it gives Aussie authors and editors and publishers 2 weeks to answer tough questions by the public. Actually I got easy questions, but I was lucky :). Every two weeks there's a new forum guest and they have all been interesting so far (except me - there's a rotten apple in every pile). Interesting in different ways, too. When Rob Hood was guest we talked about horror and about giant Japanese monsters. When Damien Broderick visited there was a bunch of interesting thought about the future and speculative fiction. Right now everything is a little loco rococco because Adam Browne has the hot seat.
Even if you don't donate (but please think of it - you giving the cost of 2 cups of coffee could keep the Forum alive for 12 months), check out the forums. Some facinating conversations have happened, are happening and will happen. This is the main URL: http://www.asif.dreamhosters.com/forum/index.php?c=5 but the writers area has the most buzz right now.
All puns intended. Maybe.