Hello my little droogies,
Just a couple of quick things tonight, as it’s been a hectic week that’s heading into a hectic weekend.
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First, as threatened, I popped up on 3RRR’s Byte Into It program last night to talk about The Obituarist and the ‘social media undertaker’ concept – which, as it turns out, is more properly called the ‘digital afterlife industry’. Who knew? It was really fun appearing on the show and talking about those ideas and what I was trying to look at with the novella, and I’m really grateful to Sarah and the BII team for giving me the opportunity.
The show went out last night and is now available to download here. I come in at about the 15 minute mark, making inappropriate comments about Scientology and sounding like I’ve swallowed the microphone. But check out the whole program if possible – it’s well worth a listen!
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Secondly, I just got home from the gala opening of the Emerging Writers’ Festival, which was terrific! I got to hang out with my friend Ben, catch up with a variety of people I knew either in person or online – it’s great to finally put names and voices to email addresses – and enjoy an evening of comedy, poetry and speeches about the Festival.
I still have to get my butt into gear to book the panels I want to attend over the weekend, but I have been doing my best to help organise the online Rabbit Hole team. We have a Facebook group and nearly 20 eager and slightly nervous participants ready to do their best to write 30 000 words over a weekend. I’m trying to keep them motivated and focused with encouragement, blog posts and occasional prizes, but in the end they’re going to do the work and I’ll be very proud of them.
In fact, I’m kinda thinking about joining them, if only to lead by example. I know people are clamouring for a second Obituarist story, and that’ll probably happen at some point, but if I go down the Rabbit Hole I’d like to try something different again and to finally get into a genre I’ve read but never written – high fantasy.
Specifically, high fantasy about D&D Batman fighting ringwraiths in pseudo-Elizabethan-London.
GIVE ME ALL YOUR MONEY NOW.
One reply on “On the radio-oh-oh”
Yes! Yes! I am fully expecting your next brilliant project to be birthed from the womb of the Rabbit Hole. May it contain at least 100% less mixed metaphors that that I just offered.
Looking forward to your encouragement and enthusiasm over the RH weekend though, seriously, so far it’s been great, so a fantastic indicator for what is to come!