Funny and ferocious

November 30, 2015

Oh g’day. I’ve been doing Nanowrimo for the last month and my brain is utterly fried. Honestly, I doubt I’ll ever do it again, I think my brain is too old and brittle to deal with this kind of pressure. I can barely remember what my name is.

I can, however, remember to do some remorseless self-promotion. I am in two new things in the month of December.

One: Issue 12 of Tincture. Tincture is a digital-only literary magazine that you can nab here. My story, The Reference, came about when my husband lost his job. He didn’t leave on the best terms and he wasn’t sure what his old boss would say when called for a reference, so he asked me to pretend I was from some trucking company and give the bloke a call. It was awful. His boss wanted to purchase some services from my fake company, and he wouldn’t let me off the phone and he kept asking me questions… Anyway, I wrote a story that is a bit like that but not quite, because it’s a bit more ferocious. Even if you’d rather not read my story about a fake reference, you should get Tincture anyway because there are some insanely good stories in this issue. Australia has some incredible writers you have never heard of.

BACWTwo: Best Australian Comedy Writing. Luke Ryan and Affirm Press made my little heart beat a good deal quicker when they asked if they could republish a story of mine in this book. They told me that the story is funny and I am funny. It was one of the best days of my life. The story itself is pretty bleak (surprise surprise) but it does include a few excellent jokes. The good news is the rest of the book is actually genuinely funny, so why not buy a copy for someone for Christmas? (Note that I make no money from this book, so I say this out of the pure goodness of my heart and my great love of smiles.)

Coming soon: my annual list of books I have read, unnecessarily charted. I bet you can’t wait.

 


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  1. Anne Rawson

    November 30, 2015 at 12:12 pm

    Wow! The other people in the funny book are all people I have heard of. But you are not on the front cover with them. Why not? Then you would have really arrived!! Have I told you how pleased and proud we are? Where can I buy a copy which I could give to Ben for Christmas, or were you going to do that?

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    • Jane Bryony Rawson

      November 30, 2015 at 12:15 pm

      Well, I’m not quite as funny as them. Also, not that famous, so not much point putting me on the front cover. I have a spare copy which I can give to you to give to Ben x

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  2. Elizabeth Kasmer

    November 30, 2015 at 2:59 pm

    You are funny, Jane! I read “Wrong Turn” during the kids swimming lessons and I chuckled so much the other parents kept giving me funny looks. Well done on getting through NaNoWriMo and fantastic news regarding the Tincture publication! I have a just received a copy of your novella Formaldehyde in the mail and I am saving it for my Christmas reading.

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  3. Nathan Hobby

    December 1, 2015 at 9:57 am

    That’s hilarious about the reference! Well done on the publications and another NaNoWriMo. I remember you promoting it well last year on the radio to a slightly sceptical Michael Cathcart.

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  4. Alan Davies

    December 2, 2015 at 11:21 pm

    Well I for one really don’t want to wait; I love lists of books and I love the people who make the effort to compile them. Hope you put yours out there soon, looking forward to it.

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