MichaelPryor

MichaelPryor, 5 days ago to random

Aurealis #171 is out now and we bring you the powerful and evocative Dregs of Destiny by Ciaran Hannigan, the tense and atmospheric The Guest by Ashley Cracknell and the truly otherworldly Seven Unread Subspace Messages by Christopher Henckel.
Our compelling non-fiction articles are ‘A Thing Called The Glugs of Gosh’—CJ Dennis and Satirical Fantasy by Gillian Polack, Heroes and Why We Need Them by Clare Rhoden and I Don’t Remember Anyone Telling me not to Think': Nationalism in Pratchett’s Monstrous Regiment by Amy Laurens.
And, naturally, we have our engrossing Reviews section, worth the price of admittance on its own and you’ll enjoy our superb internal art from Josh Hardie, Hannah Dunn and Zuzanna Kwiecien
Aurealis, truly excellent value for money.
Buy it or subscribe at www.aurealis.com.au
#Aurealis #AurealisMagazine

MichaelPryor, 22 days ago to random

'The Age of Entitled Fans' panel at Continuum Con. George Ivanoff, Chuck Mackenzie, CZ Tacks and Alex Clifford.
Engrossing, enlightening, intelligent.
#c16reboot

MichaelPryor, 24 days ago to random

Went on a Melbourne Dumpling Discovery Walking Tour last night. Four very different eateries, four very different dumpling presentations. Our guide, Monique, was organised, cheerful and knowledgeable. Thoroughly enjoyable, would recommend., a great way to wander around the world's oldest continuous Chinatown precinct.
https://www.walkmelbourne.com.au/dumpling-discovery-walk

MichaelPryor, 29 days ago to random

Law No. 2 of home maintenance/repairs: the tool you need for the job right now isn't in your toolbox. You lent it to Dave four years ago and he hasn't given it back.

MichaelPryor, 1 month ago to random

Happy World Tapir Day everyone!

https://www.tapirday.org/

MichaelPryor, 1 month ago to random

One of the most satisfying feelings of all time is when you walk in somewhere, they see you and they say, 'The usual?'

MichaelPryor, 1 month ago to random

MichaelPryor, 1 month ago to random

Because we say 'scrummy' for scrumptious, we should say 'delly' for delicious

MichaelPryor, 1 month ago to random

Aurealis 169 is here, our April edition. With Stephen Higgins steering the ship, our top notch fiction features the creepy but poignant ‘The Boy and the Girl and the Friend Who Watched Them’ by Charlie Milne, the time-crossing ‘The Divide’ by Daniel Burnbridge and the lyrical, fragile ‘Finding the Words’ by Avril Mulligan. And strap in for some absorbing non-fiction: ‘The Afterlife in Speculative Fiction: A Memoir (Sort of)’ by Claire Fitzpatrick, ‘A Bertram Chandler: Australia’s Greatest SF Export’ by Steve Davidson and ‘The Science Fiction Manifesto by Declan Ellis. Our superb internal art comes from Leah Clementson, Emma Weakley and Zuzanna Kwiecien. And don’t forget our jam-packed Reviews section for titles to add to your TBR list!
Aurealis, think differently.
Get it or subscribe at www.aurealis.com.au

MichaelPryor, 4 months ago to random

Tarzan, marzipan - don't get confused. You don't want wait to be rescued from a crocodile infested river by an almond based confectionary.

MichaelPryor, 4 months ago to writing

How to Write a Book In Two Easy Steps:

1. Write a word.
2. Repeat Step 1 80,000 times but with different words.

#writing #writingtips #writingcommunity #writers

MichaelPryor, 4 months ago to random

Visiting the State Library of Victoria.

MichaelPryor, 5 months ago to random

It's Twelfth Night tonight, the traditional time to take down those Christmas decorations. And to wear yellow, cross-gartered stockings?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelfth_Night_%28holiday%29?wprov=sfla1

MichaelPryor, 5 months ago to Birds

Our local pair of tawny frogmouths.

#birds

MichaelPryor, 5 months ago to random

Old time Science Fiction Christmas, from 1951.

MichaelPryor, 6 months ago to random

A dandizette (or 'dandyzette') is an 18th century word for a female dandy. How splendid.

MichaelPryor, 6 months ago to Writers

From 'Princess Sarah and Other Stories', John Strange Winter, 1897.

#writers #writingcommunity #writinglife

MichaelPryor, 6 months ago to writing

Every male writer has an important decision to make: tweed jacket, leather elbow patches and pipe or black t-shirt in author photo?

#writerslife #writing #WritingCommunity #writer

MichaelPryor, 7 months ago to random

Hands up if you've ever gone to see a movie by yourself.

Many years ago I went to see Blade Runner and Conan the Barbarian by myself on their opening day. So good.

MichaelPryor, 7 months ago to writing

A secret cabal of Writer Mages meets every year and randomly changes one of the Seven Golden Rules of Writing just to mess with us.
##writing #writingtips #writingcommunity #writinglife

mattcen, 7 months ago to random

I hate it when companies do this. Of course this is My Telstra; it's my bloody phone! Stop prefixing all my mobile app names with "My" and making it hard to find them in the alphabetical list!

MichaelPryor, 7 months ago to books

I love good CGI in movies, but I keep going back to the joys of BGI (Brain Generated Imagery), that wonderful, active, immersive experience you get from books.

#reading

MichaelPryor, 7 months ago to lotr

Sure, the movie is sad when Frodo joins Bilbo and Gandalf in leaving Middle Earth, but it's nothing compared to reading the appendices to LoTR when, one by one, each member of the Fellowship dies or leaves the world, one heart-rending sadness after another.

#LoTR

MichaelPryor, 8 months ago to Writers

Feelings are complicated, and as a writer one of the constant challenges is to describe them in words so that a reader can say to themselves, 'I know that feeling' or 'I've seen someone feeling like that' or at the very least 'Oh, I can imagine that.'
It's a fundamental way to create a sense of engagement with a text, and it's one of most common tests a writer faces in this wonderful, maddening, exhilarating craft of ours.
#writers #writingcommunity #writinglife #writing #writingtips

MichaelPryor, 8 months ago to random

'Agile' and 'disruptive'. Best use: describing gibbons. Worst use: describing businesses.