{"id":23058,"date":"2013-11-14T06:30:50","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T17:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=23058"},"modified":"2013-10-29T23:01:48","modified_gmt":"2013-10-29T10:01:48","slug":"heres-specficnz-wellington-featuring-sally-mclennan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2013\/11\/14\/heres-specficnz-wellington-featuring-sally-mclennan\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHere\u2019s SpecFicNZ\u2013Wellington\u201d: Featuring Sally McLennan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction:<\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>On October 31 I began\u00a0 a new \u201cmini-post\u201d series titled “Here\u2019s SpecFicNZ Wellington.”<\/a> As explained, effectively my fellow SpecFicNZ-ers are introducing themselves using a series of\u00a0 common headings:<\/p>\n

<\/strong>Here\u2019s Who:<\/strong> a short, first person introduction to the member
\nHere\u2019s Why:<\/strong> the member writes or works in speculative fiction
\nHere\u2019s What:<\/strong> an example of the member\u2019s work
\nHere\u2019s Where:<\/strong> you<\/em> can find out more about the writer and their work\u2014and I really hope you will!<\/p>\n

And now I am very pleased to introduce this week\u2019s guest, Sally McLennan.<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s SpecFicNZ\u2013Wellington: Featuring Sally McLennan<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/a>Here’s Who:<\/span><\/h3>\n

I am a writer of children\u2019s books, fairy tales for grown-ups, erotica, horror and more. I studied English at Canterbury University and went on to edit newspapers in Sydney. I have been writing fiction full time since the publication of my first book Deputy Dan & the Mysterious Midnight Marauder<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

My passions are reading and my one and a half Clydesdales (my mare is pregnant!). I am addicted to (quality) documentaries and chocolate. I also love getting into hot water, or the sea, either will do.<\/span>
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Here\u2019s Why:\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

I can\u2019t help it really. I loved words and puzzles ever since I first encountered them. Writing is like a combination of both: novels are the most complicated jigsaw puzzle you can get. You not only solve the puzzle to make a picture you get to invent each piece! I got my first award for writing when I was eight and I still have it. There is no going back.<\/span><\/p>\n

I was that kid who staggered under piles of books when eventually emerging from the library and who was most often told off for day dreaming in class. My reveries were usually about the characters I had encountered in ink-worlds. Nothing is better than the opportunity to make books of my own.<\/span><\/p>\n

Plus, what\u2019s not to love? I sometimes work in my pajamas and I have written (published work!) while on the back of an elephant. The entirety of life is my story fodder and I try to live in adventures. Delicious!<\/span>
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Here\u2019s What:\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Somewhere Else<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In Else, the creatures of legend have read our fantasy novels. There, monsters\u00a0believe\u00a0the human children that appear are fairytale heroes, who must be recruited, or destroyed. This is because Else is a world at war. The teens washed up there will not survive this bloody and brutal conflict unless they escape and make a place of their own.<\/span><\/p>\n

From the moment she is swept from a sheep farm in New Zealand into Else, a world where fiction and truth are hopelessly confused, Sarah struggles to regain her footing.\u00a0 She is seized and sent to a concentration camp \u2014 known as the Academy of Heroes \u2014 but often called Camp Flotsam. There Sarah must rapidly measure up to the expectations of those around her whether they be the dreams of Minotaur, and other creatures who staff the camp, or those of her human peers. But when Sarah\u2019s little sister Lily appears in the camp, Sarah knows she has to come first. Sarah sets about trying to rescue her and get back home. She may die in the attempt.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Deputy Dan & the Mysterious Midnight Marauder<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A crime spree so unfathomable that law enforcement agencies are stumped and the public is captivated.<\/span><\/p>\n

A criminal so strange that no one can guess who the culprit could be. It\u2019s up to the youngest policeman in the nation to follow a trail of clues and catch the criminal mastermind red handed. This is a whodunit about magic and regrets, about learning to feel more and judge less, and the true treasures in life.<\/span><\/p>\n

Deputy Dan & the Mysterious Midnight Marauder<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>won the Sir Julius Vogel Award for the Best Professional Publication in 2009 and the Conclave Award in 2006 for The Best Work in Fantasy Poetry.<\/span>
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Here\u2019s Where:<\/span><\/h3>\n

My website: http:\/\/www.sallymclennan.com\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SallyMcLennanAuthor<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sally_McLennan<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

The \u201cHere\u2019s SpecFicNZ\u2013Wellington\u201d series will be posting every Thursday for the next six weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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