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• 06:45 RT @BlackOnline: HorrorScope - News: Shards and Shards: Damned and Burning bit.ly/dGJdn #
• 08:28 @Templesmith You're right! I do feel better. Thank you! #

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• 11:05 @lucethoughts I read the book -- it was funny/disturbing/bizarre. #

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• 15:19 RT @abcnews: Iron Man - directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Tom Cruise. Movie Minutiae takes a look at the what-ifs bit.ly/2lwFsR #

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• 08:39 @VoyagerBooks cool. Thank you, I will. #
• 14:46 RT @benjaminsolah: RT @kate_eltham: New Institute for the Future of the Book to launch in Brisbane in 2010 bit.ly/ZcFfN #
• 14:48 @Krasnostein Great! You got my sub. What?! You don't like it. :( Was it the loud frown that put you off? #

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• 08:50 RT @abcnews: We've jazzed up our Photos page. What do you think? bit.ly/14Vvly #
• 15:12 @templesmith... 'Teabagging' case challenge digg.com/u1BQiv #
• 20:56 I want to immerse myself in the world of #tattoos, so pls send suggestions for books, TV shows, movies, docos! Thank you! Pls RT #

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• 09:23 Just sold another 'Guns don't kill zombies...' t-shirt. Woohoo. I wonder if it's time to unleash 'This space toilet' again? #

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David Rollins talks about KAL007 in The Zero Option

I interviewed Australian author David Rollins last week about his latest book, The Zero Option, which offers a new theory on the 1983 shootdown of Korean Airlines flight 007.

You can read the feature here. (And there's a really interesting wikipedia article here)

I particularly like this quote:

After I wrote The Zero Option I sent it to a number of people around the world, just to give me notes, and one of them was a producer in Hollywood. After he read the book he said 'keep your eye on the rear-vision mirror for a while'. And it's something that a few people have said to me.

It's a good read, by the way, and I'm envious of Rollins getting to all those far-flung corners of the globe!

I'm going to post some extra bits and pieces from the interview on Articulate, probably tomorrow.

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• 08:58 RT @abcnews: Opinion: Keeping secrets won't help Australia prepare for large-scale disasters. bit.ly/w2tov #

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• 16:22 With 13 weeks until deadline, I'm on track. 7/18 chapters done; 31k/90k done. I now need to do 4.5k a week. Woohool. #

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• 08:19 RT @abcnews: Michael Jackson dead: reports bit.ly/11TL3s #
• 09:20 RT @abcnews: WATCH NOW Hospital press conference: Michael Jackson dead bit.ly/watchABCnow #
• 11:18 RT @abcnews: 'Biggest inspiration': Australians mourn Jackson bit.ly/Sbu8X #
• 12:45 RT @BlackOnline: RT @insidefilm: Check out the Daybreakers trailer!! Shot in Queensland! bit.ly/2Eekx #
• 13:51 RT @BlackOnline: HorrorScope - Review: The Dead Path by Stephen M Irwin bit.ly/UhoM3 #

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• 08:39 If you're a zombie, living in Brisbane (Australia), please drop me a line. Seriously. #
• 08:40 Just realised, zombies don't really 'live' as such, do they? #
• 08:52 @tansyrr Quite. #
• 09:09 @wolfcat Did you see we're now posting ABC tweets on our Opinion page? digg.com/u16biJ (formatting problem is being worked on) #
• 10:56 RT @abcarticulate @sfsignal @jasonsanford: John Scalzi's great post on how hard it is to publish that first novel: tinyurl.com/munbgx #
• 12:14 RT @abcarticulate: 'Embrace the pain': Aust cartoonist Michael Leunig looks on the bright side of the economic downturn. bit.ly/RtQ0b #
• 12:33 @carriebp Maybe. I'm currently trying to write 1k a day. #wordwar #
• 13:52 RT @riskybusiness: Avoiding Social Networking Sites can Backfire, writes Maltego creator Roelof Temmingh tinyurl.com/mvvcbr #
• 19:12 How many words can I write in the time it takes my wife to send the kiddies off to dreamland? Let's see. #wordwar #
• 19:42 844 words. Not bad, not bad at all. #wordwar #

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• 08:46 RT @abcnews: The Govt is ignoring public support for a plastic bag ban, writes Clean Up Australia chairman Ian Kiernan bit.ly/JaxG8 #
• 15:24 RT @abcarticulate: Is Beauty and the Beast's Belle really a princess? bit.ly/9F9Pg #

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• 20:28 I wasted a lot of time last year, agonising over which novel idea to write. I don't think it really matters, so long as you do it well. #
• 20:28 RT @BlackOnline: HorrorScope - News: Australian SF Blog Carnival June 2009 bit.ly/C3xht #

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• 20:47 Add another 700 words, which takes me to 4k (of 5k) for this chapter. Only another 60k to go. I suspect the next 30k will be the hardest. #

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• 15:49 Can I write 400 words in 15 minutes? Let's see. #
• 16:06 Yep! So, theoretically, I could write 1,600 in an hour, if I could maintain focus. #
• 16:07 And yes, I realise that many of these words are crap. And that it's not a race. But I need a 'complete' MS to edit. #
• 16:08 I've been thinking lately my ideas are too complex for a 'first novel', and that maybe I could apply a novel mindset to short story ideas. #
• 19:47 Can I write another 400 words before 8pm, with a splitting headache and a desire for chocolate ice cream? Let's see. #
• 19:49 @wolfcat Apple-c. Apple-v. Done! Bring on the ice cream and Nurofen. #
• 20:01 Ding! 300. Not bad, considering that included a smart-arse remark to @wolfcat and a conversation with my wife about Dr Seuss in French. #
• 20:01 @wolfcat And in answer to your previous question -- ideally the words should make sense. #
• 20:06 @gary_kemble I bow before thee, fake kemble #

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• 12:09 Almost a third of the way through the novel. Woohoo. #
• 19:20 @leelacosgrove Thanks for the #ff mention. :) #
• 20:40 Need to break the back of this chapter I'm working on. Another 1k would be good. #
• 21:17 Did it. IN YOUR FACE, novel-length supernatural technothriller manuscript! #

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• 09:47 RT @abcarticulate: Be part of the Articulate brainforest: tell us what you like about our blog and what you don't. bit.ly/9RncV #

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• 19:21 @Marawitch Thanks for the tattooist tips. I'll give them a try. #
• 19:23 @meg_vann Excellent. Thanks for the tip. #
• 19:23 @LMStellaPR Thanks very much for the tattooist tip. #
• 19:25 @leelacosgrove Have thought about getting some ink myself, but I'm indecisive. I'd never be able to decide what to get. Also, pain-phobic! #
• 19:42 @LMStellaPR No, just got your tweet literally minutes ago. It's on my to-do list. #

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• 19:00 @BillHarper :) Yeah, I know what you mean. I think eventually I'll bite the bullet and get a NAS. Not that that will solve the b'width prob. #
• 20:51 I need to talk to a tattooist for a short story I'm working on. (Preferably Australian). Can anyone recommend anyone? #
• 21:02 @leelacosgrove Awesome. I will. Thanks so much! #
• 21:04 @JennalsWriting Hey there! @leelacosgrove says you may be able to recommend a tattooist I can talk to about a short story I'm writing? #
• 21:23 Intrigued by Michael Bartlett's new project, Timeless -- post-apocalyptic time-travel romance. Sounds cool. is.gd/Uzyt #

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• 14:26 Trying to stream vid from laptop (Vista) to xbox 360. Laptop sees xbox, but xbox can't see laptop. Any ideas? #
• 21:09 @BillHarper Hi Bill. I figured it out -- it was a firewall, stopping the xbox from seeing the PC. Next problem: router and bandwidth. :) #
• 21:09 RT @BlackOnline: HorrorScope - News: 2009 Ditmar Award winners bit.ly/17tnbx #

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