Author Archives: Lexifab

A breath on the embers

Posted on October 12, 2019 by Lexifab

Not that I want to jinx anything, but I think I’m writing again. After a long drought – by which I mean, playing lots of video games and converting a small fraction of the unread contents of my Kindle to … Continue reading →

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Kickstarters and a new Not-a-Hugo Award

Posted on August 28, 2019 by Lexifab

In the absence of writing news from me – I’m still on a break, though I am tinkering with some small projects – I just wanted to draw some last minute attention to a few bits of attention-worthy news. Winter’s … Continue reading →

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A shifting perspective

Posted on August 21, 2019 by Lexifab

I may have been going about this the wrong way. Having attributed my recent writing slump to illness, I believed that all I had to do to get back to full steam was to build up a daily habit, making … Continue reading →

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CSFG Anthology – Unnatural Order

Posted on July 19, 2019 by Lexifab

The Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild (CSFG) has just announced its 2019 anthology theme: Unnatural Order. This is an anthology of monsters – proper ones, with horns and tentacles and dread designs. The alien, the inhuman and the just plain sinister … Continue reading →

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Managing expectations

Posted on July 14, 2019 by Lexifab

I remember being better at this. Now that I’m not doing weekly flash fiction posts, I’ve slumped back into old bad writing habits. Or just the one bad habit really: doing anything but attending to my work-in-progress. I’ve been pretty … Continue reading →

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