Tag: Christmas

MLR Press: Call for Submissions, Christmas and Australia Day Shorts

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MLR Press is currently having an open call for Christmas and Australia Day short stories: Australia Day: Australia Day is the Australian version of July 4, it’s when the whole of Australia drops everything and PARTIES to celebrate ALL THINGS Australia. It’s fireworks, festivals, food, beer, ferryboat races on Sydney Harbour, you name it… It’s …

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Tofurkey with Karenna Colcroft

I don’t know about you, but I’m not quite ready to give up on Christmas–I’m stuffed, probably a few kilos heavier than I was this time last month, and still have leftovers in the fridge. So for the final touch of Christmas this year, please welcome the amazing Karenna Colcroft, who’s new book, Tofurkey and …

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Lycanthropy and Charlie Cochrane

Christmas is just around the corner, and in celebration of the festive season, I’m very happy to introduce the fantastic Charlie Cochrane, author of Wolves of the West and oneĀ I owe a great debt to for the fantastic advice she gave me when I was first starting out. She does, of course have a fantastic …

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Cherie Noel on Cuddle Time and Christmas Memories

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Today I’d like to introduce author Cherie Noel, here to share some Christmas cheer and some stories to stuff in your stocking…or for stuffing inspiration anyway. She has not one, but two Christmas stories out at the moment and I caught up with her to grill her about life, writing, and holiday silliness. What do …

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30 Days of Christmas with Lex Valentine

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So the prolific Lex Valentine is running a 30 Days of Christmas promo over at her blog, and today is day 18–and it’s just a little bit gay. Okay, it’s a lot gay. All you have to do is leave a comment over at this post, and you could win an eBook copy of The …

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Christmas has come early…

Christmas Memories Cover Art

  Actually, it’s been happening over at MLR Press since the 20th of November. Sometime back in July, the founder of MLR got a little lonely and decided rather than have Christmas in July, what she really wanted was a Christmas celebration at Christmas…starting in July. “So who wants to write a Christmas story?” she …

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What? Non-Fiction? Really?

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So I’m being a very bad NaNoer. In addition to jumping around to work on other projects (i.e. those with deadlines), I’ve also taken writing time out to organise some blog posts with some fantastic authors with Christmas (or other holiday of your choice) stories being released that would make the ideal Christmas present–along with …

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