Jennifer Fallon's Blog

A kind of normal day... for me

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:48:00 --0800

Spent the day with family doing non "celebrity" stuff in Perth after 24 hours awake after flying from Christchurch. Went shopping with my little sister (good fun). Argued about global warming with my brother-in-law - something of a fami...

If only I was a criminal mastermind...

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:02:00 --0800

I almost got my 15 minutes of fame today. Channel 7 were filming an episode of Border Security when I came through Customs this morning. There I was with nothing to declare, nothing illegal to set the drug dogs off, nothing to smuggle in, no wa...

About New Zealand...

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:51:00 --0800

OK... so here's the thing. You must not come to this country. It is not actually real. Sonny keeps telling me there are mountains on the horizon, but she is lying, becasue all there is are lots of thick clouds. And the crime rate! Seriously, be...

I am in New Zealand...

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:54:00 --0800

Oxford, to be exact.

It is very cold.

I have been plotting with Sonny and drinking the most awesome cabernet merlot, I have ever tasted.

Life is good:)

Gadget girl strikes again...

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:17:00 --0800

I wandered past a Telstra shop today... I foolishly walked inside to arrange international roaming on my phone. I now have a brand new 16 gig iPhone, a shiny new high speed turbo wireless modem, a pretty fluro pink carry case, a docking station...

Sydney Supanova - Day 2

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:13:00 --0800

So... got up at 5:00 am. wrote for 2 hours. had breakfast Got coffeee for everyone at Starbuck for the bus trip to Supanova. Signed autographs for 5 hours Conducted 4 hour master class helped pack u...

Sydney Supanova - Day 1

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:07:00 --0800

Stuff I did today... Had breakfast with Dirk Benedict Hugged Richard Hatch Signed squllions of books Hung out with Karl Urban Successfully conducted a talk on a really ridiculous topic Hugged Spike Spencer (lots) ...

Supanova Sydney!

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:07:00 --0800

I'm here! In Sydney! In a very posh hotel (which must remain secret to protect the identity of the real celebrities). Dinner is at 9.00 so I have time to keep working on the story with the looming deadline:) See you there tomorrow, Sydne...

I just saw Transformers

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:48:00 --0800

Now my head hurts... Brief review: many explosions many "Throckmorton" moments many more explosions awesome CGI many gratuitous shot of Megan Fox being sexy did I mention the explosions? Fun, sill...

Tide Lord of a Lady

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:19:00 --0800

So, today I get the program for the Sydney Supanova this coming weekend. In addition to the World Building Master Class on Sunday, I am giving a 45 min talk on Saturday at 4.00 pm. The subject of the talk? Jennifer Fallon: Tide Lord of a Lad...

First Tuesday Book Club interview - podcast

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:08:00 --0800

I was interviewed at Sydney Supanova last year by the ABC's First Tuesday Book Club show, and just recently discovered the interview has been posted on their website. The link is here. You'll need to scroll down the page a bit (past Sonny Wh...

More on advances - the evil side of vanity publishing

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:28:00 --0800

After my post on advances the other day (which blew my daily average hits out of the water...LOL) I thought I'd share this excellent article by Catie Murphy from magicwords.com about publishing your own work, which is known in the industry as t...

Running out of time...

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:09:00 --0800

Just another gentle reminder for those folks in Sydney and Perth wanting to get their tickets for the World Building Master Class. Although you can buy tickets at the door, be aware the price goes up considerably if you book and pay at Supanova ...

Heading home from Uluru...

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:55:00 --0800

I'm at the hotel, on the reception internet computers (at $2 per 6 mins) because I couldn't be bothered unpacking the laptop. I'm here because it's freezing in my room and reception is all made of glass (so you can see Ayers Rock). It's minus 1C outs...

Publishing 101 - Advances

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:02:00 --0800

In response to a question in the comments a couple of days ago, I am going to give you a brief overview of how advances work. Please bear in mind that these are generalities, and that for every rule there is an exception. When you sell a book to a...