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  1. Attack on Sri Lankan cricketers in Pakistan (updated)

    Several people have written to ask that I talk about what happened in Pakistan yesterday. I’m not sure what to say. For those who don’t know the Sri Lankan cricket team was attacked on their way to the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. The team members sustained some minor injuries, the fourth umpire, Ahsan Raza, who […]

  2. Not a good day for cricket

    First the Kiwis were robbed by the rain in the final ODI, excuse me, Twenty20 match, which they were so totally going to win. Stupid rain! Stupid umpires for not letting play continue for a mere six more overs. Guptill did great. What little cricket we did see was wonderfully entertaining. And then the rains […]

  3. Jesus played cricket

  4. Not cricket

    I’ve had a few people writing to ask why I’m not commenting on the disastrous second test between Australia and India. There are several reasons. I’ve not been able to follow any of the cricket as closely as I’d like. I haven’t had time. But mostly because I’m embarrassed. And, well, I think Greg Baum […]

  5. Cricket Cricket Cricket

    Today I got to read all about the Sheffield Shield and One day interstate competitions (no, I will not call them by their bloody buggery corporate names). Go the Blues! I like the cut of this new Jaques fellow. And the second test starts this week! Bliss. So. Very. Good. To. Be. Home.

  6. CricketCon

    Look, I know it was supposed to be all about science fiction blah blah blah, but I spent the five days of Glasgow’s WorldCon thinking, talking, breathing, and whenever possible (sadly not nearly enough) watching the cricket. Blissful. And I even had the luxury of being able to talk about it with actual Australians! Thanks […]

  7. This is a Cricket-Free Zone

    At least until the dread curse has been lifted. Four losses in a row? That’s inconceivable! (And, yes, I do know what that word means.) My sister‘s Monday just got a whole lot worse . . .

  8. A Beginner’s Guide to Cricket

    a pared-down, embarassingly easy introduction to the world’s holiest game

  9. Quotidian Climate Catastrophe

    Note: I’m not on Twitter. If you wish to discuss any of these blog posts with me, leave a comment on my blog. I will respond. My sister is texting to find out how we make the niece scrambled eggs. I ask Scott how and text his response. Outside the sky is grey and the […]

  10. Australia is on Fire

    Note: I’m not on Twitter. If you wish to discuss any of these blog posts with me, leave a comment on my blog. I will respond. The front pages of newspapers worldwide are showing the catastrophic fires burning in Australia. I’ve been getting texts and emails and pings from friends overseas, wondering if I’m okay.1 […]

  11. Why I Left Twitter, or, the Last Day of 2019

    Note: I’m not on Twitter. If you wish to discuss any of these blog posts with me, leave a comment on my blog. I will respond. This has been a horrible year for me.1 Or, rather, it’s been a horrible two years–more than two years. In June 2017, I woke up feeling weird. It was […]

  12. Team Human

    The whole thing was an accident. Sarah Rees Brennan and I were idly wondering what it would be like if your best friend was dating a vampire and somehow found ourselves writing a whole novel from the point of view of Mel Duan, whose best friend, Cathy, falls in love with a vampire. Team Human is published by Allen & Unwin in Australia and New Zealand and by Harper Collins in the USA and Canada.

    “This smart and entertaining novel—part Nancy Drew with vampires, part thoughtful and provocative story about assumptions—fully blooms in the second half. Themes of honest friendship and freedom of choice mix with zombies, accidental romance, a diverse and complex cast, and sharply funny dialogue to create a thoroughly enjoyable read with a core of unexpected depth.”Publishers Weekly (starred review) Best Summer Books 2012

  13. Last Day of 2010

    This is my annual post where I sum up what happened in my professional life in that year and look ahead to what’s going to happen in 2011. I do this so I can have a handy record that I can get to in seconds. (Hence the “last day of the year” tag.) For reasons […]

  14. Guest Post: Ask the Alien Onions

    Due to boring circumstances beyond my control, I will not be online much in February. Fortunately I’ve been able to line up a number of stellar guests to fill in for me. Most are writers, but I also thought it would be fun to get some publishing types to explain what it is they do, […]

  15. YA & Girls Playing Sport

    Back in early August, Doret Canon of the wonderful blog, The Happy Nappy Bookseller, wrote to thank me for linking to her and ”put in a request for a YA novel featuring girls playing sports. Any sport will do.” I misread her as asking for recommendations for such YA novels when she was in fact […]

  16. Twenty20 League in NYC?!

  17. Women in sports

    I wonder why it is that women in sports get so little attention. Unless they’re tennis or golf players and pretty. Or winning gold medals during the Olympics. I’ve been following the women’s world cup online, but apparently I don’t have much company online or offline where very few folks have been going to their […]

  18. Are the West Indies back?

  19. JWAM reader request no. 27: Voice

  20. An amazing test

  21. Congrats, South Africa

  22. Appearances 2008

  23. Not that fussed

  24. A genre I never tire of . . .

    . . . Is USians what know zero about cricket writing about it. Today’s example comes from the New York Times and concerns a novel that’s been written about the Staten Island cricket club1 by one of the members, Joseph O’Neil. Here’s my favourite bit: That Mr O’Neill in his other life happens to be […]

  25. Made my day

    Cricket Buzz just named its top 51 cricket blogs and I’m on the list! Yay! And also—how embarrassing! I have been very remiss of late when it comes to cricket blogging. I mean I haven’t mentioned the blessed sport since March and not written anything proper since January. Largely because (for reasons beyond my control) […]

  26. The blog thing

  27. Where do you get your ideas?

  28. Giving thanks

    So today is a big ole USian holiday where at some point you’re all supposed to give thanks for all the stuff that’s making you thankful. It’s called—wait for it—Thanksgiving. We have no equivalent in Australia. Though we do have, Australia Day, where we commemorate the successful invasion of Australia by white people. As you […]

  29. Against blogging

  30. An unanswerable question

  31. Of fans and geeks

  32. My Future Writings

  33. Idiocy

    I was going to rant all over my blog today about the bloody ICC‘s idiotic decision to demand that youtube take down all footage from the World Cup. But then I found this excellent rant that says everything I want to say. Here’s a taste of Andrew Miller’s wrath: Only three days ago it was […]

  34. National character

    Shashi Tharoor has written a wry op ed piece for the New York Times on the World Cup and how Americans are oblivious to what is preoccupying a billion plus folks at the moment. It ends thus: In any event, nothing about cricket seems suited to the American national character: its rich complexity, the infinite […]

  35. My very first online ad & other matters

    For the next month, there’s an ad for Magic’s Child up on Locus online. Tis my very first one and I’m dead excited. Ordinarily, I can’t stand ads but somehow it’s different when it’s an ad for one of my books. That makes me want to pat it and sing it songs. Lovely, lovely ad. […]

  36. Slaughter of the Minnow-cents + Sachin

    Every world cup it seems there’s a debate about whether allowing in the so-called minnows of the game is a good idea or not. Because every world cup there are 200-plus run victories as Bermuda or Scotland or whoever are bowled out for less than a hundred by Australia or India or whoever. It’s happened […]

  37. Why?

  38. Important matters

  39. Monkey love

    Scott just sent me this because we both love cricket and monkeys.1 It is the personification of our love. It makes me so happy! Though I gotta say that’s a pretty suspicious looking bowling action. And why is the umpire lying on the ground? Because the monkey is totally using body line? Check it: the […]

  40. That word does not mean what you think it means

    This one breaks my brain. From the Sydney Morning Herald the Australian cricket team responds to accusations of being arrogant, rude, sledging bastards: “The way I look at cricket, you do everything possible to win. Some people like the verbal side of the game, some don’t, but you just get one with what your job. […]

  41. RW3: the quick ones

  42. RW1: Day in the life

    The first post of the inaugural request week (rw) was suggested by Rebecca: Ooooh, and a day-in-the-life thing, kinda like Maureen Johnson had up the other day. Someone asked me to describe my average working day a while back and this is what I came up with: Today I typed, yesterday I typed, tomorrow I […]

  43. Last Day of 2006

    It’s been another good year for me professionally and I will now skite about it: My second and third books, Magic Lessons and Daughters of Earth, were both published to some very nice reviews and reader responses. The whole Magic or Madness trilogy sold to Editora Record in Brazil, Magic or Madness and Magic Lessons […]

  44. 4-0 and England weeps

    What is wrong with England? shite fielding: Look at Australia in the field and then look at England. The Poms with a few exceptions (Collingwood, Panesar, Pietersen) have no intensity. They don’t run down every single ball, turning fours into threes, twos into ones, and saving singles. They look lethargic and bored. shite captaincy: Flintoff […]

  45. Summer in Australia

    I just came across a lovely piece by Mark Lawrence about the outsiderness of living through Australian summers while knowing very little about cricket: What [being a migrant] means is that I have very little understanding of the finer points of cricket, and don’t play it at all well. I can’t tell the difference between […]

  46. Titles

    Seeing as how I’ve talked about chapter titles I figured I should talk about book titles, too. But, buggered if I know what to tell you. I’m terrible at titles! I’ve already mentioned they’re useful and that you definitely need one, but as to what it should be? Dunno. I’ve heard that these are the […]

  47. For your edermahcayshun

  48. Ashes to Ashes

    And so it begins in sunny Brisbane three hours ahead of sunny Bangkok. I’ll make no predictions of the 5-0 variety (though wouldn’t that be nice?) but I will say that you’re barking mad if you think England has a chance in hell of keeping the Ashes. Yes, I know I said that last time […]

  49. How to write a novel*

    Ever wanted to write a novel but had no clue how? Having just finished my fifth novel, I am now ready to pass on my accummulated novel-writing wisdom to those what have never writ one but wants to. Here is the complete, full and unexpurgated guide: First of all you need a computer. (Yeah, yeah, […]

  50. Fan art, my next novel, & reading

    I got my very first fan art by the lovely Kate of Refrigerate Kate. Here are her sketches of Jay-Tee: Isn’t that fabulous? (Though for the record Jay-Tee doesn’t smoke.) There are also sketches of Tom on her site. I’m dead chuffed! I have fan art! Really good fan art! Thank you, Kate. I’ve also […]