Praise for 36 Streets
Breaking out the begging bowl and approaching successful authors for a book quote was one of my least favourite parts of finalising 36 Streets. In fact I hated it. “Hey, you don’t really know me, but could I …
Tag: cyberpunk
Award Eligibility – Ditmars
Ditmar voting is open. For the uninitiated, the Ditmars are the annual peer-voted awards for Science Fiction and Fantasy in Australia.
What does peer-voted mean? Well, that you are either attending the National Convention (this year it is Conflux – …
Universal Basic Income: the Path to Dystopia
Once a radical idea, Universal Basic Income has entered the mainstream. Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang spoke about it during his campaign, it has become a key policy proposal in sections of the progressive left, and more recently, some of the …
Neon Leviathan – Signed Editions
Neon Leviathan is a multi-award winning, extremely-well reviewed collection of short stories. Not being one for orgiastic self-promotion, I find myself uncomfortable writing this sentence. However, as no other bastard is going to do this for me, I got to …
The State of Cyberpunk in the Asia-Pacific
I participated in an excellent webinar a few days ago on ‘the state of cyberpunk in the Asia-Pacific.’ It’s more than that, though – a wide-ranging discussion of the origins of cyberpunk, what it is today, and where it is …
THE ULTIMATE CYBERPUNK PRIMER
Want to understand the surveillance-state dystopia our world has descended into? Need a primer on our cyberpunk present? Desperate to know what comes after the plague?
Well friends, you’ve come to the right place. I doubt there are many humans …
I have some news (yes, it’s a book deal)
Well, a few short weeks after I write an article about dealing with failure and rejection as a writer, the precise opposite happens. Maybe the best thing that can happen: an offer from a major publisher (okay, technically the very …
The Writer’s Training Regime, Part 7: Dealing with Failure (and Success)
Failure
Two-and-a-half years. That’s how long it’s been since I’ve sold a short story*. Thirty damn months since one of my new tales has found a market. In the first five years of my writing career, I sold an average …
Interview: T. R. Napper Talks Neon Leviathan
This interview with the ‘Track of Words’ website was from a few months ago. But it’s a good one, touching on a lot of my influences and motivations for writing. I encourage you to go here for the full interview…
In Defence of the Dumb Phone
I have a dumb phone. Text messages, phone calls, that’s it. No apps, no touchscreen, no nothing. If people try to send emojis with their messages, a black square comes up, like part of the text is redacted (wouldn’t the …