Jennifer Fallon's Blog

Eat your heart out Twilighters...

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:58:00 --0800

Ok, so Karl, Dirk and Richard flaked on us.

But look what I found...

Jealous much? hehehehe

A kind of normal day... for me

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:48:00 --0800

Spent the day with family doing non "celebrity" stuff in Perth after 24 hours awake after flying from Christchurch.

Went shopping with my little sister (good fun). Argued about global warming with my brother-in-law - something of a family tradition (even more good fun). Played balloon volleyball with my 8 and 4 year-old nephews (bucketloads of fun). Did and interview with the ABC in Bunbury about Supanova and I'm about to go to dinner with the original Apollo, Starbuck and Boomer. Oh, and Kevin 11 from Ben 10.

And Karl Urban.

Okay, so that will probably be fun too. hehehe

If only I was a criminal mastermind...

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:02:00 --0800

I almost got my 15 minutes of fame today.

Channel 7 were filming an episode of Border Security when I came through Customs this morning.

There I was with nothing to declare, nothing illegal to set the drug dogs off, nothing to smuggle in, no wads of unexplained currency... nada...

I was so clean they didn't even bother x-raying my bags. Just waved me through with a look that said "no self-respecting criminal mastermind trying to smuggle anything remotely illegal into the country would walk through Customs wearing an ankle length fox fur coat that makes them stand out like a Wookie at an Ewok convention."

Oh well... no moment of fame. No chance to chuck a diva tantie for the cameras.

No front page of the TV Week.

I'll have to think of something else to make me famous, I suppose...

About New Zealand...

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:51:00 --0800

OK... so here's the thing.

You must not come to this country. It is not actually real. Sonny keeps telling me there are mountains on the horizon, but she is lying, becasue all there is are lots of thick clouds.

And the crime rate! Seriously, below is the crime report printed in the local paper. Let me quote it verbatim:

22 Jun 09

A lonely sheep was chased off Oxford Rd east of Cust, on to a local dairy farm.

23 Jun 09

We attended a traffic complaint on Tram Road

29 June 09

Report of a wheelbarrow lost off the back of a trailer on Ashley Gorge Road

30 Jun 09

A local couple have reported the theft of some prescrition medicines from their home. This would appear to be a gross breach of trust by a... so called friends or associates

We were called to assist some British tourists who got their campervan stuck in the reserve at the Waimakariri Gorge Bridge.

Dear god! How do they cope! The stress must be horrendous!

I should probaly sneak out of town tomorrow so they don't have to deal with anymore stress brought on by international tourists.

Poor things.

I am in New Zealand...

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:54:00 --0800

Oxford, to be exact.

It is very cold.

I have been plotting with Sonny and drinking the most awesome cabernet merlot, I have ever tasted.

Life is good:)

Gadget girl strikes again...

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:17:00 --0800

I wandered past a Telstra shop today...

I foolishly walked inside to arrange international roaming on my phone.

I now have a brand new 16 gig iPhone, a shiny new high speed turbo wireless modem, a pretty fluro pink carry case, a docking station and several other groovy iPhone accessories.

Oh dear:)

Sydney Supanova - Day 2

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:13:00 --0800

So...

got up at 5:00 am.
wrote for 2 hours.
had breakfast
Got coffeee for everyone at Starbuck for the bus trip to Supanova.
Signed autographs for 5 hours
Conducted 4 hour master class
helped pack up the stadium
got back to the hotel at 11:00pm
went to dinner at Harry's Cafe de Wheels in Woolloomooloo (at 11:15 pm)
fed the seaguls and the ducks at Harry's cafe while eating a Tiger pie [ie (meat pie, mashed potato canned peas and gravy. I gave much of it to the seaguls hehehe.
back at the hotel thinking I really should get to bed.

Big day. Sleep now. Write more tomorrow, lunch with agent, sail Syney harbour, pack for NZ.

I wonder what I should do in my spare time?

Sydney Supanova - Day 1

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:07:00 --0800

Stuff I did today...

Had breakfast with Dirk Benedict
Hugged Richard Hatch
Signed squllions of books
Hung out with Karl Urban
Successfully conducted a talk on a really ridiculous topic
Hugged Spike Spencer (lots)
Hung out at the official Supanova cocktail party with an ex-mud wrestling stripper
Almost finished the short story have have to deliver to the US publishers on Thrusday

So... how was your day :)

Supanova Sydney!

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:07:00 --0800

I'm here!

In Sydney!

In a very posh hotel (which must remain secret to protect the identity of the real celebrities).

Dinner is at 9.00 so I have time to keep working on the story with the looming deadline:)

See you there tomorrow, Sydneysiders!

I just saw Transformers

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:48:00 --0800

Now my head hurts...

Brief review:

many explosions
many "Throckmorton" moments
many more explosions
awesome CGI
many gratuitous shot of Megan Fox being sexy
did I mention the explosions?

Fun, silly, badly written, well acted. Will make billions.

Tide Lord of a Lady

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:19:00 --0800

So, today I get the program for the Sydney Supanova this coming weekend.

In addition to the World Building Master Class on Sunday, I am giving a 45 min talk on Saturday at 4.00 pm.

The subject of the talk?

Jennifer Fallon: Tide Lord of a Lady

WTF???

I have no idea what this means. Are you going to be in Sydney? Do you have any idea?

What would you like me to talk about (bearing in mind I can waffle on about anything for hours - even if I know nothing about it - and sound really convincing...hehehe)?

First Tuesday Book Club interview - podcast

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:08:00 --0800

I was interviewed at Sydney Supanova last year by the ABC's First Tuesday Book Club show, and just recently discovered the interview has been posted on their website.

The link is here. You'll need to scroll down the page a bit (past Sonny Whitelaw's interview.) Sorry, but this blog won't let me embed videos.

The interview goes for about 8 mins.

I sound almost literate in places:)

More on advances - the evil side of vanity publishing

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:28:00 --0800

After my post on advances the other day (which blew my daily average hits out of the water...LOL) I thought I'd share this excellent article by Catie Murphy from magicwords.com about publishing your own work, which is known in the industry as the "vanity press" for very good reason.

It is true some notable exceptions have made it to the mainstream via this route, but the reason you hear about them is because they are so rare.

Hope you find the article helpful.

Meanwhile... don't forget to book...

Running out of time...

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:09:00 --0800

Just another gentle reminder for those folks in Sydney and Perth wanting to get their tickets for the World Building Master Class.

Although you can buy tickets at the door, be aware the price goes up considerably if you book and pay at Supanova

Heading home from Uluru...

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:55:00 --0800

I'm at the hotel, on the reception internet computers (at $2 per 6 mins) because I couldn't be bothered unpacking the laptop. I'm here because it's freezing in my room and reception is all made of glass (so you can see Ayers Rock). It's minus 1C outside and very toasty in here, but it must be like a blast furnace here in summer when it gets up over 45'.

So... highlights of my trip...

Screaming around Yulara in an ambulance at high speed with the sirens and lights on, scaring the tourists, because it was the monthly scheduled siren testing day. And why wouldn't you do that at high speed through a posh tourist resort? Testing it back at the Medical Centre in the carpark is so, well, boring.
Having to suspend the training while we waited for the Rangers to come and collect the highly venemous (but very pretty) baby Western King Brown snake that wandered into the clinic looking for mum.

Ranger released into the garden outside because he reckons that's probably where the rest of the nest is. Oh goody... A nest of Western King Brown snakes in the garden. How nice.

Truly, my life is never dull:)

PS: Didn't finish the short story, but came up with a much better idea for it, so that's next week's rewrite.