I decided to read something I normally hate: a cosy mystery. You know one of those mysteries where everything is tidily wrapped up at the end and everyone lives happily ever after? An Agatha Christie kind of mystery. They are so not my thing. But then someone was raving about Barbara Neely's Blanche White books and they sounded interesting.

We still have disgraceful policies on asylum seekers and Aboriginal Australians continue to die in custody.

One of my fave TV shows is Into the Badlands because martial arts staged well and magically and saturated colours and eye candy and coherent plot and world building. It has a strong diverse cast.

Some worked in collaboration with each other to produce comics as well as short stories.I was partnered with Anita Roy. We critiqued each other's stories. Hers is a corker: future Masterchef. I chortled. There's not a single dud in Eat the Sky.

The only reason I've ever had to wear a hat is to avoid skin cancer.

Blogging, I love you no matter how out of fashion you are.

My favourite vampires are all very scary indeed. So the idea of falling in love with one is just weird to me.