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Fifty Shades of…

Spotlight on gold number 50

. . . Fantasy, of course. What did you think I was going to say?

There has been much talk of late on teh intertubes concerning the fact that so many “Best of . . .” and “Top 100” lists of fantasy and SF writers are male author-heavy, with many people feeling that female spec fic authors are under-represented, marginalised or downright ignored.

In reaction to this, Amanda Rutter started Fantasy Mistressworks (as a sister to the SF Mistressworks site) and put together the following list of 50 Fantasy Mistressworks, based on suggestions from readers.

Curious, I checked out the list and marked in bold the ones I’d read (italics mean I own the book). Drumroll, please . . . Continue reading

What a difference a year makes

Calendar pagesIt’s hard to believe a year (and a bit) has passed since I saw finished copies of Songs of the Earth – where has the time gone?

Well, if you really want to know, it’s gone here:

– over 300,000 words of fiction

– over 2500 tweets

– 1538 miles travelled

– over 400 bookmarks given away

– 387 books signed

– 28 fanmails received and responded to personally

– 23 blog posts (I know, I know, I need to blog more regularly)

– several many new friends made (you know who you are)

– 1 convention attended

– 0 nervous breakdowns, divorces or psychotic episodes (but it was a close run thing)

Whew.

 

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