Justine Larbalestier

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Preview of How To Ditch Your Fairy (with notes)

Today is the official publication day of How To Ditch Your Fairy in North America. To celebrate I am doing what I did for Magic's Child: sharing the first sentence of each chapter of HTDYF. As usual my concern is to protect you, the potential reader of the novel, from unnecessary spoilerage. Because there is nothing worse. NOTHING. Hence there is a small amount of redaction. Trust me, it is for your own good. Without further ado, behold the How To Ditch Your Fairy first sentences: 1. My [redacted] looked funny in the [redacted], which is odd because my [redacted] are tiny. ((You'll have to read the book to find out what [redacteds] are. Although I worry that it is only ...

Posted by Justine at 12:00, September 16th, 2008 under How To Ditch Your Fairy, Writing goals & milestones | 19 Comments »

How To Ditch Your Fairy is almost real . . .

Posted by Justine at 0:00, May 5th, 2008 under How To Ditch Your Fairy, Praising, Vainglory, Writing goals & milestones | 39 Comments »

Questions about lying

Have any of you ever taken a lie detection test of any kind? (Polygraph or written q & a or some other kind of test I have not read about yet.) If so would you care to tell me about it? Feel free to be anonymous in the comments if you'd prefer. And more generally: for those of you who have told lies and gotten away with it---what's your method? Do any of you believe you have the ability to tell when someone else is lying? Is it a general ability or just with people you know well? Can any of you recommend any good non-fiction articles and books about lying? Most of what I've found so far has been deeply underwhelming. Thanks! And thanks ...

Posted by Justine at 11:33, February 19th, 2008 under How To Ditch Your Fairy, Liar, Research | 46 Comments »

Blurb Etiquette

Posted by Justine at 0:00, February 8th, 2008 under How To Ditch Your Fairy, Vainglory, Writing life | 20 Comments »

Title of my next book

Apparently, the top sekrit title of my new book is already out of the bag. And who was the wicked naughty person who let out the top sekrit ahead of the cover art showing up? What's the name of that evil party pooper? Er, um, that would be me. In this interview (no. 13) with Jim Hall of Cult Pop, an excellent Detroit TV show about pop culture. So I will share with all of you as well. The title of my next book, formerly know as The Ultimate Fairy Book and before that as the Great Australian Feminist Monkey-Knife-Fighting Elvis Cricket Mangosteen novel, is: How To Ditch Your Fairy I think it is the best title ever and not only because google's ...

Posted by Justine at 0:39, February 7th, 2008 under How To Ditch Your Fairy | 24 Comments »

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