Thanks to my music-obsessed YA site manager, Bec Stafford, I’m collecting a soundtrack to help me with the planning stage of Cowpunk – the Series. Eclectic so far, I know, but each artist is giving me a little bit of what I need to ignite the creative supernova. Recs accepted and acknowledged. I’d prefer you leave them here to Facebook so I can keep track of them. So far I have Psychobilly Freakout by Reverend Horton Heat (True Blood on speed) and Crystal Frontier by Calexica (from Bec). House Rules by Kane (from me and Rena) and Nosebleed Section by Hill Top Hoods (me – SO love the energy in this clip).

I’ve just heard from Tehani Wessely that Fablecroft Publishing will be reprinting my cow-punk story, Virgin Jackson in their upcoming anthology Australis Imaginarium. The story was originally published in agog! Smashing Stories edited by Cat Sparks.

I have such a strong affinity with this story that I’d actually love to write a novel series based on the character and world – just need a publisher to love it too. Maybe the right person will read Tehani’s antho!

Tehani says:

Boasting original cover art by Shaun Tan and award-winning stories by superstars of Australian speculative fiction such as Sean Williams, Margo Lanagan and Marianne de Pierres, Australis Imaginarium showcases Australian storytelling at its very best.

The Fablecroft site has a list of other confirmed stories. Publishing date September 2010.