Posted by on Apr 17, 2007 in Uncategorised | 5 Comments

One for Ren Holton

It’s a sad but true fact that my three writing personalities compete. It’s also completely pointless, as Carmel Lockyer (the erotica writer) wins every year; not only does she get most stories published, she makes much more money than the other two. Anyway, today is Ren’s day to crow a little and I’m very pleased to have a long short story in this very cool Australian anthology.

Reading the blurb about the other stories that feature at http://elidan.site.net.au/ I really can’t wait for my copy to arrive.

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  1. TitaniaWrites
    17th April 2007

    Congrats, Kay, looks like a really interesting anthology. Love those Australians! For those of us who are a little confused, can you perhaps explain what speculative fiction is?

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  2. Anonymous
    17th April 2007

    Congrats! I’d love to read more of your stuff.

    Andy

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  3. McKenna
    17th April 2007

    Great news, Kay, and well deserved. Love your comment about the three personalities. I’m glad it’s not just me.

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  4. Kay Sexton
    18th April 2007

    Sure Tania, I’ll do my best – although it’s a disputed term. The generally accepted definition is that spec fic describes a collection of fiction genres that speculate about worlds that are unlike the real world. This usually includes science fiction, horror fiction, supernatural fiction, alternate history, and magic realism (and all their sub-genres, slipstream, cyber punk, steam punk etc). So, when a work is described as speculative fiction, it doesn’t necessarily have the hard science base of (say) Niven and Pournelle but it does have some element that is not ‘reality as we know it’ and which is essential to the story. Science fiction, by my definition, is narrative which includes speculative SCIENTIFIC developments or ideas as an integral part of the plot. Now it gets a bit difficult when you include alternate history and exclude fantasy (which the spec fic definition above does, because fantasy is not partly real world and partly speculation, it’s all invented) because is Keith Roberts’ Kiteworld (set in a world where Elizabeth 1 returns to Catholicism and England is stuck in the steam age) a fantasy or an alternate history? Hmmm …. fortunately I don’t have to make the decision.

    Thanks McKenna, the three of me usually get along pretty well, and Andy, it’s lovely to see you here!

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  5. Quillers
    18th April 2007

    Congratulations, Kay. Like you, I straddle several writing worlds (general fiction, erotica and speculative/sci-fi etc), though I (foolishly?) use the same pen-name for them all. I do think a change is as good as a rest for a writer and that none of us should be bound by one particular genre. Well done for showing us it can be done!

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