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Sir Julius Vogel Award Nominations

Nominations for New Zealand’s Sir Julius Vogel Awards for science-fiction, horror and fantasy close this Saturday 15 February 2014 at 8pm. I have two works Ahi Kā and Twisty Christmas Tales, which have been nominated for the Sir Julius Vogel Awards, however they need to be nominated multiple times to get on the short-list. If…
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Eileen Receives Special Mention for Homeless Flash Fiction

Just for fun, I recently entered a worldwide flash fiction competition run by Inscribe Media (based in Britain.) The goal was to create emotion using 20 words or less.  I had fun creating a few entries and was surprised when I received a special mention for this little story of 19 words: Scraps of rotting…
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I’m on SpecFicNZ’s blog

SpecFicNZ (Speculative Fiction New Zealand) featured a post about us winning the NorthWrite 2013 Collaborative contest with our collaborative short literary work, Ahi Kā. Go here to see SpecFicNZ’s post. Alicia Ponder and I won first equal in this competition. Two other SpecFicNZ writers are mentioned for receiving an honourable mention in the same contest,…
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More of My Stories to be Published In Disquiet Anthology

I have great news. 🙂 Two of my short works – a poem and short story – have been accepted for the Disquiet anthology, a compilation of dark stories that will ‘make your toes curl.’ All of the works in this book are set in New Zealand and Australia and are by Antipodean authors. The details…
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Eileen Mueller featured on Holly Lisle’s How To Think Sideways Blog

My story Dad’s Wisdom was mentioned in a review on in the Baby Teeth anthology recently on The Horror Fiction Review. About my story, the reviewer said, “Other very good stories include “Dad’s Wisdom” by Eileen Miller about a boy taking advice from his dad on what to feed a dragon under his bed;”  Short…
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Eileen Mueller featured on Helen Lowe’s blog

“Here’s SpecFicNZ–Wellington”: Featuring Eileen Mueller – I was recently featured on Helen Lowe’s blog, as a Wellington member of SpecFicNZ (Speculative Fiction of New Zealand.) Hop over to Helen’s blog to find out more about what drives me to write, hour after hour, into the wee hours of the morning almost everyday! Twisty Christmas Tales…
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What has KurtX been doing since New Zealand’s Got Talent?

Go to KurtX’s website to see his audition and semi-final performances. Or see my earlier blog posts about his audition and semi-final on NZGT! Carols By Candlelight with KurtX! You guessed it. KurtX was invited to perform at Carols by Candlelight, an iconic Wellington Christmas celebration for the last 20 years. Kurt did what the…
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Twisty Christmas Tales – News!

Free Giveaway! Today, Friday December 20, the DomPost are giving away 5 free copies of Twisty Christmas Tales. To enter email capdaycomp@dompost.co.nz by 5pm on 20 December. One entry per person. Give it  a try and see if you can win a copy of our crazy Christmas stories! Review Our first review for Twisty Christmas…
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Ahi Kā – Winning Entry in NorthWrite 2013 Collaboration

Alicia and I were thrilled to win first equal in the NorthWrite 2013 Collaboration contest with our short work Ahi Kā. (The contest was run by run by the Northland branch of the New Zealand Society of Authors.) It was the first time that I had attempted collaborative writing and I thoroughly enjoyed it. This…
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Twisty Christmas Tales – Festive Short Stories for Children of All Ages

Twisty Christmas Tales is live!!! Buy this e-book at Amazon or Smashwords for $US 2.99 What will Santa put under your tree this Christmas? A present that growls? A battered old bike? Or wings to fly? Twisty Christmas Tales —ten crazy Christmas adventures for the whole family! Christmas in outer space or at the beach,…
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