The Blog
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Spooky stories anthology launch
Excited to be reading my short story ‘The Tube’ at the launch of the KSP Spooky Short Stories anthology launch. It’s on zoom, and everyone’s invited. On the night we’ll find out how I did in the competition for best story. Register your attendance at Eventbrite here. Read more
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Cancer anthology out now
Very excited to announce the release of the anthology Cancer, a part of Dead Set Press’s horoscopes series. My story, ‘The Selkie’ is a new take on a classic story with a star sign twist. Get a copy here! Read more
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Shortlisted for Flashing the Cover competition
Very happy to be shortlisted for the “flashing the cover” flash fiction competition by Writing WA and judged by Night Parrot Press. With over 100 entries, it’s pretty exciting to get a special mention in the top 10. You can read all the shortlisted entries with the judges comments here. Read more
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What I’m learning about writing, April edition
Just finished Jeff Vaandermeer’s ‘Wonderbook’. It provided me with just the right inspiration to knuckle through some short stories in the past couple of months. I was going to try to summarise everything it taught me about writing, but the book hasn’t been my only influence this month. I’ve also been doing Writer Victoria’s 5 Read more
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On villains and complex characters
JK Rowling hated a woman who used twee little bows in her hair, and she used that character trait in one of her villains. This got me thinking about what ‘villainous’ traits I know in real life and how I can borrow from them to create complex and interesting villains on the page. This is Read more
Lisa Rodrigues 