Weekly Overview

Welcome to the first Weekly Overview for 2012. Having just had a break, this overview is a bumper issue. Enjoy!

COMING UP THIS WEEK...

Tues 10 Jan
GOOD NEWS DAY

Wed 11
Changes to Wednesdays

Thurs 12
MAGIC THURSDAY: Kylie Griffin ~ Tortured Heroes

Sat 14
Changes to Saturdays

DARKSIDER TREKKING...

(where we've been)

Kylie

• The Christmas Shopping List
• Vengeance Born Surprise
• It's Christmas Eve!
• Merry Christmas - a message to one and all.
• It's Boxing Day! - Aussie traditions & childhood memories for this time of year.
• My Holiday Reading List - Maybe you'll find a couple from mine to add to yours!
• ROFL Moment - For fans of the movie, Ghostbusters!
• 2011 Ends with a Bang for Vengeance Born!
• Welcome 2012!
• DarkSiders Reading Challenge 2012
• Review from Fresh Fiction
• Topic: In a Galaxy Far Far Away with Jenna McCormick
• Author: Vonnie Hughes
• VENGEANCE BORN Goodreads giveaway
• TOPIC: An Author's Life with Anna Campbell

Eleni

• Super Sunday - Men in Black trailer
• Tuesday Tunes: White Christmas - with Michael Buble and Kelly Rowland
• Merry Xmas!!!
• Tuesday Tunes: The Blues Brothers
• Another Challenge - Eleni's Library
• DarkSider Reading Challenge - Eleni's Library
• Reading Challenges
• Yia Sou 2011
• Happy New Year!!
• It's 2012! - Eleni's Library
• 2012 Goals
• December reads & 2011 Challenges Update - Eleni's Library
• Let the challenges begin - Eleni's Library
• Conference 2012: Cocktail Party - Diamonds  Are A Girl's Best Friend - RWAustralia
• Flash Fiction and Antipodean SF
• Stunning Saturday - photographs

Shona

• 4 things I've learned this year - Musings by Wink
• I'm thankful for cover artists - Casablanca Authors
• Merry Christmas - Musings by Wink

Rowena

• Writers: Make technology work for you - Ripping Ozzie Reads
• Meet Narelle Harris
• Winner Fiona McIntosh Book Giveaway
• One Writer's Daydream Directors
• Winner Yvonee Navarro Book Giveaway
• Meet Claire Corbett
• Winner Les Petersen E-book cover
• Meet Cheryl Morgan
• The Terry Pratchett First Novel Award 2012
• Meet Douglas Holgate
• Is that a door opening or are you pleased to see me? - Ripping Ozzie  Reads
• Meet Isobelle Carmody

Nicole

• My fave reads of 2011
• Fave viewing and music for 2011
• The 12 days of Christmas - Supernatural Underground
• My week in writing - an early edition

Mel

• One Perfect Night
• More reviews for SWTWC
• Update and ramblings
• Reviews for Something Wicked This Way Comes
• Thank you
• Identity Shift, Review
• Laurann hits NYT Best Selling rank!

Imogene

• Imogene Nix answers Juliet's ten awkward author questions - Juliet Madison blog
• I'm back
• 10 questions to Delight and Despair over with...Shannon West
• Happy First Birthday Secret Cravings Publishing

Jenny

• Oh no! look at the time
• Whisper
• Merry Christmas
• Steampunk poetry
• Farewell 2011
• A Steampunk Kubla Khan
• You may have noticed - tumblr images being sent to blog.
• be-a-traveller: Baltic Sea (by Liebeskind Photos)
• be-a-traveller: Lüdinghausen by Peter Gutierrez on Flickr.
• fairytale-europe: Freitas, Portugal 
• omgthatdress: Negligée 1908 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
• 1000graces: (via Places I want to be.. / New York)
• maudelynn: Someone seems to have taken rolling in an inner tube to the next level.  I want one. c.19
• homedesigning: Spread Movie House - click through for more!
• maudelynn: Hale House Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 40, a Victorian home designed by W.
• A Hole in the Pavement by Thalia Newman

Jess

• Spending my time off...
• Welcome to 2012: Year of the Unspecified Goal

Annie

• Farewell 2011...a wonderful year
• New contest announced!
• Getting published in 2012
• Two hats

Keri

• Darkness Devours cover
• Merry Christmas and some questions answered
• A belated happy new year, everyone!

Maree

• Maree gets linky again
• NZ Firefighters Calendar Giveaway
• Merry Christmas
• Naughty New Year's Resolutions
• 2011 ends with an old favourite
• Freaks, warriors, and erect male parts - Writers Gone Wild 

Kitty

• Looking foward: My 2012 goals 
• Retro post: Stress Free Writing all Year 
• Self Publishing changes in 2012

Lilliana

• Merry Christmas and Thanks
• Merry Christmas and Thanks - as Lily Rose
• TAMBA and Mozzie Publications

Emmeline

• Christmas post

Paula

• Great start to next year
• Surprise Delivery - Harlequin Desire Author blog
• Goals for 2012

Amanda

• GCC Presents Laurie Faria Stolarz

Christina

• Happy New Year!
• DarkSiders Reading Challenge 2012

S.E.

• Controlling your goals for 2012

Nicola

• 2012...
• The Eurymanthian boar

Sandra

• Character Development

WHAT'S UP?

• Eleni is hosting a DarkSider Reading Challenge on her reading blog. There are different levels to the challenge - reading 6, 12, or 24 books by the DarkSiders. Why don't you pop over and join?

• We also welcome more members to the DSDU Pack (the team that brings you the blog): 
• Nicola E. Sheridan for a new column, A Bite of..., (more info on Wednesday)
• New member Colleen Simpson for the new column, Enchanted Orb (more info on Saturday)
• Sandra Harris for Competitions page (soon to come) 
• Jess Anastasi who will look after the Agents page. 

Thank you ladies!!

• Kitty is running an online class from 16th January to 12th February on Going the Distance: Goal setting and time management for the writer. It's $20 for OCCRWA members and $30 USD for non-members. 

• Kylie has a ARC copy of Vengeance Born as a giveaway on Goodreads. Follow the link - it is open from 7 January to 7 February. Good luck!

Have a great week everyone!