'Dead Air': out now in ADFaH3

Today I received my copies of Australian Dark Fantasy and Horror vol 3, which features my short story "Dead Air".

As usual, Brimstone Press has done an excellent job, and I'm not just saying that because Angela chose to reprint one of my stories!

In fact, it's a great reminder of some of the excellent tales I read while judging the Australian Shadows Award in 2007.

The following tales jump out at me when I scan the table of contents: Rick Kennett's creepy ghost story "The Dark and What it Said"; Matthew Chrulew's dystopic love story "Between the Memories"; Jason Nahrung's "Kadimakara and Curlew" and David Conyer's "Subtle Invasion".

A heap of great, if somewhat disturbing, memories there.

Meanwhile, Chuck McKenzie has given me a mention in his review of ADFaH3, over at HorrorScope...

Gary Kemble’s ‘Dead Air’ ... was really just a big, fun, Hollywood-style zombie flick in prose format

Yep, that's exactly what I was going for!

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• 10:12 RT @awrd: @garykemble A bigger thanks to @neerav who connected the dots! [Whoops! Sorry @neerav!] #
• 13:47 @KingLeonard You make me SICK. :) #
• 16:47 Got my One Book Many Brisbanes rejection letter today. :( didn't think I'd make the cut this yr but still, the confirmation is a downer. #
• 16:48 On the upside, got my Louis&Bill&Zoey&Francis tshirt today, which is truly awesome. #l4d #
• 16:49 Also, Australian Horror Writers Assoc mentor program starts today! Woohoo! #
• 19:58 @dgalea Thanks. I'll get over it. OBMB. I've got another market I'd like to sub the story to, so it's not a dead loss. #
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• 10:42 @JonathanStrahan Ahhh. Ok. Because I know Mr Nahrung has written one. #

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• 12:38 @jessmcguire Still keen to run that celebrity twitter piece, if you're still keen to write it! #
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• 12:51 @jendudley Snap! #
• 12:54 @Tara_Moss Are you interested in writing oped for @abcnews on 'bikie' confusion? Let me know! #
• 13:10 @Templesmith Crap. I forgot to mention your nice skin in my article. :( #
• 13:53 @Glebe2037 I'm the same. Too scared to get into it in case I like it, and then obliged to watch 100s hrs TV. #
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• 13:42 @Bosun_McShiny Got for spotty pajamas. Or a bear suit. #
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• 09:10 @rosieryan Probably the result of our selfish, social-media-driven world. ;) [Oh no! I've summoned the fail whale!] #
• 09:11 RT @abcarticulate: Aussie writer/artist @templesmith has made the NYT besteller list! tinyurl.com/cctt8x #
• 19:48 Just finished first draft of Deadweight (sequel to Dead Air, in most recent Brimstone Press's Australian Dark Fantasy and Horror) 19k #

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• 07:57 2 things caught my eye from latest slew of Hachette media guff: Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan... #
• 07:57 The other one: The Dead Path by Brisbane horror writer Stephen M Irwin. Good to see Hachette isn't scared of the 'h' word. :) #
• 08:29 RT @mattwordsworth: Just got hit with bird poo for the 2nd time this campaign - at Currumbin W'life Sanct. [*this* is what twitter's 4! :)] #
• 10:25 @Ijustfinished I feel your pain. #
• 11:36 RT @abcnews: Breaking news: Former judge Marcus Einfeld sentenced to at least two years' jail #
• 11:41 RT @abcnews: Former judge Marcus Einfeld jailed for two years. Full story here: bit.ly/DCqqR #
• 11:56 RT @VoyagerBooks: Cory Doctorow's 'Little Brother' nominated for a Hugo! is.gd/o7ax #
• 12:25 RT @abcarticulate: Have your say on proposed changes to Australia's parallel import restrictions on books bit.ly/FxRV #
• 12:26 RT @scalzi: Also, in case anyone's interested, my follow-up thoughts on my Hugo nods: bit.ly/2sZ30O #
• 14:46 RT @wolfcat: rt @abcunleashed "Web of secrecy" Our society has already made its case for internet freedom. bit.ly/15X9l [by @mpesce] #
• 15:15 RT @abcarticulate: I'm doing Movie Minutiae next Friday. Any requests? (The ones we've already done: bit.ly/18H83m) #filmtrivia #
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• 09:03 RT @nic_macbean: Any constitutional law experts to discuss the challenge to the Govt's stimulus payments? tinyurl.com/ceqx6w #
• 09:37 RT @abcnews: Ramping up military action in Afghanistan will cause more deaths and more radicalisation. Have your say: bit.ly/w6uFL #
• 09:38 @dgalea Are you getting the caffeine twitches yet? #
• 09:43 RT @612brisbane: Pauline Hanson grilled by teenagers on 612 ABC Brisbane in a matter of minutes - tinyurl.com/algwxt #
• 09:54 RT @CristenTilley: Twouble with twitters: A young man struggles against the pressure to Twitter his life away. tinyurl.com/cx723z #
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• 11:00 RT @michaelmeloni: EXCLUSIVE: Leaked ACMA blacklist reveals banned sites - bit.ly/cR0S Conroy threatens AFP action (@ashermoses) #
• 12:15 RT @abcnews: Your thoughts on the ACMA blacklist leak? bit.ly/btfqJ #
• 12:17 @daraghmcg I wonder why the dentist and the boarding kennel got blocked! #
• 12:25 What are the Christian sites on the #acma #blacklist? #lazyweb #
• 12:38 EFA site seems to have crashed under weight of extra traffic? #nocleanfeed #
• 12:53 Here's the ABC's take on ACMA blacklist leak is.gd/nXhH #nocleanfeed #
• 13:22 RT @websinthe: tr.im/hxsx Clues to who leaked the ACMA blacklist #nocleanfeed #
• 13:24 RT @michaelmeloni: Amateur adult YouTube style site makes Aussie ban list tr.im/hxsN #nocleanfeed #nocensorship #
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• 13:36 Photo: new take on 'won't somebody think of the children' bit.ly/10BpWm (RT @abcnews) #
• 13:37 @Bosun_McShiny Crap, now I do too. Damn you, McShiny! #
• 13:53 @Templesmith Not to mention the dog kennel and tuckshop firm is.gd/nXN2 #
• 14:27 RT @LostZombies: A nice write up on us in BusinessWeek bit.ly/Xfp7N #
• 14:45 RT @renailemay: Leaked list is not the ACMA blacklist: Conroy: bit.ly/Gvowq #
• 14:57 RT @bengrubb: Conroy's press release - "Internet list publication grossly irresponsible" - tinyurl.com/cdolz2 #
• 19:14 @DarrylMason Well, Conroy says it's not the ACMA blacklist, so I guess there's no problem :) #
• 19:58 @rosieryan I missed it. What was it about? #

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• 08:27 Working on article: when work and twitter collide (inspired by, you guessed it, @stephenconroy). Anecdotes, tips welcome! #lazyweb Pls RT #
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• 09:51 RT @nic_macbean: RT @BigRichB NBA player tweets during game budurl.com/6n7w too funny. #
• 09:53 @Templesmith That's why you should *always* carry a Mars bar #
• 09:55 Swearing + zombies = world record is.gd/nMQI #
• 10:03 @Templesmith I wasn't aware of that cornflakes tidbit. But I reckon weetbix could be used to fashion some sort of emergency shelter. #
• 11:48 RT @abcarticulate: Nevermind the profanity, what's the world's most *profound* video game? #
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• 08:05 My boss told me about this yesterday. Can't believe I missed it. is.gd/nCbh #
• 11:06 Just found out I've been accepted for the Aust Horror Writers Assoc mentor program, working with Stephen Dedman! Woohoo! #
• 11:09 @rosieryan Yes. I think I need a scarier name. :) #
• 11:41 RT @abcshallowend: Rihanna to star in Bodyguard remake? bit.ly/jlBZI [No. Noooooooooo!] #
• 11:52 @carriebp Thanks! #
• 13:08 RT @mpesce: Traditional publishers crash and burn at SXSW: is.gd/nDPF #
• 13:44 RT @jendudley: This is so wrong. RT @ashermoses Fake Stephen Conroy @stephenconroy silenced by Telstra.. bit.ly/PK377 #
• 14:53 Just name-checked Dexter. Remember Dexter? Image here: is.gd/nEkW #
• 15:13 @cochineal Oh crap, now I do too. That's karma for ya. #
• 15:42 @TalieHelene Congrats! #
• 15:47 @djackmanson No what happened was, the guy dismembered the robot and stole his identity. #
• 16:20 RT @booksquare: sterling: ... will release all his books under creative commons as final deathbed act. compared kindle to atari cassette :) #
• 20:02 @dgalea How bizarre. You had good reason to be scared. It might have tried to set you up with someone. #
• 20:05 Kotaku picked up the oped I commissioned on R18+ rating for video games! Woohoo! is.gd/nG0G #
• 20:10 @dangercharlie Yes, it's totally bizarre -- esp given how much games are converging with other forms of entertainment. #
• 20:24 RT @nic_macbean: RT @triplejHack Heroin user, Kings Cross Injecting room, St Vincent´s all say heroin is back. tinyurl.com/ck4w8u #

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• 08:19 #flycon interviews. Roberta Gellis is.gd/ntfM and Daniel Fox is.gd/ntfU #
• 08:51 RT @mattwordsworth: Bligh's husband asked on abc radio whether he is a sounding board for her. He says "yes...Shoes" #
• 09:16 RT @abcnews: Opinion: IEAA CEO Ron Curry says an R18+ video game rating for Aust is long overdue. What do you think? bit.ly/HkCoj #
• 11:01 RT @abcarticulate: Helen Razer says local TV is blah bit.ly/4wI1ut #
• 11:03 RT @earleyedition: Anna Bligh thanks Greens for prefs by saying they're not worth considering as"alternate govt" is.gd/ntXa #
• 12:53 RT @abcshallowend: Check out our Melbourne Fashion Festival gallery bit.ly/T2pki #
• 13:38 We're having a spirited debate about daylight savings. Maybe we should adopt swatchbeats (is.gd/115v). Would've helped me at #flycon #
• 14:16 RT @abcnews: Blacksmiths are being asked to forge gum leaves, in memory of #bushfires victims and survivors bit.ly/WUbAN #
• 19:30 #flycon interview with multi award-winning author/editor Jack Dann: is.gd/nwba #
• 19:35 Has anyone else's Yahoo Mail been kinda hinky lately? I keep getting LaunchEmptyResponse -- whatever the hell that is. #
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• 10:48 #flycon interview with leading Australian fantasy writer Sara Douglass is.gd/nnXJ #

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• 07:57 #flycon interview with Sherwood Smith (organiser) is.gd/ngui #
• 07:58 #flycon interview with Australian sf and fantasy writer Jennifer Fallon is.gd/nguI #
• 08:04 I thought the #flycon panel on book promotions was at 8am my time, but it seems it's 9am. See you all in an hour! #
• 08:15 Whoops. #flycon panel on book promotions is on now! Join here: is.gd/ngCT #
• 08:30 Gah! Can't work the forum this #flycon panel is being hosted on! Feel free to tweet your Qs. #
• 09:07 #flycon book promotions panel over now. See you tonight for zombies vs vampires and the horror in society panel. #
• 19:44 Talking zombies and vampires at #flycon. Join in here: is.gd/njmV #
• 20:34 #flycon interview with Sth African sf author Dave Freer: is.gd/njA0 #
• 20:43 Can't believe I've managed to stuff up TWO of my #flycon panels. One left... gotta make it work! #
• 20:49 What role does horror play in society? Have your say at this #flycon chat! is.gd/njDs #
• 20:55 @dgalea Really? It's in? I wish I'd spent less time working on my manuscript than killing zombies on the Xbox. Can I say epic fail? #
• 21:09 @dgalea Thanks, I will. #

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• 08:33 RT @abcarticulate: WA writer Lee Battersby has just won his second Australian Shadows award. Check out my interview bit.ly/soZwX #
• 09:33 @KimFalconer I think I'm also doing 'are vampires the new zombies' at #flycon. I think that's 8pm Syd time. #
• 09:37 @cowspanker I actually don't mind ads. But pop-up ads are annoying and detract from the experience. A lot of people feel the same way. #
• 15:18 RT @abcarticulate: Here's a brief preview of #flycon: online speculative fiction convention. bit.ly/uByun #

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• 08:18 @KimFalconer Yes! I'm on a Book Promotion #flycon panel Sat morning (Aust time) and then a horror panel Sat night. Should be fun. #
• 08:28 When I was a kid I thought cars with pop-up headlights were the greatest thing *ever* #randominfo #
• 08:53 RT @abcnews: WA gas development can help Indig people tackle health, education problems. bit.ly/kg1IN [thoughts, @missyhiggins? :)] #
• 08:54 RT @bengrubb: News.com.au will you ever learn about advertising? - Picture: bit.ly/HZYpn - This annoys people [I agree] #
• 08:55 @FelicityMoore Well, at least they're sharing. :) #
• 10:14 @earleyedition Re 'listening', ditto 'watching' tv news. Basically a passive experience, as opposed to actively engaging with news online. #
• 10:45 RT @abcnews: Unemployment rate rises to 5.2 per cent in February. #
• 11:27 RT @abcshallowend: Should the ABC have made Underbelly and what would it have been like? Have your say bit.ly/9sraF #
• 12:00 @matthanson Hey there, did you end up sending me that op-ed we discussed? Because if so, I didn't get it! #
• 13:34 RT @abcnews: Opinion: Peter Costello would have been better off bowing out after the 2007 election. What do you think? bit.ly/17IFLy #
• 13:35 RT @bengrubb: RT @Bruff: Michael Atkinson emails Kotaku AU, challenges readers at next election is.gd/mZVK #
• 13:43 Looking forward to seeing Alien tonight at GoMA's 'Be Afraid' program. Anyone else going? #
• 14:25 RT @artsjourno: wonders what the anti-graffiti champions think of this delinquent tinyurl.com/dm3ct3 [publicity stunt?] #
• 14:28 RT @abcarticulate: One-eyed doco maker [not Mike Moore] puts camera in fake eye bit.ly/G28Co #
• 14:29 RT @CristenTilley: Would it be too much for the EPA to issue a statement on the oil slick washing up on Moreton Is? bit.ly/4dpUf #
• 15:14 RT @raevan: Handy hints for broken technology tinyurl.com/cs964n #
• 15:17 RT @mattwordsworth: What questions should we throw at Bligh and Borg during the Great Debate tomorrow? #
• 19:01 is in the lobby of Hotel 626. www.hotel626.com #
• 19:03 just checked in to Hotel 626. #
• 19:03 is facing dark fears. #
• 19:03 is freaking out. #
• 19:04 is running down a hallway. #
• 19:25 Do I get a prize for being the zillionth person to write about 'the acrid tang of cordite'? ... Didn't think so. #
• 19:26 Off to buy the Fat Controller's car. #
• 20:31 Had 2 settle 4 derek the diesel. #
• 20:46 Coming up: alien vs fatigue #

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• 11:10 @JPLS Tell me more! (About the zombie killing... it's a favourite hobby of mine) #
• 11:11 RT @abcarticulate probing the artistic merits of badpaintingsofbarackobama.com bit.ly/T7ZYR #
• 11:40 @JPLS L4D? #
• 11:48 RT @sable55: Something I didn't know when I woke up: In Alabama, you can RENT A MACHINE GUN (2nd pic on right) tinyurl.com/bmy9gn #
• 11:53 @sable55 I wish Steve Gun Shop would rethink its draconian 'no practice drawing from the holster' rule is.gd/mOk2 #
• 11:59 @KingLeonard Exactly! I want my 4yo to be able to swim *and* shoot! They're both survival skills. #
• 12:42 RT @abcnews: Should Georgia have to remove a Putin put-down from its Eurovision entry? Have your say: bit.ly/PcZZ4 #
• 14:29 @JPLS Yeah, it's a real buzz when you make it through a campaign, against all odds. #
• 19:21 Deadweight is now almost 17k. Off to play L4D now. #
• 19:24 RT @KimFalconer: For all my SF/F Tweeple~ tinyurl.com/bpwzcg #flycon will rock! Writers & readers welcome #

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• 08:25 RT @abcnews: A Canberra man was forced to wrestle a kangaroo out of his house after it jumped on his bed. bit.ly/j3RhC #
• 08:56 RT @abcarticulate: Kotaku talks to artists/developers about set design and art direction of combat-themed FPS games bit.ly/usvwK #
• 10:05 Anyone else notice the url on this yarn? [Parental advisory - explicit language] is.gd/mykM #
• 11:53 Draft program for this weekend's #flycon (worldwide online sf con) is.gd/mDnD #
• 14:14 Working on interviews for this weekend's #flycon online sf convention (in conjunction with @abcarticulate) #
• 14:46 @kteej Thanks. Actually via @sable55. I just clicked 'tweet' first. :) #
• 20:48 More on the Gordon Brown c-bomb fiasco. Maybe not a fiasco after all? is.gd/mAvi #

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• 08:58 RT @abcnews: Opinion: Complementary medicine is vital to Australia's bid to become the healthiest country by 2020. bit.ly/3TVZze #
• 09:21 RT @abcarticulate: Shaun Tan and Judge Dredd creator appear in new graphic novel Flinch. Cover art: twitpic.com/1y13u #
• 09:21 RT @abcarticulate: More info on Flinch here:bit.ly/a4Eqi #
• 09:23 @rosieryan bugmenot.com? #
• 10:20 @JonathanMaberry Awesome. I look forward to reading it. #
• 10:45 RT @abcnews: The Govt says the Oppn is 'spitting in the face of Australians' on IR. What are your thoughts on that? bit.ly/1aw44Z #
• 11:09 @nic_macbean On the way in, or on the way out. :) #
• 11:12 RT @abcarticulate: Just heard that a painting of legendary horse trainer Bart Cummings has won the 16th annual Bald Archy portrait prize. #
• 12:05 @KingLeonard Sneakr will never catch on. :) #
• 12:45 RT @abcnews: What do you think about PM Kevin Rudd swearing on TV? bit.ly/ZJ253 #

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• 20:10 Recovering after Kylie and Lawrie's most excellent wedding. #

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• 19:23 RT @abcarticulate: @templesmith has had his latest work 'Welcome to Hoxford' optioned by Chris Columbus. tinyurl.com/cy7r6d - w00t! #
• 19:24 @JonathanMaberry When's Patient Zero landing in Australia? And are you doing a book tour? #

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• 08:22 @BlueTyson I don't think female authors are alone in being unable to write standalone fantasy novels. #
• 08:25 @korenhelbig Nice one. #
• 08:25 @wolfcat What happened? #
• 08:46 RT @612brisbane: Remember when maps had N at the top? So 20th Century: tinyurl.com/d8fuck [surely that can't be random?] #
• 08:52 RT @abcnews: Amazing video of man surviving truck/train collision in Turkey bit.ly/lhx1g #
• 10:23 RT @abcnews: Opinion piece on Sydney shark attacks, sourced via Twitter contacts bit.ly/ylF4y #
• 10:28 @stephenconroy True. But our 'listeners' are still getting their heads around 'tweeple', so to speak. #
• 10:28 RT @stephenconroy: @garykemble That piece would be so much better if it read as "Twittexpert Sharkoblogger, Gilly Llewellyn said..." #
• 10:46 RT @DarrylMason: @garykemble Great video. Why can't I embed it on my blogs? Some reason why ABC don't allow this? [@kingleonard - ideas?] #
• 10:54 RT @KingLeonard: @garykemble Embeddable vid is part of the next gen video page. Shhhh! Don't tell anyone. ;-) [my lips are sealed] #
• 10:55 @earleyedition Standby for rapid depletion of tweets. :) best of luck with it. #
• 11:09 RT @sable55: What are the kids saying? ABC has its own SLF version of @firstdogonmoon's 'internet safety' cartoon tinyurl.com/b89tmj #
• 11:20 oursignal.com: visualisation of digg + reddit + del.icio.us + hackernews + yahoo buzz oursignal.com/ #
• 12:05 Video Games Lies wants your, ah, video game lies is.gd/lHK7 #
• 12:45 RT @abcshallowend: Esquire crowns Prince Charles world's best dressed man bit.ly/UdwRr #
• 13:41 RT @abcnews: Rock-It festival will trial a system where festival-goers can dump their drugs before entry. What say you? bit.ly/8JjgX #
• 13:41 RT @JonathanMaberry: I'm happy that PATIENT ZERO has 20 reviews on Amazon already and the book's only been out for one day! #
• 14:37 RT @abcnews: Firefighters strip to undies in Pacific Brands protest (with pic, vid soon) bit.ly/RaDfV #
• 15:08 Bad news: we're not 'normal' is.gd/luGL (Good news: we're ahead of the curve) #
• 15:28 RT @612brisbane: List of most ABC Radio/TV/Online/Shop Twitter streams (so far): www.abc.net.au/services/twitter/accounts.htm #
• 19:10 Writing #flycon interview questions for Roberta Gellis and Jennifer Fallon. #

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• 08:42 RT @abcarticulate: Australian Horror Writers Association and AustralianReader.com are teaming up for bicentenary of Edgar Allan Poe's birth. #
• 09:03 RT @abcnews: It's chart heaven on our Global Financial Crisis page bit.ly/DC1KL #
• 09:12 1982's 'game parlour of the future' is.gd/lFqN #
• 09:26 RT @wolfcat: rt @ABCTropical slow start to news tweets because of coffee run, new rural reporter requests soy milk with coffee. #
• 10:39 RT @nic_macbean: Geoff Lawson can't see cricket in Pakistan for a long time. tinyurl.com/cov3sx #
• 11:50 RT @abcnews: Live stream: Watch Treasurer Wayne Swan's news conference on economic figures bit.ly/pbChF #
• 11:50 RT @abcarticulate: Sneak peek of Groom Lake, latest project by Australian artist @templesmith bit.ly/ewaSE #
• 11:51 @Krasnostein Better hope she's not on Twitter. :) #
• 12:58 RT @nic_macbean: @abcnews is following the journey of three families rebuilding their lives after Vic #bushfires. bit.ly/11R31 #
• 13:07 There goes my day... engrish... is.gd/jICM #
• 14:31 First Dog on the Moon tackles child safety on the internet is.gd/lHpS #
• 14:42 @sable55 BBMAM #
• 15:16 RT @sable55: in tweetland, every day is friday #
• 15:21 Me interviewing YA/crime writer Christine Bongers about 'second-novel syndrome' for article in Writing Queensland is.gd/lHEm #
• 15:27 RT @KingLeonard: Google list of Media Twitter sites. is.gd/lHF0 Not sure why ours aren't listed. via Andrew Finlayson, Fox News #
• 21:11 Sending questions to Sara Douglass for #flycon interview #
• 21:41 Have sent #flycon Qs to Dave Freer and Jack Dann. I'm tired. Have awful feeling I signed off one of the emails with 'lots of love, Gary' #
• 21:54 And some more #flycon questions, this time for Daniel Fox. #
• 22:13 #flycon interviews done. Bed now. But I owe Deadweight three pages. Curse you, L4D. Curse you, kindy fete meeting. :) Lots of love, Gary xxx #

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• 09:00 RT @cfavolunteer: It's raining here. That's a good thing. #
• 10:52 Creepy photos from abandoned 'DC Children's Centre' in US is.gd/lrvQ (Some of these pics seem almost too good to be true) #
• 12:30 @Bosun_McShiny Isn't 'hon' the new 'mate'? #
• 12:47 RT @jendudley: Skittles hands its home page over to Twitter users. Teh internets is nuts. RT @mumbrella tinyurl.com/db374s #skitt ... #
• 12:57 RT @abcnews: A town in south-west Qld is looking for Australia's best bum bit.ly/14mZo3 #offbeat #
• 13:32 RT @KingLeonard: Network here has slowed to a crawl. Going offline to try and conserve bandwidth for news production. #
• 13:48 RT @abcarticulate: British poets say their craft is enjoying a resurgence in the internet era twurl.nl/3nfg2c #
• 14:10 RT @612brisbane: AFTER 2.30PM: The history of sewerage in Brisbane! [sounds like a stink is brewing - arf arf] #
• 14:18 RT @abcarticulate: Clarion South, Australia's 'boot camp' for speculative fiction writers, needs your help bit.ly/3ybpl #
• 14:38 RT @abcnews: BREAKING NEWS: At least 2 Sri Lankan cricket squad members shot near Pakistan cricket ground. #
• 14:39 RT @jemappellekim: Just received confirmation that my first PostCrossing.com postcard was received in the USA! Cool :) #
• 14:42 RT @abcnews: More details on the attack on Sri Lanka cricket team bus bit.ly/3Xa0 #
• 14:53 Organising #flycon interviews for @abcarticulate. Tweet your questions for Sara Douglass, Jack Dann, Dave Freer, Daniel Fox. Pls retweet! #
• 14:57 More info about #flycon - online speculative fiction convention is.gd/lxkr #
• 15:14 @Krasnostein lol #
• 15:19 Past polls on ABC News Online's entertainment page. Go to Q56. :) is.gd/lxrn #
• 17:23 Just realised i'm too old to enter vogel award. Kinda depressing. #
• 19:46 My article about how to avoid 'second-novel syndrome' is out now in Writing Queensland magazine is.gd/lyGu #
• 19:47 @dgalea 35. You have to be 'younger than 35'. I thought it was '35 or younger' #
• 19:52 @stephenconroy I'll get my man-servant to courier you a personally autographed copy, post haste. #
• 20:00 Drafting questions for Sara Douglass #flycon interview. What would you like to ask Sara? Tweet me! #
• 20:07 A new doc, a new set of Qs, this time for sf writer/editor Jack Dann. What do you want to know? #flycon #
• 20:08 RT @abcarticulate: "We are what we share": win prizes in festival of collaborative innovation, hosted by Pool twurl.nl/dwut13 #

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Avoiding 'second-novel syndrome'

How do writers come up with fresh ideas when the first book is out on the shelves and the pressure for a second in on?

I interviewed Nick Earls, Will Elliott, Christine Bongers, Deborah Kalin and fellow Brisbane writer Jason Nahrung to find out.

The results? You'll have to get your hands on a copy of the March 2009 Writing Queensland (free with membership of the Queensland Writers Centre) to find out!

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• 09:10 RT @abcarticulate: Creating Australia: Raising awareness of issues facing those 'creating Australia'. bit.ly/123Qau #
• 10:30 Anyone know a shark expert who could write an opinion piece about Sydney attacks? DM me if you're interested. #
• 10:31 The shark attack opinion piece is for ABC News Online, by the way. #
• 10:40 RT @abcarticulate: Australian sf writer Sean Williams has released his book The Crooked Letter for free download bit.ly/3wo9Aj #
• 10:41 @barrysaunders Just DMed you. Thank you! #
• 11:23 @barrysaunders Awesome! Opinion piece commissioned. Thanks for that. #
• 11:25 RT @awrd: Reading interesting piece by @kevglobal about use of Twitter by news organisations. bit.ly/4fZ2V #
• 11:52 RT @abcarticulate: John Birmingham opens the vault (a little) on the backstory behind Without Warning bit.ly/RVQ5d #
• 12:55 RT @abcarticulate: RT @mashable: mashable 6 Ways to Publish Your Own Book ping.fm/yprLV #
• 13:04 RT @abcarticulate: Gallery of Archibald Prize finalists bit.ly/bHGAY #
• 13:11 This is a bit old, but Tech Stream talks to @774melbourne about its use of Twitter during bushfires crisis is.gd/lmXg #
• 13:27 Anyone know if Bajo (from Good Game) is on Twitter? Did a search for... you guessed it... Bajo, but no joy. #
• 13:57 What makes a horror game truly scary is.gd/lnau #
• 14:10 RT @stephenedgar: 774 ABC for your area's most accurate advisories @774melbourne & @CFA_Updates on twitter #bushfires #vicfires #fireupdates #
• 14:14 @earleyedition No, but you'll be in trouble if the ants get hold of the goldfish. #
• 14:30 RT @KingLeonard: Surfing Champion Kelly Slater talks to ABC before tournament at Snapper Rocks. is.gd/lnio Web-only ext interview. #
• 14:37 Great photo: Indian Kashmiri Muslim women offer prayers at the shrine of Sufi saint Naqashband Sahib. is.gd/lnmT #
• 14:41 @earleyedition Can you put glass over the tank? Or some sort of 'antwell' at the bottom eg set the tank in a shallow tray of water? #
• 15:09 RT @abcnews: Opinion: Oxfam says there are parallels between the 2004 tsunami and the Feb #bushfires. What do you think? bit.ly/frXIS #
• 15:37 On way into city 2 pick up suit 4 mate's wedding on saturday #
• 19:23 I owe Deadweight three pages tonight. Bring it on. #

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• 19:30 Halloween was great last night -- even though the print was quite worn. It was awesome just being in a cinema, hearing the screams! #

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• 08:27 RT @abcnews: Opinion: New anti-graffiti laws will help save RailCorp $3.8m a year. bit.ly/w5luA #
• 08:29 @tara_g Good luck! #
• 08:47 @annacaldwell How'd it go? #
• 10:01 RT @wolfcat: rt @ABC_NewsRadio: Will you still buy from Pacific Brands, now they are moving jobs offshore? webpoll at bit.ly/XxIuY #
• 10:02 Roster done. #
• 10:07 @KingLeonard :) You kill me. #
• 10:25 RT @612brisbane: More on 612digital (discussion on air now): Digital to start "mid-year", similar coverage to Bris FM stations #
• 10:32 Watched Seinfeld last night. Great tip from George Costanza: If you want to appear busy, just look annoyed all the time. #
• 10:47 @djackmanson No, but I really envy my 4yo, who gets to have naps at kindy #
• 10:50 @earleyedition I'll see your 'incorrect pg title' and raise you a 'climbers blah balh headline' :) is.gd/l2pG #
• 10:54 @earleyedition No! We had a laugh about it here when I first saw it. Have been monitoring since then to see how long b4 it's fixed. #
• 11:17 RT @abcarticulate: Comic about 'what if the Rapture really happened'. You can download Therefore Repent! for free bit.ly/7OzeU #
• 11:21 @stilgherrian Internal meeting: Pizza, meet stomach. Stomach, meet pizza. #
• 11:59 RT @abcnews: What do you think about U2's album being leaked? Have your say. bit.ly/13Lszb #
• 12:03 Sourcing new opinion pieces for ABC News Online is.gd/l2Lu Ideas, suggestions welcome! #
• 12:23 @DoctorKarl TED: tinyurl.com/23gkzs #
• 12:41 @Templesmith Have you noticed that when you talk to robots you start talking *like* a robot? #
• 12:41 RT @wolfcat: Retweeting @cameronreilly: Google Maps captures a missile flying over Utah bit.ly/W10Cg #
• 12:55 Digging through stats for @abcnews #
• 13:17 @DarrylMason Mainly ideas. I'll DM you the specs. #
• 13:50 RT @annacaldwell: just been to Argos media advisory. 7 arrests. #
• 14:18 ABC News Online (@abcnews) now posts selected replies to its emails page (bit.ly/k7V6) In Brief section #
• 14:27 @CallistaCooper Sultanas should not be allowed anywhere near savory food. I'm still traumatised by my Mum's 'curry' as a kid. #
• 14:32 My friend Bek had to peek through her fingers while researching this story :) Horror films in Brisbane is.gd/l3re #horror #
• 14:36 Anyone going to see Halloween at GoMA tonight? It will be good to see it on the big screen #horror #
• 14:58 RT @abcarticulate: Movie Minutiae takes a look at some of the films in GoMA's 'Be Afraid' program bit.ly/W0xP3 #
• 14:58 RT @Mickwray11: bikie gangs bad in QLD. Operate under radar & QPS despise talking about them but v active. Maybe obvious but candid #
• 15:23 RT @abcnews: Opinion: Laws o/s making homosexuality illegal encourage those who would deny us our freedoms in Australia.bit.ly/1amn4K #
• 18:27 Waiting 4 halloween @ goma #

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• 13:39 @rosieryan W (as in Dub-Yah). Palace Centro (the Valley). 7pm session. #
• 15:13 @wolfcat Hell vs rostering. Hmm... close call. #
• 19:15 A page of my zombie story done. Now checking emails and then maybe a session of Left 4 Dead later on. #

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• 10:16 @rinosphere I guess because it's a 'special event'? Apparently it was quite hard tracking down some of the prints. #
• 10:16 RT @abcnews: At a glance: The Dow Jones and the Nasdaq since 1997 bit.ly/tD8PV [what I was working on yesterday] #
• 12:28 RT @abcnews: News Online is keeping a tally of standing ovations for Pres Obama's address to Congress. Current count: 4. Our prediction: 17 #
• 15:54 Kid-wrangling and trying to get my AHWA Mentorship application finished at the same time. #

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• 09:36 Yes, that really bad headache I had yesterday *was* a preemptive hangover. Weird. #
• 09:37 RT @abcarticulate: This week, Movie Minutiae takes a look at Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket is.gd/koqq #filmtrivia #
• 09:52 RT @abcarticulate: Greg Sheridan opened up on the Australian film industry yesterday - tell us what you think is.gd/kovV #
• 12:29 I hate server lag :( #

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• 11:09 Friend's buck's night tonight. So why do I feel like I've got the hangover already? #

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• 09:07 RT @abcnews: FNQ's Neil Carpenter is sick of the region being cut off by floods. bit.ly/He0Ib [RT because of 'long pig' reference!] #
• 10:42 @tara_g Did you get a discounted movie ticket. :) #
• 11:00 @tara_g Yes! You need to show your card, ask for a concession ticket, and LOOK CONFIDENT! #
• 12:39 Procrastinating about starting new roster. Maybe chocolate would help? #
• 15:10 I just went to put my dirty dishes in the fridge. 'Baby brain' not limited to women, it seems. Can I go home now? #
• 15:20 RT @rosieryan: @abcarticulate RT Youtube wants you to vote for its symphony orchestra; 3 Aussies are in contention. twurl.nl/oteltl #
• 21:05 Paying bills. Sigh. #
• 21:19 I should be heading off to bed, but I've got two pages of Deadweight to do. #

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• 08:23 @earleyedition Have you noticed that anything with 'Facebook' in the headline does well? :) tinyurl.com/dxf4zq #
• 09:28 RT @abcarticulate Check out this gallery on GuardianOnline: items found on the London Underground twurl.nl/axmbyv #
• 09:39 RT @abcarticulate Oscar winning actress Juliette Binoche on the challenges of her new contemporary dance show twurl.nl/8nzh82 #
• 10:20 Can anyone recommend an alternative to LoudTwitter to post tweets to Typepad blog? Want to digest @abcarticulate tweets. #
• 12:05 RT @abcnews: Butcher Mark Nolan is offering a reward for the return of a 40kg fibreglass sausage stolen from his shop bit.ly/JCpcS #
• 12:43 Currently chatting @ www.tinychat.com/catr - Click the link to chat with me or go to www.tinychat.com/ to make your own. #
• 13:19 Friday the 13th remake sets new horror record at US box office is.gd/jM9Y #
• 13:20 Check out my old, but comprehensive, look at the Friday the 13th franchise is.gd/jMah #
• 14:05 RT @abcnews: Ricky Gervais + Kerry O'Brien bit.ly/DO9ge #
• 15:18 RT @abcarticulate wants to know what you think of Philip K Dick's 'new novel' twurl.nl/4r6hrg #
• 19:45 Paying bills. Sigh. #

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• 08:45 RT @abcnews A trauma recovery expert says there are positive signs emerging from the communities hit by the #bushfires bit.ly/MqYDL #
• 10:01 Looking forward to this... ping.fm/nfcgX #
• 10:02 by 'this', i mean the Be Afraid horror film festival at GoMA ping.fm/qgdYX #
• 13:20 RT @abcnews Scott Ludlam says the #nocleanfeed #nofilter fight may have sparked the birth of open source govt in Oz bit.ly/CHAaY #
• 13:27 RT @abcnews The randy octopus's 'date with death' bit.ly/e4VQw [this story has done *insanely* well] #
• 15:09 ABC News Online's arts weblog, Articulate, is now part of the Twitterverse! Yay! @abcarticulate #
• 19:28 Need to set up a system that allows multiple bloggers to gtalk to @abcarticulate. Any suggestions? #
• 19:31 @earleyedition Just letting you know, in case you didn't notice, that @abcarticulate has joined the ranks of Oz media in Twitter #
• 19:33 @korenhelbig I think your knee needs its own Twitter account. :) #
• 19:37 @fanbloodytastic Hmm, possibly. If it allows posting from gtalk, which we all use at work. I'll investigate. Thanks! #
• 19:54 @websinthe Thanks! Now that it's done, I'm seeing all the errors, but oh well -- it's CC-licensed so Photoshop gurus r welcome to fix! #
• 19:54 @fanbloodytastic No worries. The hunt continues. #
• 19:56 @earleyedition Ulterior motive - i set up @abcarticulate, so I want everyone to know about it! #

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• 19:20 Three pages to do on Deadweight tonight, to make up for tiredness on Fri nite and dinner last night. #
• 20:31 Done! Now, time for L4D. #

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• 09:04 RT @abcnews Opinion: The film 'Australia' is a key example of what's wrong with our media. #media09 tinyurl.com/d3tpmo #
• 11:54 RT @abcnews Senate passes stimulus plan bit.ly/1jefu Woohoo! Show me the money! #
• 12:01 @JonathanMaberry teen angst + zombies = awesome #
• 12:16 Check out the first comment on this blog post. Hilarious. ping.fm/aPQga #
• 12:25 @mattliddy No, the horror movie is over. Now it's all sun-shine, lolly-pops and rain-bows dah dah dah. Ker-ching. #
• 12:27 @mattliddy This is the real horror movie (tinyurl.com/d5ludq)... and by 'real', I mean 'fake' #
• 12:28 @mattliddy The poster that is. The movie is real. Or, at least, planned. #
• 14:00 Incoming: a *good* news story from Vic #bushfires! Should drop on @abcnews any minute... #
• 14:53 RT @abcnews As promised... dogs' miraculous survival lifts spirits in Alexandra: bit.ly/r1BB #

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• 12:56 RT @abcnews Max Pickering watched helpless as his 6 prize horses were consumed by the Vic #bushfires on Saturday bit.ly/dLh0p #
• 19:30 Deadweight is now 10,535 words long! All thanks to #doctorow's patented page-a-day method. #doctorow, i salute you! #
• 19:31 Of course, I meant to say @doctorow, I salute you. #
• 19:32 Apparently, I'm slotted into the program for #flycon. Better find out when, and where... and why #
• 22:52 Check out my mash-up of L4D and P&P... please! ping.fm/sZHMi #
• 22:55 @mhblacksmith Re: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies... www.flickr.com/photos/garykemble/3273534525/ #
• 09:04 RT @abcnews Opinion: The film 'Australia' is a key example of what's wrong with our media. #media09 tinyurl.com/d3tpmo #

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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Originally uploaded by garykemble

I have just spent an insanely long time Photoshopping this. Please, tell your friends. (Inspired by the new book/film Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and my fave game, Left 4 Dead)

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• 09:09 RT @abcnews Opinion: The Vic #bushfires are a lesson in what's really important in life. What do you think? bit.ly/12KbJ #
• 10:24 Pride and Prejudice AND Zombies... I am *so* there... ping.fm/THWfQ #
• 10:25 (I wonder if they could make a L4D 'Pride and Prejudice' DLC?) #
• 11:37 @mhblacksmith Tell you what: I'm not standing in the way of a witch and Lady Catherine de Burgh... hang on, she *is* the witch. :) #
• 11:49 @stilgherrian when does the tarring and feathering start? #
• 11:54 RT @abcnews A couple who survived Cyclone Tracy describe how they fought deadly Vic #bushfires with cans of soft drink bit.ly/LZFa #
• 11:59 @mhblacksmith Bill = Mr Bennet: 'a bookish and intelligent man somewhat withdrawn from society' tinyurl.com/becgxv #
• 12:56 RT @abcnews Opinion: As GFC worsens, Bruce Haigh says Defence is a prime area for spending cuts. What do you think? bit.ly/29XtiO #
• 13:25 RT @abcnews Nic MacBean reports from Whittlesea on the backlash against the #bushfires media circus bit.ly/1heD #
• 13:27 RT @overingtonc Tide is turning on the media. Many survivors have had enough.TV guys are coping it most #bushfires Think she means 'copping' #
• 14:58 ABC News Online is now delving into the (relatively) new KickApps 'Contribute' platform. Check it out here: tinyurl.com/ctk3bp #
• 19:38 Some work on Deadweight to do (zombies at sea). Then maybe more L4D, or... something involving Photoshop. #

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• 12:35 RT @abcnews Nic MacBean talks to a family that lost their home to the #bushfires three weeks after moving in. bit.ly/10Vo0 #
• 13:27 RT @abcnews Opinion: Criminologist Chris Cunneen says jailing graffitists won't solve the problem. What do you think? bit.ly/2qXElQ #
• 13:40 RT @abcnews Survivors of the Vic #bushfires who had to face the hard question: stay or flee. What would you do? bit.ly/44dAn #
• 15:12 RT @abcnews ABC News Online has launched a special blog for coverage of the Vic #bushfires bit.ly/6WGNs #
• 15:28 @774melbourne is currently ranking 14 on retweetrank.com! tinyurl.com/cg9fze #
• 19:53 I must have tweeted or retweeted something good - 10 new followers in the past few hours #
• 20:02 I know people diss violent video games, but there really is nothing like blowing away zombies when it comes to de-stressing #

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• 08:51 @mhblacksmith No! Tell me more! #
• 09:10 Anyone know if Australia was targeted in this ATM 'flashmob' scam? tinyurl.com/an6c8p #
• 09:51 Amazing audio slideshow on this page... ping.fm/evedj #
• 15:08 My take on social media and the bushfires: ping.fm/Aiuhv #

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• 20:23 Trying to absorb the awful scope of the Vic bushfires. #

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• 15:06 Just listened to interesting podcast from RN's The Book Show about Australian spec fic #
• 19:29 L4D cracks me up. The Tank whacks me off the top of the hospital, then jumps off after me. :) #

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• 10:15 @earleyedition Also, @abcnews (which is based in Brisbane) staff, such as myself! #
• 10:16 @earleyedition not to mention @KingLeonard and @craigmcc #
• 11:22 Funny... RT @mashable Reading: "25 Things I Didn't Want to Know About You" tinyurl.com/d3okh7 #
• 13:37 RT @abcnews Opinion: Google's Chris Palma responds to criticism of Google Book Search. Tell us what you think. bit.ly/1IHHxT #
• 13:59 @KingLeonard Can I come on my 50cc scooter? #
• 14:29 @KingLeonard Is the ride mostly downhill, or mostly uphill? :) #
• 16:20 C u tweeps @ game on 2nite (slq, from 6pm) #
• 18:48 Had 2 raid piggybank 4 busfare. 2 quote seinfeld: what r we? We're not men! #
• 20:39 Arcade games just aren't the same when they're free. Where's the challenge? #

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• 14:42 no, i wanted the picture ON the flash drive, not OF the flash drive... ping.fm/XAoXD #
• 20:11 working on... you guessed it... deadweight #
• 20:19 going through one of those 'my writing really sucks' phases #

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• 12:22 oped i commissioned on mandatory isp filtering going boingboinged! yay! ping.fm/Ytz0E #

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• 09:11 Opinion: EFA's Colin Jacobs says mandatory ISP filtering won't work. What do you think? Have your say here tinyurl.com/cv5fdo #
• 12:34 Details of the Government's $42bn economic stimulus package: tinyurl.com/ac8l7a #
• 19:41 @jemappellekim Cirrus? tinyurl.com/atk4gl #
• 19:53 My page of deadweight is done. Now I think I'll put some more thought into Number 13. #

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• 05:37 Producing for ABC News Online #
• 09:19 @joe_hill Yep -- even in Australia, couldn't get through high school without reading The Great Gatsby. #
• 09:21 @scribblefly which aspect of the digital tv dilemma? #
• 12:41 @scribblefly we just upgraded to digital -- our tv has built-in DTV tuner. I'd recommend that over having *another* box under TV! #
• 19:31 working on deadweight. #

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• 20:28 deadweight done... about to enjoy zombies in high definition. #

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