Rob Farquhar
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The Obligatory Sci-Fi Nut
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Post by Rob Farquhar on Mar 19, 2011 18:10:10 GMT -5
Hello, everybody. In case you don't know me from the monthly meetings, I'm Rob. I've been writing on and off for years, but after 2001 it's been blog posts and reviews of books and video games for the local paper (a sideline; my real job at the paper is admin-related). Last year, however, I finally listened to the insistent suggestions of my wife and good friends and plucked up the courage to take the story ideas I've been noodling with in my head for the better part of a decade and do something with them. I don't know whether to blame The Transformers, Tron, Doctor Who or Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds but I’ve been a mad-keen science fiction fan since I were knee high to a grasshopper. Naturally, almost everything I've written has involved space, cyborgs, ray guns and / or big machines, and my main project is an alternate-now action adventure whose hero is a cyborg clone who lodges at a junkyard. I joined the Tropical Writers Group in August 2010 and have had fun at each meeting I've attended since, meeting some great people who bring great work with them. I entered my first NaNoWriMo in 2010, writign a sequel to The War of the Worlds, and won with three days to spare. Aside from that, I've written some game and book reviews for The Cairns Post and contributed an article to Signs & Portents, a monthy e-zine for tabletop game maker Mongoose Publishing.
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Post by Talitha Kalago on Mar 19, 2011 18:42:46 GMT -5
Yay! Welcome to the forum. Let me know if you run into any hiccups on here too. I'm still ironing out some bumps.
Also, I think sci fi is hardcoded in the DNA.
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Post by Elizabeth Martin on Mar 22, 2011 7:27:40 GMT -5
Hi Rob, I have a copy of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (the book Bladerunner was based on) if you haven't yet read it and would like a read? I can bring it to the next meeting.
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Rob Farquhar
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Post by Rob Farquhar on Mar 22, 2011 19:35:48 GMT -5
Thank you for the offer, Elizabeth! I read it many moons ago and found myself a bit lost. I think that was half of Philip K. Dick's aim when he was writing.
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Post by marquis01 on Mar 22, 2011 23:20:09 GMT -5
Hi all, Although I am the current president of our group, I am primarily there to share and enjoy the writing experience with like-minded people. The first time I read to the group, I was terrified. My knees shook and my hands sweated. Since then, I've learned so much about my own writing from listening to the work of other members and from the feedback I've received. I never dreamed of writing a play until I heard Sally read one of hers, can you imagine my amazement when my 10min play 'Angus' was short listed for Short & Sweet? I never saw myself as a poet, until someone in the group saw one of my 'jottings' and said, 'I didn't know you wrote poetry'. The truth is I'm still no poet! But I love the music of words and really enjoy listening to the poetry at our meetings. I'm hoping something brilliant will filter across the room and into my subconscious via osmosis. I know I will never be a Tara Moss, Minette Walters or Joy Fielding but I'm prepared to give thriller writing a crack. I have started plotting a novel about a serial killer ... if only for my family who, when they find out, will probably stop inviting me down to Brisbane to visit!
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