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2014 is lining up to be a helluva a year!

I’ve enrolled to do a creative PHD at Curtin University. Though I have been accepted in, I’m waiting on the scholarship news. So more on that when I hear from them. Suffice to say the topic is SF and Feminism :)

In the meantime, here are some of the places you will find me during the year:

I’m really excited to be doing Year of the Novel for the QWC, and am hoping that some of you will join me for it. Also really looking forward to my regional tour with the QWC which will include Townsville, Carins and Charters Towers.

– A coffee morning at Logan West Library in March 2014. Link to come.

– Presenting my new picture book to a school group at the Redlands Library Library in March. Link to come. (Maybe also some adult fiction critiquing workshops for Redlands Library but haven’t had them confirmed as yet)

– A trip to Sydney for research on my new crime novel.

– And hopefully there will be a Supanova in there as well!

–  I also have the privilege of structurally editing a wonderful SF YA novel for a great publisher I’m working with (secret project). This book is going to rock!

–  And of course, I will be writing DEALBREAKER (Peacemaker #2) for an October delivery. 

Think I better get some rest over the hols. It’s going to be HUGE!

What do you all have planned???? Leave comments below.

~Mythago Wood meets a dime Western with an Australian accent ~

What can I say but *love*!

I’ve been blessed to have some wonderful book covers in my career and this one by Joey Hi Fi, commissioned by Angry Robot (and partially inspired by Brigitte Sutherland’s graphic novel illustrations) is right up at the top!

PEACEMAKER is due for release May 1st 2014 in UK and US, and as soon as it ships in Australia.

What do you think?

The eagle’s shadow behind Virgin has great significance in the story and you can see Nate Sixkiller on Virgin’s shirt. The background is the city and the foreground is the Birrimun Park. The park has hints of purple mulla mulla on it.

Perfect!

For those who are wondering what the heck it’s about, the story is a blend of SF, Western, paranormal Australiana. US Marshall Nate Sixkiller, and Park Ranger, Virgin Jackson, have to work together to solve a murder in Birrimun Park. Turns out that co-operation is not a strong suit for either of them. But in this case there is really no option.

I would describe it as Mythago Wood meets penny Western with an Australian accent.

Writing colleague and Life Coach, Janette Dalgliesh, has a FREE E-BOOK launching in December. I don’t know about you guys, but this sounds absolutely fascinating to me …

Written in the stye of a Kindle Single – short and sweet – this e-book explores the relationship between brain, consciousness and reality.

Over the past two decades, there has been a quiet revolution in the human species. We’re seeing something that looks like a science of miracles.

This book asks: were the mystics and philosophers right all along, when they claimed that humans have the power to create their own reality, physically and literally?

Could this science reveal the biological mechanism by which we humans support the creation of our reality?

I explore, in plain English, the wilds of brain chemistry, confirmatory bias, species-specific interface and more, in my quest to find out how your brain presents you with your reality, and how you can turn this extraordinary knowledge into your everyday superpower.

You can find out more details at Janette’s website.