Websites
Writing Sites
Tale Peddler: my weblog.
Selwa Anthony Author Management: my agent’s website.
Sisters in Crime: their annual Scarlet Stiletto Award is Australia’s premier award for female crime writers.
The Endicott Studio: Terri Windling’s great chatty site, lots of mythic stuff.
Litgothic: dedicated to Gothic literature.
Daphne du Maurier: This mistress of the Macabre has long fascinated me. It was a dream come true to visit Jamacia Inn and to see her beloved Cornwall. Enid Blyton, Agatha Christie and Daphne are my holy trinity.
Agatha Christie: This mistress of crime ignited a lifetime’s passion. I can still see my very first Christie book that I devoured – The Body In The Library with its lurid cover of a woman with her head bashed in. I have always found her such a sinister writer with a much darker side than is generally appreciated. Miss Marple is my favourite Agatha creation.
Enid Blyton Society: Yes, I am a member. Just thinking about Enid and all the pleasure her books have bought me over the years makes me want to swoon. She made my childhood magic and I still adore her.
TOUR TO HELL: New website for Tour To Hell by David Levell
Hellhole – the Web Domain from Hell
Marg McAlister – Writing for Success: my ex-writing tutor’s site has a lot of resources for writers.
Eternal Night: Fab UK speculative fiction website run by Steve and Lesley with heaps of interesting information.
Green Man Review
Scifan.com: a massive database of science fiction and fantasy books.
Writers
Mo Hayder: author of Tokyo, Pig Island and others.
Barbara Erskine: It was a pleasure to meet her in gothic Edinburgh. I enjoy all her books for their historical and spooky content.
Ruth Rendell: When I start a Ruth Rendell or Barbara Vine I can’t put it down. Really strong novels that haunt you for years.
Minette Walters: I really seem to love English women crime writers! Here’s another one who writes powerful, memorable books.
Elizabeth Hand: I have long been a fan; she writes so poetically and beautifully. Very original, strange and gorgeous!
William Tevelein: Author of the acclaimed The Visitants. I love every word William writes because he’s witty, clever , original and extremely thought provoking. If you like your fantasy comic, with a strong dose of magical realism and a supernatural element then William is for you, too!
Freda Warrington: author of A Taste of Blood Wine and others.
Tanith Lee: I love all her books.
Anne Rice: needs no introduction!
Artists
Hungry Flower: Remedios Varo is one of my favourite artists among many! This site offers links to many of her works.
Maya Deren: David first introduced me to the works of this great film-maker and artist. Maya Deren did mindblowing films with little budgets and limited equipment, using the power of her imagination.
Jean Cocteau: No need for words here. Cocteau is the master.
Writers also with my agent Selwa Anthony
Richard Harland: author of the Ferren and The Angel series.
Ian Irvine: author of The View From The Mirror quartet and others.
Amanda Holohan: author of The King’s Fool.
Katherine Howell: author of Frantic.
Louise Cusack: author of Shadow Through Time trilogy.
Cameron Rogers: author of The Music Of Razors.
Leigh Redhead: author of Cherry Pie and others. A true Scorpio broad, Leigh is the femme fatale of crime writing. She’s funny, gorgeous and wicked and I love her for her lack of BS.
Witchy Links
Witchvox: a massive site that updates witch and pagan news daily.
The Museum Of Witchcraft: in Boscastle, Cornwall.
Kala Trobe: English writer, witch, metaphysicist and esotericist. Kala is a very hip, insightful writer who did an incredibly powerful online Tarot reading for me.
Shadowplay Online Magickal Journal: Liam Cyfrin was a co-editor of this cult pagan magazine now online.
Caroline Tully: Bella Caroline, who is intelligent, original and has a literary arty blog, is always an inspiration to me. Her writing is filled with depth (like Caroline herself). Plus she has a great set of three breasts worth checking out! Put them away, Caroline! Showoff!
Raven Grimassi: This is one of my favourite websites on La Vecchia Religione, Italian Witchcraft.
Sexy Witch: I think we are all sexy witches so I love this blog.
Maxine Sanders: I don’t have to say anything here as introduction. Those two words are enough.
Teampall Na Callaighe: Home Page of Janet Farrar and Gavin Bone. Filled with heaps of witchy information.
Pagan Awareness
Phyllis Curott
Children Of Artemis
Miscellaneous
Madeleine McCann: Official website to help find her.
Missing Children: In Australia and overseas.
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society: Protecting marine life.
PETA: using animals for product-testing is sick, unnecessary and cruel but many corporations still do it. It is important to know which companies still torture animals so you can avoid buying their products. This site features an up-to-date shame list of animal testing companies.
Animal Liberation
The Hunger Site: every time you click on this site sponsors donate food to third world countries.
Rhondda Hollis: my friend and web mistress.
Black Madonna: I’ve loved the Black Madonna since I first experienced her at Chartres in France.
Australian College of Journalism: I did a crime writing course here; my testimonial is online.
Tabula Rasa: David Carroll and Kyla Ward’s compendium of material on esoteric subjects such as dark fiction/films.
Eidolon.net – Australian SF Online
Articulate – Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Arts and Entertainment online news.
Misty: When I was a teenager, if I had a glass of cold milk, a Mars Bar and a Misty mag then life was perfect! I still love Misty and always will.
Gratefulness: A lovely site that promotes gratefulness. I often visit here to light a candle for people in need of energy.
Writers – Miscellaneous
Cat Sparks: A real Renaissance woman – Cat’s site is a great record of the SF community in Australia.
DC Green, author of action-packed crazy kid’s books.
Apr 12, 2012 @ 01:47:26
Kia ora Josephine! I purchased Poet’s Cottage 2 days ago when I spotted it at Dymocks Bookshop at Broadway Shopping Centre whilst waiting for an appointment. What a find! The beautiful cover caught my eye and the outline on the back sold it to me. I have some family history roots in Tasmania myself and I thought this would help uncover the mystery of Tasmania for me. It did…and more. I read it in 2 days and that was only because I was interrupted last night by going to see The Pogues (which were brilliant). I was transported by the story. Beautiful and painful. Brought me to tears many times. Thankyou so much for such an incredible gift. I feel blessed to have come across this book purely by chance. I trully hope the book sells all around the globe and that you receive many awards and accolades for it. My favourite book of 2012 without a doubt. Arohanui from an Australian Maori xoxoxox
Apr 12, 2012 @ 03:51:34
Dear Tracey, Hope you don’t mind but I moved this comment to About Me. But I’ll leave my reply here as well in case you return. xx
First of all, I hope you don’t mind that I moved your comment from WEBSITES to the ABOUT ME as I thought it was so special and I didn’t want it to get lost. I had forgotten I had that link WEBSITES myself! Such a strange coincidence as I was in the Dymocks Broadway yesterday after having taken my daughter to see the Lorax and I said, ‘can you spot Mamma’s book?’ There it was with a lovely poster and only one copy left which was terrific to see (unless of course Dymocks had just ordered three…) And in a sad-sack way I had to force (I mean encourage) my daughter to pose next to the one little copy that was waving happily at me.
I really can’t thank you enough for your beautiful words and that Poet’s Cottage meant so much to you. I know it meant an awful lot to me as I was writing it. I know the ancestors were whispering away and rustling in my writing shed when I finished it. To think that your ancestors might have been doing the same to you means really the world to me. And yes, the cover design is really stunning and Nada (the artist who designed it) captured my words and the secrets of Poet’s Cottage perfectly.
Thank you so much for supporting the book and for allowing me to guide you through my cobbed streets of Pencubitt and into the white cottage by the sea that contains the bones and dreams of the characters I love so much. All blessings. Namaste. xx