http://www.jenniferfallon.com.au/blog/index.cfm Jennifer Fallon's Blog en-us Sun, 18 May 2008 18:18:01 --0800 Sun, 18 May 2008 06:54:00 --0800 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss fiona@speculatedesign.com fiona@speculatedesign.com http://www.jenniferfallon.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2008/5/18/Whats-in-a-name For my regular Fallon Friday entry on the Voyager Online Blog, they asked me to do something on the origin of characters names. This seemed like such a good idea... and because I am slack very busy today trying to meet a proof reading deadline f... Wolfblade Trilogy Tide Lords Second Sons Hythrun Chronicles Demon Child Sun, 18 May 2008 06:54:00 --0800 http://www.jenniferfallon.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2008/5/18/Whats-in-a-name http://www.jenniferfallon.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2008/5/17/Happy-birthday-to-Bruce Mount Bruce just turned two. Which means he went from this ... to this in a mere 2 years... I calculate that in that time he has eaten 547 kgs of food, chewed up two very expensive dog beds, has grown from 5 kg to 50 kg in weight. To put thi... Jenny's Daily Grind Sat, 17 May 2008 06:44:00 --0800 http://www.jenniferfallon.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2008/5/17/Happy-birthday-to-Bruce http://www.jenniferfallon.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2008/5/16/Die-Götter-von-Amyrantha Well, the lovely people at Heyne, my German publishers, aren't wasting any time getting the Tide Lords out there. Got the cover for Die Götter von Amyrantha (the German language edition of The Gods of Amyrantha) today and it's gorgeous. ... Tide Lords Book release Fri, 16 May 2008 00:01:00 --0800 http://www.jenniferfallon.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2008/5/16/Die-Götter-von-Amyrantha http://www.jenniferfallon.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2008/5/15/Thursdays-Movie-Review--iWhat-Happens-in-Vegasi Toward the end of this film, which Evil Ella and I saw last night, a distinct aroma of woodsmoke started to filter through the airconditioning. At first, we thought the cinema might be on fire and we wouldn't have to sit through the end of the movie.... Movie review Thu, 15 May 2008 09:10:00 --0800 http://www.jenniferfallon.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2008/5/15/Thursdays-Movie-Review--iWhat-Happens-in-Vegasi http://www.jenniferfallon.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2008/5/14/The-Tide-is-finally-in-for-North-America Great news! The Immortal Prince, Book 1 of the bestselling Tide Lords series is finally available in the USA and Canada.  (UK readers will have a to wait a little longer for the British edition, but you can purchase the series in the mean... Tide Lords Book release Wed, 14 May 2008 05:55:00 --0800 http://www.jenniferfallon.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2008/5/14/The-Tide-is-finally-in-for-North-America http://www.jenniferfallon.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2008/5/13/Whats-your-battle-cry  Here's a fun way to kill a few minutes while you should be working... This meme is thanks to the wonderful G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent. I'm off to conquer something now. Have fun:) ... Jenny's Daily Grind Tue, 13 May 2008 05:42:00 --0800 http://www.jenniferfallon.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2008/5/13/Whats-your-battle-cry http://www.jenniferfallon.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2008/5/12/A-Masterful-stroke I finally sent my Masters Thesis in today. It carries the bizarre title of: Introducing Mr Perky: Subverting the fantasy trope of immortality in contemporary speculative fiction. Sonny Whitelaw had a better title. She's a real smartypants, so of cou... Jenny's Daily Grind Mon, 12 May 2008 11:24:00 --0800 http://www.jenniferfallon.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2008/5/12/A-Masterful-stroke http://www.jenniferfallon.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2008/5/11/Mothers-Day-Present-Suggestions Having acquired the ultimate in USB powered geeky things, with my USB gloves, I started to wonder what else was ut there... I can see I have some more shopping to do... Behold, the USB aroma dispenser... The USB ashtray (even thogh I don't smoke..... Gadgets and Gizmos Sun, 11 May 2008 15:15:00 --0800 http://www.jenniferfallon.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2008/5/11/Mothers-Day-Present-Suggestions http://www.jenniferfallon.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2008/5/10/Quicker-than-praying Bloggin late tonight. Been up playing True Colours and Trivial Pursuit with the gang. Lots of laughing involved, and I won both games, confirming my status as the Queen of Useless Information. I Rule!. And speaking of friends and fun, some of my fr... Jenny's Daily Grind Sat, 10 May 2008 22:39:00 --0800 http://www.jenniferfallon.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2008/5/10/Quicker-than-praying http://www.jenniferfallon.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2008/5/9/I-have-a-plan After I sent off The Chaos Crystal at about 1:00 am this morning, I decided to make list of everything I have to do now, specifically the writing projects I've either agreed to undertake or would like to do get started on. Just because, well, I... Jenny's Daily Grind Fri, 09 May 2008 12:16:00 --0800 http://www.jenniferfallon.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2008/5/9/I-have-a-plan http://www.jenniferfallon.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2008/5/8/Thursdays-Movie-Review--iIronmani Go on, admit it... is there anybody out there who reads this blog who hasn't seen this by now? Twice? I have:) Every now and then, a bunch of comic book geeks still firmly in touch with their inner 12-year-old, get together and start fantasising ab... Movie review Thu, 08 May 2008 09:05:00 --0800 http://www.jenniferfallon.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2008/5/8/Thursdays-Movie-Review--iIronmani http://www.jenniferfallon.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2008/5/7/The-bestest-gadget--like-ever I've been geek shopping, again. I bought a 16gb flash drive because I've already filled up my 4gb one. And I found the coolest gadget on the planet, not counting the Happy Chopper I bought at a Tupperware party on Sunday. My newest gadget is re... Gadgets and Gizmos Wed, 07 May 2008 11:16:00 --0800 http://www.jenniferfallon.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2008/5/7/The-bestest-gadget--like-ever http://www.jenniferfallon.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2008/5/6/Ive-been-wasting-time I wrote the following for the Voyager Online blog's Fallon Friday. So, as many of you wouldn't have seen it here, here 'tis:) I think some people have a romantic notion of writers… that the only way to produce a creative work is to hire a gor... Jenny's Daily Grind Book release Tue, 06 May 2008 13:00:00 --0800 http://www.jenniferfallon.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2008/5/6/Ive-been-wasting-time http://www.jenniferfallon.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2008/5/5/A-week-until-T-Day It occured to me today, as I was putting the finishing touches on Book 4 of the Tide Lords, The Chaos Crystal, that it is only a week until the US release of Book 1 - The Immortal Prince. This auspicious occasion calls for a countdown, I think,... Tide Lords Book release Mon, 05 May 2008 10:15:00 --0800 http://www.jenniferfallon.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2008/5/5/A-week-until-T-Day http://www.jenniferfallon.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2008/5/4/The-worst-question-ever I just had to do an interview for a overseas magazine. One of the questions on the list was: What are your pet hates about SF and fantasy? On the surface, it's a fairly simple question... but given this is an interview for a prestigious print maga... Jenny's Daily Grind Sun, 04 May 2008 12:31:00 --0800 http://www.jenniferfallon.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2008/5/4/The-worst-question-ever