My trip to Chicago was rounded off with, somewhat inconveniently, moving house. After a beautiful ten days in 27 degree clear skies, I returned home, packed, moved, cleaned, and cleaned some more. I’ve finally got round to digging out my photos and it appears I mostly took pictures of skyscrapers, plants, and the zoo. ThisContinue reading “Chicago in pictures”
Category Archives: Night Bazaar
Night Bazaar Party
Thank you to Teresa Frohock for creating these ace flyers for the Night Bazaar Party – come say hello at WorldCon!
WorldCon schedule
Chicago is only two weeks away – this will be my first trip to the States and it’s starting to feel very exciting! Not only will I be going to my first ever WorldCon but I get to catch up with two super talented artist friends I haven’t seen in years. I can’t wait forContinue reading “WorldCon schedule”
OSIRIS on Audible and other things
Some good news this week and a few links – firstly, I’m very happy to announce that Audible have bought the rights to publish OSIRIS in audible format (US). Details of publication dates and further information to follow when available. The Qwillery very kindly had me over for an interview posted on 9 June 2012,Continue reading “OSIRIS on Audible and other things”
This week’s Night Bazaar and other things
This week at the Night Bazaar we’re talking about the influence of children’s fantasy on adult fantasy. Monday’s post from Paul Tobin made a lot of really good points, but here is my slightly rambling contribution to this week’s theme: It’s okay for kids’ books to be fantasy – why not adults? The Jan/Feb editionContinue reading “This week’s Night Bazaar and other things”
The ones I wish I’d written
This week’s theme at the Night Bazaar is all about the green-eyed monster – we’re discussing whether you feel envy as a writer (that would be a yes) and how you deal with it. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this post took a little less time to write than some previous ones… Anyway, here it is: The onesContinue reading “The ones I wish I’d written”
What if all the male characters posed like the female one?
The theme for this week’s Night Bazaar is “Dolls or Action figures? Gender roles in popular culture”. It’s another week where I wish I had a bit more time to write (or alternatively, just wrote quicker. Respect to all the bloggers who post every day – I don’t know how you do it!) because it’sContinue reading “What if all the male characters posed like the female one?”
If you have a garden and a library you have everything you need
This week at the Night Bazaar we’re discussing The Politics of Science Fiction: Eco-tastrophy. The title to my post was inspired by this lovely gem tweeted by the brilliant @brainpicker earlier today: http://exp.lore.com/post/22663248289/if-you-have-a-garden-and-a-library-you-have Here’s the link to the blog: If you have a garden and a library you have everything you need
Please send kittens instead
This week at the Night Bazaar we are discussing horror – what scares you? My answer to this in short is: everything. The longer version can be found via the link below: Please send me a basket of kittens instead
Fantasy? Fantastik!
This week over at the Night Bazaar we’re talking about why we write fantasy. What can you do with fantasy that you can’t do with other genres? You can read my post here: Fantasy? Fantastik!
E. J. Swift 