Romany Jane

Comms & Change Specialist | CMP/IABC | wanderer | knitter | shameless romance reader/writer |

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@MikeJenkinson 🤣🤣🤣 (true)

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@MikeJenkinson Ooh, that’s kind of like mine…
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But with fewer minuses… 😂

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@kjcarlisle @AlanBaxter That one's definitely staying with me! #TerrorAustFest

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That’s a relief: the vast majority of readers don’t much care what type of martial arts are involved, they care about the action. Detail only really matters if it’s a defining element of the character (or if you’re writing for fight nerds 🥷🤺) @AlanBaxter #TerrorAustFest

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Fighting is responding to chaos, matter how well you’re trained. @AlanBaxter #TerrorAustFest

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Learning about writing action from @AlanBaxter - so far out of my comfort zone! #TerrorAustFest

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You can’t write from the place down, you have to write from the book up. @NatalieConyer #wheretheheartlives #essenceofplace #terroraustfest

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@MikeJenkinson I think he’s done that before!

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@cutting_ek @valmcdermid I was pretty happy with it! 😄

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Eggs, coffee and @valmcdermid. All set for a Saturday morning! #TerrorAustFest

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Fascinating... so many ideas! Why 'kil'd by several accidents' - was one not enough? Did Pluto veer off course to cause 'Planet'? and 'Rising of the lights' sounds quite spooky...

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Finally, an excuse to wear a pretty dress in Terror Australis colours! I’m drinking gin and tonic, and the mozzies are drinking me. #southerncrosscrimecocktailparty #TerrorAustFest

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@TerrorAustFest @ljmowen1 was just thinking that at this time in the 2019 festival I’d gone from liquor ticket sales to wait staff to suspect in the wonderful Curse of the Sphinx murder mystery party 😰😆 So much more chilled this time around! Loving it equally. #TerrorAustFest

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I just discovered, late in the pouring process, that my bottle of gin wasn’t quite as empty as I’d anticipated, so off the rails is a definite possibility in my household 😂 #TerrorAustFest

[Flex and Herds @FlexAndHerds]

I hope you're all ready for this to completely (and enjoyably) off the rails. #TerrorAustFest
@TerrorAustFest

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Gary Disher and @angsavage talking about scent, senses and sense of place. Such a valuable reminder. Sight and sound are relatively passive - they don’t demand much of your subject, but touch, taste and smell are interactive and so powerfully evocative. #TerrorAustFest

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Go for a walk as your character - see your setting through their eyes. Thanks for the idea @angsavage, Definitely going to do this. #TerrorAustFest

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I love the idea of drop bear crime - all the cosiness with extra claws. #TerrorAustFest

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All set for afternoon tea (they’d run out of lemon slice @AuthorPoppyGee so I had to get a lemon tart instead 🙄😁) #TerrorAustFest

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Loving this conversation - thanks for making me laugh out loud at my computer @SulariGentill @FlexAndHerds 😂🤣 #TerrorAustFest

[Romany Jane @RomanyJane]

Me too - I fell in love with this book from the first page, so have been totally hanging out for hearing more from @SulariGentill herself!

[Flex and Herds @FlexAndHerds]

Can't wait for this - I hope you all have some good questions prepared!
#TerrorAustFest @SulariGentill