Ingenious Designs
Jan. 17th, 2008 05:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
threemonkeysIt has been quite hot recently. Well hot by local standards - you Perth folk would be wrapping up and complaining of the cold but it is hot for us. The upshot is that I haven't been watching much television. By which obviously I don't mean what is being broadcast locally but stuff like the bundle of DVDs of '80s British TV that has arrived over the last few days from Amazon as well as other sources of watchable material. Usually I don't have much trouble keeping on top of my video "to watch" list, but things are backing up now. Torchwood restarted today too, so it does not get any better.
It is reading weather though. Find a cool spot and a book becomes your friend. My latest pal was one of CSFG's earlier anthologies - Machinations edited by Chris Andrews. As was expected, it was a bit variable, but there were plenty of good stories by that talented Canberra crowd. Although for some reason, the stories I liked the best were mostly in the second half of the book. One tip that was reinforced with collection though was that if you are a writing group putting together a collection of your work, it really helps to have a Les Petersen on board to do the illustrations. It really gives things a lift when the book is so visually attractive.
It is reading weather though. Find a cool spot and a book becomes your friend. My latest pal was one of CSFG's earlier anthologies - Machinations edited by Chris Andrews. As was expected, it was a bit variable, but there were plenty of good stories by that talented Canberra crowd. Although for some reason, the stories I liked the best were mostly in the second half of the book. One tip that was reinforced with collection though was that if you are a writing group putting together a collection of your work, it really helps to have a Les Petersen on board to do the illustrations. It really gives things a lift when the book is so visually attractive.