Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio had a budget of $35 million and every single character was moved one frame at a time by a human being. What the fuck are we even doing!!!!!!!

Highlight of ABC election coverage so far is the Brisbane correspondent just not being able to find any Liberal supporters on the ground

Accountability report: zero words, one Crowded House concert, many ideas percolating. #DecWritingChallenge

Gym night, but still managed 360 words for #DecWritingChallenge. Terrible, terrible words, but momentum is building and I’m really excited about where this is all going.

900 words today, in which our hero accomplished nothing of what I was hoping but just continued to make everything worse. #DecWritingChallenge

Let the accountability streak continue with another 600 words for #DecWritingChallenge 💪

3200 words so far today—not a typo!—taking us to the end of Chapter Two, in what is increasingly unlikely to end up a novella. I recommend not sleeping very well and taking the day off work. #DecWritingChallenge

390 words today. Gradual progress is better than no progress, and I’m enjoying the accountability … even though I picked the absolute worst month to start #DecWritingChallenge

Back on track with 592 words for #DecWritingChallenge, taking me to the close of chapter one. Tomorrow, with any luck, our hero is about to have a very disappointing day.

Going increasingly downhill with only 72 words of actual progress today, but I did finish a 200 word blurb. I’m calling this a fantasy murder mystery novella, and I suspect one of those words is an outright lie. #DecWritingChallenge

#DecWritingChallenge only managed 151 today, but words are words.

Starting the #DecWritingChallenge with a tidy 660 words before dinner (and our hero on her way to breakfast).

Repost with your 5 favourite reads of this year (in no particular order): The Empress of Salt and Fortune (Nghi Vo) Notorious Sorcerer* (Davinia Evans) The Tainted Cup (Robert Jackson Bennett) The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Shannon Chakraborty) The Sunforge (Sascha Stronach) (*& sequel!)

Suppose I should actually introduce myself! I’m a SFF author from Melbourne Aus who started out in the lit journal scene a lifetime ago and now working on my first novel, a fantasy heist in a ruined world. (I didn’t plan for it to be so topical.)