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The rest… well, I just came up with a great story idea just writing this, so I’ll say no more!ģ. Solar wind is one of the major things completely harshing our eventual colonisation of Mars. What science fictional technology do you wish we had now?Īpart from an unlimited and massive energy source (doesn’t everyone want that?), I’d be keen on an artificial magnetosphere. (Because in a future where genetic engineering is readily accessible, one definitely shouldn’t accept a stranger’s offer of magic beans…)Ģ. So my instructions were: a 6K positive story with no other elements from any of the other accepted stories (I was given a no-no list that included drones and arcologies and weird music!) and to be submitted within a few days if possible.Īnyway, without a lot of time to dwell on what the story was actually about, I turned to that beloved and much maligned go-to for quick and non-drug assisted plotting: the fairytale retelling. This story had to be written VERY quickly, as I got a last minute request from Cat Sparks needing some content to fill a space in the anthology that a departing writer had left. Tell us a little about your Ecopunk! story, and the inspiration behind it. She is a graduate of the first Clarion South Workshop, an Aurealis, Ditmar and Writer's of the Future nominee, along with several other prizes and publications.ġ. Claireis a writer from Melbourne, Australia.
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Over coming weeks we'll have a series of mini interviews ("minterviews" if you will) with some of the awesome writers in our forthcoming Ecopunk! (check it out on kickstarter ) Published by Ticonderoga Publications in 2017Įcopunk! A minterview with Claire McKenna
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Hannett, Angela Slatter, Kaaron Warren, Alan Baxter, and Cat Sparks, and huge congratulations to them! We'd like to congratulate all of the nominees of this year's awards, the full list is at. In addition, a number of writers we've previously published are nominated, including Lisa L. The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2015, edited by Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene
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Matt previously gave the upcoming movie high praise, claiming it was "going to be awesome".We're please to have picked up a few nominations in the 2017 Aurealis Awards list just announced!Įach of our 2017 titles picked up at least one nomination. I haven't read it yet, but the cast is phenomenal and I'm excited to see what those women do with it. While Matt couldn't say much about the project, he told Entertainment Tonight: "I'm doing a little bit in the movie.
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Ocean's Eight will star Anne Hathaway, Sandra Bullock, Helena Bonham Carter, Cate Blanchett, Sarah Paulson, Rihanna, Mindy Kaling and rapper Awkwafina, who will take over the roles previously played by the likes of George Clooney and Brad Pitt.Īlthough the plot has been kept under wraps, it has been reported that the film will see the girl gang undergo a heist at the Met Gala. The 46-year-old actor played pickpocket Linus Caldwell in the 2001 movie Ocean's Eleven, and then again in 2004's Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen in 2007, and he has now revealed he will be given a small part in the all-female reboot of the popular movie franchise. After starring in all three of the successful all male Ocean's movies Matt Damon has now bagged a cameo role in the female reboot Oceans Eight.