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Writing Again (and I'm done with themed anthologies)

Following a minor bout of cancer (featuring surgeries and 6 months of chemotherapy), I'm writing again! Having spent some time reviewing my writing career to date, I note with a degree of dismay that while I've had some material published, I'm not super happy with all of it. In the past I've pandered to the whims of the industry in order to get stories out. Well, I'm done with that. Now I'm writing what I want to write. No more < 5,000 word stories about "blue aliens on exoplanets", simply because a publisher somewhere decided that's what they wanted for their next anthology. I know it may seem a little hypocritical, given that I helped come up with the theme of A Hand of Knaves (and I stand by it), but I'm allowed to be hypocritical if the mood takes me. And the mood does take me.  From now on I'm writing whatever the hell I want. It might not get published, but it'll be mine and I think I'll be a lot happier with that.  Let...

Aurealis #83 - Best Issue Ever

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My story, Perfect Kills , is out now in Aurealis, Australia's coolest SFFH magazine. I've had a fair bit to do with Aurealis this year, mostly through my author interviews (check out the September issue for my chat with the unbelievably determined and incredibly amazing, Thoraiya Dyer), but I am really excited to have some fiction published in this month's issue. There's also a great story from Tracy Washington, and Terry Wood's interview with Peter F. Hamilton. So go get it by clicking here . It's fully as awesome as it looks.