Seven years on: advice to new writers
Last week, on 9 December to be precise, was what I consider the anniversary of my writing career. In December [...]
Looking at the Earth through different eyes: the GRACE mission
Adapted from a talk given at #CSIROTweetup by Dr Daniel Shaddock (laser systems) Dr Paul Tregoning (geo data) ANU, supplemented [...]
Mars Curiosity Tweetup in Canberra!
On 25 November 2011, NASA will launch the Mars Science Laboratory mission in the form of the rover known as [...]
His Name In Lights is set on Jupiter’s moon Io, which has captured my interest for some time. I have at least one other Io story in the making. Expect an announcement about A Perfect Day Off The Farm fairly soon. In that story, I [...]
The fictional Beniz-Yaza solar system plays an important role in my space opera world. It is, in short, a binary star. Beniz is larger and more white than Yaza. There are two planets in the habitable zone: the inner planet is Asto and the outer [...]
The second book in the Return of the Aghyrians series. These books are standalone stories that do not need to be read in order, although you will probably enjoy them more if you do. Mikandra Bisumar is useless to her father: she carries the curse [...]
This novella is truly the weirdest thing I’ve ever written. It has zombies, living roads and a metal-spiked echidna. It has a young main character, but I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone under 15. The story has some dark themes. Despite this, it is not [...]
You read Charlotte’s Army? Got your free copy of The Rebelliousness of Trassi Udang? Read His Name In Lights? And Luminescence? Next: Shifting Reality. (although you do not need to have read any of the above to enjoy this novel–it is a standalone work) Read [...]
The latest and final part of the trilogy: Following the destruction of the City of Glass through an explosion of sonorics, huge numbers of refugees have descended upon the Chevakian capital Tiverius. The refugees are mostly members of the rebel group Brotherhood of the Light, [...]
I like doing graphic art when my writer brains packs it in for the day, and in order to finance the never-ending need for purchasing software, I’ve made a pre-made ebook cover art gallery. Covers have fake titles and author names (which will be changed, [...]
You have a dream: you want to sell your fiction. But after many tries, many submissions and rejections, this is not happening. Or maybe you have self-published and you are getting bad reviews and few sales. What are you doing wrong? Here is the story [...]
Even before I met Brad at the Writers of the Future workshop last year, I knew we would get along really well. He had a hard-working, no bullshit attitude that suits me well. At the workshop, we spent late nights in the foyer, in the [...]
Social Media has taken over the world, or at least parts of it. Its rise in popularity has been stunning. It’s literally changed the way most of us use the web forever. And that’s no exaggeration. Of course, along with it, Social Media has risen [...]
Welcome to the website of Patty Jansen, writer of SF and fantasy. Patty is a member of SFWA and winner of the second quarter of the Writers of the Future contest. As well as in volume 27 of the contest, she has published fiction in various magazines such as Redstone SF and the Universe Annex of the Grantville Gazette. She has also 'indie' published a number of longer works. Patty lives in Sydney, Australia.
Patty has a PhD in science, and before becoming a writer, Patty worked in agricultural research.
Reviews:
An original premise, nicely done, particularly the scenery.
Lois Tilton, Locus Online, about 'Party, with Echoes' in Redstone SF, May 2011
Five stars from me, Patty's just scored herself a fan.
Book blogger Sean, about 'His Name In Lights', at Amazon.com
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