Last week, on 9 December to be precise, was what I consider the anniversary of my writing career. In December 2004, I took the decision to take my writing seriously and joined SF-OWW. I’ve done my seven years in the vein of ‘It takes seven [...]
I have to admit that I am rather puzzled at people who declare that they don’t use swear words in writing. Oh, I totally understand why the decision is made, and this post is not to tell them that they should decide differently, or tell [...]
Post adapted from my older blog. It seems that the situation in which the author is offered an unnecessarily restricted contract is becoming more common. At the end of this post, I specify a few points a contract should contain. Feel free to add or [...]
When talking about point of view (POV) and writing in first person, inevitably someone will bring up that it’s OK, as long as ‘it’s done well’ and that ‘it’s not for beginning writers’. Invariably also people can’t quantify what is meant by these statements and [...]
What’s with the dagger? Well, you’ll probably recognise this from the book covers of the Icefire trilogy. This is the original image. I used the path function to cut the dagger from the image, put it on a layer over the cover image, and played [...]
This is a question that gets asked a bit in writer’s forums, and frankly, I have some trouble with it. I mean, it’s called Science Fiction, isn’t it? Yes, I know there are many stories out there that don’t seem to have any science at [...]
To be taken with the usual grain of NaCl. It seems to me that during the learning process from beginning science fiction writing to pro-level, we writers have to successfully hurdle three stages. None of these are exclusive of each other, neither do they have [...]
This is a post I’ve long thought about to write, about the purpose and consequences of critiques, about critique psychology, if you like. Like this post? I’ve collated this, and some other posts with other information I’ve gained in more than six years’ extensive membership [...]
Notes from a Worldcon panel led by Kaaron Warren with Jack Dann and Kim Stanley Robinson. This post is based on my own interpretation of the information. Feel free to comment below if you wish to correct anything. Write what you know is one of [...]
Yesterday, Jennifer Fallon, an Aussie fantasy writer whose books I’ve enjoyed very much, wrote a blog post entitled 10 things authors should never talk about. A lot of the points make perfect sense. I mean – if you expect to have any kind of business [...]
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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