Live in Victoria?
Join me at Clunes Booktown Festival 22-23rd March, 2025.
https://www.facebook.com/events/589295070701805
If you're arriving by train, or from the showground carpark, I'm at the Wesley College Bluestone on the left as you enter via Service Street - at #48
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[#imageDescription: 2 images. 1: orange background with Victorian buildings. TEXT: 22z23rd March, 2025 Clunes Booktown Festival. Save the date. 2: Map.of Booktown precinct with speech bubble text: Find fantastic Indie books at Wesley College Bluestone. ]
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On the final stretch. Formatting is done. Internal book art is complete.
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And the editing continues. (and I've for the perfect editing tshirt)
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Edits are conducive to imposter syndrome.
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June's book highlight intro for Eye of the Beholder & Other Tales - 2nd book in Victorian steampunk murder mystery series Adventures of Viola Stewart.
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Thinking of all mothers - loved, estranged, lost, single, step, found family, those longing to be, those who don't wish to be, those unknown, and fur-mums... Hoping you have a good day. Hugs. (and the title of the book is day appropriate l, I think)
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We've got an official release date: 29 April!
Sherlock is a Girls Name is full of stories about female Sherlocks and their Watsons, through time and space and fantasy worlds. My story: The Case of the Toxic Teacake.
Cover art by @altocello
You can pre-order until 29th via clandestinepress.net (AUS) or improbablepress.com (US)
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[#imageDescription: White text (left) on dark sepia backgrouns. Cover of book on right: Dark sepia portraits of various Sherlocks. Title in blue. TEXT: Announcing Sherlock is a Girl's Name/ WHat would the Great Detective be like if Sherlock Holmes was a woman?/ We answer this quesion in a baker's (street) dozen stories, following Sherlock and her Watsons into deep space, worlds of magic, Victorian London, contemporary USA, 1900s Russia, and more/ Publishes 29 April 2024.]
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2024 Events Confirmed so far:
*Adelaide Comic & Toy Fair - 21st April - see you in 2 weeks!
*ANNOUNCEMENT - EVENT CONFIRMED! I've been accepted for the Artist Alley at this year's AVCON (Adelaide)/Avcon After Dark (29-30th June).
*ANNOUNCEMENT - EVENT CONFIRMED! I've been accepted for the Artist Alley at this year's Adelaide Oz Comic Con (1-2nd June)
*Nullus Anxietas 9 - Aus Discworld con - Adelaide, as a guest author (and look who I've got the honour to join! - https://ausdwcon.org/blog/introducing-our-very-special-guests/ ) - 12-14th July
*Temporal Textural Talks - (Guest author when online steampunk book club reads Doctor Jack & Other & Tales) - 19th August (Australia time) [bookclub is held live via FB on the 3rd Sunday (US time) of every month, except March and December.]
*Adelaide Supanova - 2-3rd November
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If you're in Australia, join me at the Wimmera Steampunk Festival. my Thanks to @dimboolaimaginarium for hosting my talk on the Sunday.
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Today's Advent tea was Peaflower... lemon makes it purple.
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