Monthly Archives: October 2010

NaNoWriMo 2010: The Shaking Lands

Posted on October 31, 2010 by red6

11:30pm, October 31st. I’m waiting around for the proverbial clock to strike midnight so that I can rattle off a few hundred words to get a score on the board for this year’s NaNoWriMo. This year I’m going to write … Continue reading →

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Book Launch: A Different Hunger

Posted on October 31, 2010 by red6

Ripley and I went to a book launch for fellow SpecFicNZer Lila Richards. Her book is called A Different Hunger, and is about vampires arriving in NZ in the 1860s. The launch was held in a nice old homestead, Risingholme, … Continue reading →

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Win!

Posted on October 29, 2010 by red6

I won a competition over on Helen Lowe’s blog, and my prize – five yummy books! – arrived today: The books are: Surface Detail by Iain M. Banks Soulless by Gail Carriger Feed by Mira Grant Death Most Definite by … Continue reading →

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Roller Derby!

Posted on October 2, 2010 by red6

Andrew, Jess and I went along to Bout 1 Season 1 of Roller Derby, a women-only contact sport. The bout featured the Filthy Habits vs Carnage Academy. It was good fun, although the rules were pretty hard to follow. There … Continue reading →

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