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Monthly Archives: January 2015
The Steam, the Punk and the Writing
The first appearance of the word steampunk was in Locus Magazine in 1987. The term was coined by SF author K W Jeter to define specific speculative fiction works and is a tongue-in-cheek variant on cyberpunk. What is Steampunk? The simplest definition of steampunk is to describe it as Victorian science fiction. To elaborate: Victorian: set in the…
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The Saga of the Hallway Bookshelves.
THE SAGA OF THE HALLWAY BOOKSHELVES (c) Karen J Carlisle 2015. ‘My, you have a lot of books,’ she said. ‘Wait til you see the rest of the house,’ I replied. We picked our way way through the narrow hallway. The bookshelves surrounded us, lining most of the available wall space. They groaned under the weight…
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January Tea and Tidings – flying out today
Do you like reading my blog? Are you interested in knowing more about my writing or backgrounds to my stories? Do you want to read preview snippets of The Department of Curiosities or The Adventures of Viola Stewart? Are you dying to know more about Doctor Jack? Do you want exclusives or information before it…
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The One Where I Learn to Kill My Darlings: Rewrites & Edits.
There various stages involved in writing a story, whether it be a short story, a novella or a full-length novel (or screenplay or…) Inspiration draft/writing revising editing/polishing publishing Though it is not really that straight forward. Steps 2-4 can be repeated ad nauseam. A phrase I have heard often of late, says it all: Write. Edit.…
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New Beginnings
We have had record summer rains here in South Australia – a welcome relief after a week of bush fires. Officially we have had 45mm so far this month. At home, I have recorded almost sixty millimetres in our front yard. Twenty-eight millimetres on the first day alone! Sadly, some of my friends get depressed with…
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Posted in Garden, Our Earth, photography
Tagged garden, ideas, life, memories, Photography, pondering, relaxing, thinking
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The One Where I Confess to Procrastination
This past week has been long and emotional. The muscles in my back and chest are screaming in protest, after coughing fits set off by smoke. I am due back to the doctor next week for a check up. It has taken all of my mental effort to get out of bed. My manuscript has…
The One Where I Confess to Procrastination was originally published on karen j carlisle / off the artboard
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Tagged books, editing, life, manuscript, novel, plot, processes, procrastination, writing
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Of Family, health and things that matter.
I had planned to write a post on procrastination this week… but that all changed. Extreme weather and unpredictable gale force winds combined to create the perfect firestorm. A fire lit on a total fire ban day, was all that was needed. (A police Investigation is still ongoing) We woke to the smell of smoke,…
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Welcome to 2015!
(edited version – this is what happens when I am too organised, then can’t access computer due to events…) Welcome to 2015. I hope you all had a joyous (and safe) time. We had a ball on New Year’s Eve, seeing in the new year with friends and family. On Thursday we saw the last…
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Posted in Art, Costume, Garden, Imagination, photography, Writing
Tagged art, books, Costume, design, fun, garden, life, manuscript, novel, novella, Photography, steampunk, writing
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