Creative Troublemarker. Mum. Geek Whisperer. PR wizard. Journalist. Clutz. Translator. SF fan. Activist. SFera member. Breastfeeding nut. Conrunner. Author.
My parents had this huge bed which had a radio in the headboard. On Sunday morning, I would lie in with Mum and listen to plays based on fairy tales. This was not enough, of course, so I soon had cassettes. So I fell in love with radio drama at an early age. Later, there […]
Read More Podcast panel todayThe Fan Funds Auction is one of the fundraising activities for GUFF. At Conflux the Auction is on Sunday at 10:00 and I will be putting in these faboulous items.
Read More Fan Funds Auction at Conflux – picsConflux is a science fiction convention held in Canberra since 2004. I have been repeatedly warned it is of a more writerly bent. It seems to mean that is more similar to SFeraKon and Istrakon than Swancon was in terms of writers’ presence and numerous writing workshops. Am looking forward to finding out. My schedule, […]
Read More Conflux ScheduleIt takes me approximately three hours to get from Zagreb to Zadar, the small town in Dalmatia. A 10 minute ferry ride takes me to the island of Ugljan and a 10 minute ride later I will have arrived at the place where I have been spending summers in the last ten years. This trip […]
Read More Cognitive distanceAll nations have their national myths. Without exception, those myths are humongous collections of lies, deceits, propaganda, in short, an impressive pile of bullshit. The real truth is, the main characters of those national myths are murderers, butchers, tyrants, thieves who used various human-loving methods such as armed conquest, pillaging, purges and genocide to increase […]
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