What kind of books does Jason Fischer write? Mainly fantasy, the weird, and horror, with a dash of science fiction. Tell me more! Jason Fischer has won an Aurealis Award and the Writers of the Future Contest, and his writing has been included on multiple awards shortlists including the Ditmars and…
The Australian Horror Writers’ Association is celebrating its 10th anniversary by releasing a ‘best of’ Midnight Echo anthology, ‘Dead of Night’, and guess who’s in it? Me! Woo hoo! Midnight Echo is Australia’s premier horror magazine and I was thrilled to be published in it back in 2013 with my…
In January this year, I asked a bunch of writers what their writing goals were for 2013. Was their focus going to be novels, short stories, non-fiction… what? I was interested to see what everyone was planning to achieve, so conducted a poll on my Facebook page. Here are the results…
Wow – did you enjoy that blog series, or what??! I love peeking over other writers’ shoulders and seeing where they create. Judging from all your comments on Twitter and Facebook, it seems you enjoyed the series too. Thank you for all your discussion and involvement. Some of you shared…
Who writes here? Jason Fischer Who’s that? Jason Fischer is the author of the YA zombie apocalypse novel Quiver and over thirty short stories. He is a graduate of the Clarion South Writers Workshop and a winner of both the Writers of the Future contest and the Australian Horror Writers…
We all have our favourite places to write. Some of us like comfy couchs and warm fires, others like the local café or park. Most of us also have a desk somewhere, either buried under piles of something or organized and clean. Me? I have a desk… but I don’t…
How can I describe what it’s been like the last few days – being surrounded by 250 friends and like-minded people? The 52nd Natcon / Conflux 9 was just that. The layout of Rydges Capital Hill, Canberra, meant I could walk into any room, linger in any corridor, and be…
