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Index of Guest Blogs  

Gender Parity & Fandom a guest blog by Theresa Derwin, TAFF candidate running on a gender parity platform As you might have expected, the death of Joanna Russ brought out a bunch of writers saying how much we under-rate Female SF. These articles I talk about have some great commentary. First, I want to talk

Researching Reality for a Fantasy World a guest blog by Brian McClellan Brian McClellan lives in Cleveland, Ohio with his wife, two dogs, a cat, and between 6,000 and 60,000 honey bees (depending on the time of year). He began writing on Wheel of Time role playing websites at fifteen. Encouraged toward writing by his

Down and out in Beverly Heels a guest blog by Kathryn Leigh Scott Kathryn Leigh Scott played Maggie Evans Collins in the original Dark Shadows TV series leading to her recent cameo in Tim Burton’s movie of the same name.  Kathryn has a diverse career in acting, writing and publishing. Kathryn recently stepped into the

Michael Pryor on the AWW challenge Michael Pryor is a best-selling author of fantasy for teenagers. He has published over thirty novels and more than 50 short stories. He has been shortlisted for the Aurealis Award six times, and five of his books have been CBCA Notable books. His website is here.  Michael responds to

Sean Williams on the AWW challenge Sean Williams is the award-winning, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of over thirty-five novels, eighty short stories, and the odd odd poem. He writes science fiction, fantasy and horror for adults, young adults and children, and enjoys the occasional franchise, too, such as Star Wars and Doctor Who. His

Sean McMullen: From Science Fantasy To Galileo Science Fiction by Australian Women, 1951 – 1981 Twenty years ago Sean wrote a ground-breaking article about women in genre titled ‘From Science Fantasy To Galileo’. Sean graciously permitted republication in Dark Matter to provide a brief history of genre in Australia in response to the AWW challenge.

Meg Mundell: Gender issues in publishing Aurealis Award nominee, author of Black Glass and former interviewee of Dark Matter (see issue 3) and interivewer (see Justin Evans‘ interview), Meg Mundell responds to issues around the AWW challenge and gender issues in publishing, previously published in Dark Matter issue 9. What does it mean to you to be an

Nicole Murphy: Why we need women writers Nicole Murphy has been a primary school teacher, bookstore owner, journalist and checkout chick. She grew up reading fantasy; spent her twenties discovering romance and lives her love of speculative fiction through the Conflux conventions. Her urban fantasy trilogy Dream of Asarlai is published by HarperVoyager. Her publishing

Jen Mills: On Books and Gender Jennifer Mills is the author of the novels Gone and The Diamond Anchor. A collection of her short stories The Rest is Weight will be published by UQP in July 2012. Her work has won many awards, including the 2008 Marian Eldridge Award for Young Emerging Women Writers, the