‘The Literary’ Archives
Help needed from you readers!
Hello everyone! I have joined the Ubud Flash fiction contest! It ends 24 September! http://flashfiction.ubudwritersfestival.com/2010/08/a-million-years/ Click that! And give me a thumbs up! Only one person per click! If you're on the same internet as your friend/family or something and they have voted, then you can't click. SO PLEASE DO IT [...]
Submission call for Steampunk short stories!
Hello everyone! Remember Happiness at the End of the World? If you don't, it's the science fiction anthology we came out with next year. This time we're opening submissions for steampunk short stories! Here's the short details: Asian Science Fiction and Fantasy (an imprint of Two Trees) and The Happy Smiley Writers Group are calling for [...]
Online Book Store Battle!
Hello everyone! This is an updated review of online book stores compared to back then when I wrote Open Trolley is my alternate universe Amazon! If you read the comments there, things got a bit heated up from the various stores telling me that they've got offers and whatnot and other people's experiences with them. (The comments ARE very [...]
Ashes to Ashes: Part 1
Prologue of Ashes to Ashes is here. Story based on a dream. Well, dream refixed for logic. Anywho, part 1 is after the cut. (more...)
A whole bunch of talks or competitions!
Woooh, a whole bunch of events! Well, usually these things tend to run in the second half of the year onwards. Click the more cut to read more. We have: Talk: 'In the Footsteps of Raffles' Workshop: What's Your Singapore Memory? Talk/ Book Launch: 'A life of its Own' Competition: e-Mote Digital Storytelling Workshop: e-MOTE [...]
Ashes to Ashes: Prologue
Helloooo, so... This story came to me from a dream. Well technically it's original source is a gothic Cinderella dream of sorts. I decide to refix the dream to make it more logical and well, it wanted to be read like a real story. So have a short mini series of Ashes to Ashes. It should be quite short, I hope since I'm just writing it as it goes. [...]
In Search of the Princess of Unicorns
I was one of the panelists for the "Yes we do exist - SFF writing in Singapore" at Spore-Con (that will be a separate SDS post next Monday but this is more on the panel itself!) If you read my previous post on not getting enough support, well it would be silly just to say stuff and not do anything yeah? So what's this about the princess of [...]
Like a cheap $2 Bra
We don't get enough support. There. I've said it. The we defined here refers to the writers of fiction in Singapore. Don't give me rubbish of that we have do get some support from various ministries or councils. I said we don't get enough support. It doesn't include said ministries or councils. It needs to involve more than [...]
And with an appearance…
Well hellooo. This weekend, there is Spore-Con at Pasir Ris Community Centre. Besides gaming of the board game variety, card games and miniature table top ones, there will be some science fiction and fantasy panel there! Let me copy and paste: SPORE-CON SFF PANEL & BOOK SIGNING “Yes, We do exist - SFF writing in [...]
Scholastic Asian Book Award!
Yes, my fellow fictioneers. Scholastic is giving out an Asian book award! The main details can be found at their website here: http://scholasticbookaward.asia/ However, here are the short details! Deadline: 31 December 2010 Entry submissions: a. An official entry form, duly filled in. b. Six copies of the manuscript (in case of a [...]
