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Tristan Bancks
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Tristan Bancks

Tristan Bancks is an author with a background in acting and filmmaking. He loves the beach, space, New York City, making movies, flying, ice cream, theme parks and mind-blowing inventions. Mac Slater Hunts the Cool is his first book for... Read full bio

Author Revealed:
Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. ‘Be Scary’ I borrowed it from filmmaker, Robert Rodriguez (El Mariachi, Spy Kids) and it became Mac Slater’s motto in 'Mac Slater Hunts the Cool', too.
Learn more about Tristan Bancks
My life in 8 words: "A big rollercoaster adventure with occasional boring bits."
EXCLUSIVE RANTS, RAVES AND MUSINGS FROM S&S AUTHORS
Why Writers Write
March 17, 2010
In my book, Mac Slater Hunts the Cool (out April) Mac is trying to work out what ‘cool’ is,whether it matters, and if...
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The Importance of Noise to the Writer
December 21, 2009
Some writers need silence in order to work but music is the lifeblood of my writing. I like any kind of noise – coffee...
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Hi From Tristan Bancks
November 11, 2009
Hi, I’m author of the upcoming MAC SLATER HUNTS THE COOL (April 2010). It’s the first in a fast-moving series for...
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Mac Slater Hunts the Cool will be released on April 06, 2010 in Hardcover
about 12 hours ago
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#FF Colbert @stephenathome TED @tedxsydney Author @posttentrauma Inspiring @kidsareheroes WebGuru @GaryPHayes Writer/Scribechat @LiaKeyes
about 14 hours ago
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The soundtrack for the book I’m writing features @sigurros, @snkysndsystm, @wwpj and @wearephoenix. So good. Loving @sigurros ‘hoppipolla’.
about 15 hours ago
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RT @qldwriters: This is the death of publishing and books are dead and boring... or are they? http://bit.ly/9VdDFY [clever!]
about 17 hours ago
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Thanks @LiaKeyes and all for an interesting first glimpse at #scribechat
about 17 hours ago
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@drydenbks Re: benefit of a synopsis, I agree. Otw you can fool yourself for a long time that you have a story when you don't. #scribechat
about 17 hours ago
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I like this- RT @clclickard: The more humanized a villian the more we see ourselves in him. We see our own potential for evil. #scribechat
about 17 hours ago
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Thanks @whyiwatch @LiaKeyes @NecessaryWriter and @TracyClark_TLC for wise thoughts on humanising / izing 'villains'. #scribechat
about 17 hours ago
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Just happened upon #scribechat over lunch. V interesting conversation. BTW, do genre villains become less interesting when humanised / ized?
about 18 hours ago
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'Why Writers Write' - My new blog post on Finding Flow at S & S Author Voices. (With slightly odd spacing) http://tiny.cc/mDiCM
about 22 hours ago
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@TracyClark_TLC Too funny.
about 22 hours ago
Author Voices:
Why Writers Write
Mar 18, 2010
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Best cafe in world near my house giving away free coffee and gelato all day today as a thank you to their customers. Sweet justice.
Mar 18, 2010
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And in the blue corner... my manuscript. I'm going in.
Mar 17, 2010
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Top 7 Creative Workspaces including Pixar, Google, Lego, Red Bull at Firing Synapses blog: http://tiny.cc/xG1Hg
Mar 16, 2010
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Listening to @sigurros . Good b/g writing music, esp. for a space story.
Mar 16, 2010
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Caught up with writer / entrepreneur @valeriekhoo in Milson's Point today. Switched on lady with a vicious dog named Rambo on her lap.
Mar 16, 2010
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@trizzlesticks It's a life-changing, possibly world-changing substance. A range of sticky tack images for your perusal http://tiny.cc/udOCt
Mar 15, 2010
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Building world of story and characters on wall in images. If you could tweet me a little more blu / sticky-tack, that'd be tops.
Mar 15, 2010
YouTube:
Steven Spielberg: The Toughest Thing For A Director
Mar 15, 2010
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - Original Trailer (1982)
Mar 15, 2010
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@SomWritersFest Good luck with the fest! Hope it's as fun and successful (and lacking in rainfall) as last year.
Mar 15, 2010
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Roof of ferry. Giant cruise ship disappears behind Opera House. Bridge looks noble and zigzag and beautiful.
Mar 14, 2010
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Just spent four days with teenagers running book trailer workshops. They were inspiring, dedicated, polite, generous & talented. Weird, huh?
Mar 14, 2010
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Just spent four days with teenagers running book trailer workshops. They were inspiring, dedicated, polite, generous & talented.
Mar 14, 2010
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@LaurelSnyder Enjoying your tweets. You're a funny lady.
Mar 12, 2010
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In Mackay. Writing today.Talking and workshopping book trailers with teens this afternoon. Better go wrassle this story. Hope it's a gr8 day
Mar 11, 2010
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Just put up site for US release of my book, 'Mac Slater Hunts the Cool' Love you to look if you have moment.Thanks! http://www.macslater.com
Mar 11, 2010
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Played Lego and read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory last night. Childhood is underrated.
Mar 10, 2010
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Making final tweaks on Mac Slater Hunts the Cool website and trailer. Book hits US stores April 5. Fingers crossed it has a happy life.
Mar 10, 2010
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Sweet, sweet ipad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLTspX9nZr8&feature=player_embedded
Mar 10, 2010
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Mac Slater Hunts the Cool Book Trailer
Mar 09, 2010
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Freewriting my way into the morning. Abstained from starting with email which is some kind of first for me. Hope I can make it a habit.
Mar 09, 2010
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@Jay619Jay I'd love to come back to St Andrews and by all means on the Facebook page. Good luck finding members! Send me the link if you can
Mar 09, 2010
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Outlining new draft. Feeling out the story. Coming to understand it. I like this part of process. And big congrats @twitofalili
Mar 09, 2010
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4 or 5 notebooks on the go at one time. Millions of dollars worth of ideas getting lost daily. GooglePaper is the only way forward.
Mar 08, 2010
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Lunch. Reading Joseph Campbell biography, 'A Fire in the Mind'. Inspiring man.
Mar 07, 2010
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@WilliamKostakis Hmmm. The Vamp Academy app did point to a future where novels are snacked on rather than consumed as a meal.
Mar 07, 2010
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Two cool ipad vids: Penguin UK's vision for books: http://bit.ly/9RpPPh (Thanks @WilliamKostakis) and the @Wired app: http://tiny.cc/kGPDU
Mar 07, 2010
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@twitofalili Great call on Marty McFly for Anticool. True, anticool isn't new but endlessly interesting. Holden Caulfield, Alex P Keaton...
Mar 07, 2010
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Great ad: RT @tedxsydney I saw this great Google ad during Superbowl & then again last week at #TED http://bit.ly/cgI04A Seen it?
Mar 06, 2010
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@kate_eltham Jealous that ur at #TEDxBrisbane. I'm super keen to get to @tedxsydney in May. Have fun!
Mar 06, 2010
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The Rise of Anti-Cool? Interesting article on the imperfection of new teen heroes: http://tiny.cc/5R1px (Thanks @YPulse)
Mar 05, 2010
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I know. Paper srsly needs a search function. RT @dawnmetcalf The problem with using steno pads to jot down notes: they all look the same!
Mar 04, 2010
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About to re-read manuscript after three weeks away from it. Here's hoping someone hacked my computer, edited it and did something brilliant.
Mar 04, 2010
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@postteentrauma re: "you're brave!" (for trying work-in-progress out on kids). I haven't done it much but I'll definitely do it more.
Mar 04, 2010
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Thanks for the #FFs @MCLibrarian and @ThereseFerguson
Mar 04, 2010
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RT @jamesroy68: Anonymity Jones (Woolshed Press) is out now. Buy your copy today, and remember, 10% of the cover price goes to a worthy cause.
Mar 04, 2010
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I just took a photo and made a phone call with my book.
Mar 04, 2010
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On ferry reading @doctorow's 'Content' in Stanza. I only want to read books on iPhone from now on. Paper is dead. Long live paper.
Mar 04, 2010
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Watched Beverly Hills Cop last night. I think reliving my childhood is my favourite pastime.
Mar 03, 2010
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Watched Beverly Hills Cop last night. Knew every line. The ending's still the same. Even twenty
Mar 03, 2010
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Have been testing work-in-progress on school groups this week. Such an education seeing what grips kids & where the story's soft bits are.
Mar 03, 2010
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Trying out some new writing on kids today. Always interesting to see what grabs them and what doesn't.
Feb 28, 2010
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Running workshops in Brisbane. Write in afternoon. Think I have a solution for a short story I'm wrestling with. Hope it's a good week for u
Feb 28, 2010
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#FF Filmmakers, Authors & Bookbloggers: @leeunkrich @drwave @anthonyeaton @SLQEdge @chasingray @laurelsnyder @michaeljpryor @gusgordon
Feb 26, 2010
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Reading excellent article from Harvard Business Review @harvardbiz on how they foster collaborative culture of creativity at @DisneyPixar.
Feb 25, 2010
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Reading excellent article from Harvard Business Review (www.hbr.org) on how they foster the collaborative culture of creativity at Pixar.
Feb 25, 2010
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Thanks for trailer links @LaurelSnyder @tommydonbavand and @KookiesKrumble. Will take a look! Anybody else have link to great book trailer?
Feb 24, 2010
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Oooh! Trailer for new Karate Kid movie with Jackie Chan: http://tiny.cc/0E7WG No Macchio sadly but you can't have it all. (Thanks @ypulse)
Feb 24, 2010
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Know of any brilliant Book Trailers? I'm running trailer-making workshops ahead of Whitsunday Voices Fest and I'd love to hear your faves!
Feb 24, 2010
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Watching vid of @joeyjaws Chestnut win world hotdog eating championship in Coney Island, NY. 68 dogs in 12 minutes. http://tiny.cc/uTLr7
Feb 24, 2010
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Locked myself out of house yesterday. Wrote short story on back of takeaway order pad at cafe. Love them enforced tech breaks.
Feb 24, 2010
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Just put up 2-minute intro vid to me & 'Mac Slater Hunts the Cool' ahead of US April release www.youtube.com/tristanbancks Love u 2 comment!
Feb 24, 2010
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Just uploaded 2-minute intro vid to me & 'Mac Slater Hunts the Cool' ahead of US April release youtube.com/tristanbancks Love u 2 comment!
Feb 24, 2010
Tristan Bancks:
Mac Slater Hunts the Cool
Feb 24, 2010
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Intro to Author Tristan Bancks and 'Mac Slater Hunts the Cool'
Feb 24, 2010
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@emilyreads Good point. We need water-proof picture book e-readers to stop babies short-circuiting them with drool. #kidlitchat
Feb 23, 2010
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I like this: RT @gregpincus Imagine, with an e-book, you could be in a book club with anyone, anywhere reading that same ebook? #kidlitchat
Feb 23, 2010
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I think our nostalgic love of paper books is a bit like the people who thought CDs would never trump vinyl. #kidlitchat
Feb 23, 2010
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@chantalkirkland @tiffanyaneal @jamesburksart @David_JWest E-readers with comforting old-book-stink are the next big thing. #kidlitchat
Feb 23, 2010
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@gregpincus @DeeScribe Agreed. However the novel evolves Story still king. Or queen. I think the future looks fun. #kidlitchat
Feb 23, 2010
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@RebeccAgent Re: book reviews in newspapers, I wonder if the papers will hold as much sway in that regard in future. #kidlitchat
Feb 23, 2010
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@gregpincus How do you see the novel evolving going forward? Someone pointed out to me that novel doesn't exist in many cultures #kidlitchat
Feb 23, 2010
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I have a hope that publishers will begin to partner more with other content providers to fund bigger multi-platform projects #kidlitchat
Feb 23, 2010
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@adamselzer I like yr tweet on the evolution not just being e versions of books but an entirely new form. This is our job, si? #kidlitchat
Feb 23, 2010
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In 'Content' @Doctorow compares VHS and e-books. Home vid created more opp's to see movies rather than killing cinema. I like it #kidlitchat
Feb 23, 2010
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@KateMessner Re: space for diversity in era of 'next big thing', I feel the e-revolution might make this more possible! #kidlitchat
Feb 23, 2010
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RT @Buffyandrews Good thing is that we are able to reach readers via multiple platforms whatever way works for them. Awesomeness #kidlitchat
Feb 23, 2010
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My greatest hope is that we,as writers, embrace new forms rather than run scared. And that this creates infinite opportunities #kidlitchat
Feb 23, 2010
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My greatest hope is that we, as writers, can embrace new forms rather than run scared. And that this will create infinite opportunities.
Feb 23, 2010
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Wow! Big topic. Hopes and fears for the future of publishing and children's books... #kidlitchat
Feb 23, 2010
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Following the fun and furious-paced # kidlitchat for the next hour so apol's if I tweet too much. Come join in if you're in the kidlit biz.
Feb 23, 2010
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RT @gregpincus A cartoonnetwork.com Diary of a Wimpy Kid (@DiaryWimpyKid) movie site - http://bit.ly/c3Am3M
Feb 22, 2010
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First speaking session for the year went well. Kids were really animated. I mean they were 'lively', rather than being CGI.
Feb 22, 2010
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@bookboy good to hear! Who do you find the Nit Boy books work best for? What age?do they work for upper primary, too?
Feb 22, 2010
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Speaking at a school on Gold Coast today. Writing a short story on the go. Feeling good. Hope you are, too.
Feb 22, 2010
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Listening to @rundmc 's 'King of Rock'. Best song ever. Music vid here: http://tiny.cc/jbVmn
Feb 21, 2010
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Working on US edit of 'Mac Slater Hunts the Cool 2: I ♥ NY' today. Not too many tweaks. Ed's been kind.Nice to be in NY mindspace #macslater
Feb 21, 2010
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"...the core skill of an innovator is error recovery not failure avoidance." Pixar Uni's Randy Nelson on @edutopia http://tinyurl.com/4yuoex
Feb 21, 2010
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'Innovation Inc.' http://tiny.cc/go9Pi Interesting article on Pixar's approach to story, nurturing creativity and its Google-cool workspace
Feb 21, 2010
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@sarahhazelton Don't tell me you play the ukelele, Hazo. You are such a dark horse!
Feb 21, 2010
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Previous quote was Pixar story artist @jpidgeon speaking to the @pixarTalk blog. Reading lots on Pixar story process after seeing UP again.
Feb 21, 2010
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'[Pete Docter's] always trying to tell a story about a world no one’s seen b4 but with humor and feelings everyone understands' - @PixarTalk
Feb 21, 2010
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RT @Brukhar 21 Unbelievable Photographs of Mars http://bit.ly/9AcmGJ
Feb 19, 2010
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#FF @ypulse @gregpincus @jensbookpage @CQAus @MCLibrarian @NASA @FuseEight @youngleadersday @wired @tedtalks @thecreativepenn @doctorow ;-)
Feb 19, 2010
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So hard to start laying words on the page some days. I wonder if there are bricklayers out there who have not yet laid a brick today.
Feb 18, 2010
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V. interesting on Author as 'Content Creator': Authorship in Information Age http://short.to/17sa1 via @teleread 9. Thanks @thecreativepenn
Feb 18, 2010
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Letting the contents settle. Usually takes half an hour before the flow of words. Oh, and, Wisdom Teeth: Please don't push. It's rude.
Feb 18, 2010
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RT @tweetmeme An extraordinary cruncher-app of web-stats. Everything on web, right now. Social Media Counts | AFTRS LAMP http://bit.ly/DhjD6
Feb 18, 2010
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Reading @DOCTOROW 's 'Content' on iphone. First thing I've been able to stick at on the iP. He's an inspiring chap.
Feb 18, 2010
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RT Brain-Controlled Devices Work Eerily Well "your brain adapts quickly as device in computer network" http://bit.ly/afAXhS via @GaryPHayes
Feb 18, 2010
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Brain-Controlled Devices Work Eerily Well "your brain adapts quickly as a device in a computer network" http://bit.ly/afAXhS via @GaryPHayes
Feb 18, 2010
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'After oxygen and carbon, humans are made up of stories; telling and craving them is elemental to our existence.' - @paigeawilliams
Feb 17, 2010
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@misscackle Ha! Too funny. Who didn't want to meet the Fresh Prince? And it's OK. I didn't feel stalked.
Feb 17, 2010
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Reminiscing about childhood in a notepad under the guise of 'research'. Surrounded by dozens of other similar pads full of mad scratchings.
Feb 17, 2010
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Deeply cool: The @wired magazine ipad app. The near-future or Present of Print. http://shar.es/m1i7i
Feb 17, 2010
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RT @gregpincus: RT @kdueykduey: http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6718748.html Career building,worth reading. #kidlitchat
Feb 16, 2010
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Thanks to all. Lots to think about post my first #kidlitchat
Feb 16, 2010
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@emilytastic Intriguing! RT:It's like #4 on my "projects to try" list after my Jersey Devil YA and my Austin TX ukulele rockbook #kidlitchat
Feb 16, 2010
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Re: school visits, it is super-handy to have books for a spread of ages in order to adapt (and, indeed, survive sometimes) #kidlitchat
Feb 16, 2010
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RT @KateMessner: @gregpincus Love the TOWEL acronym from the PEN panel...talent, optimism, widespread interests, endurance, and luck. #kidlitchat
Feb 16, 2010
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RT @dlschubert: Howdy, y'all. Sorry I'm ridiculously late. My agent says whatever genre you "hit" in is the one you'll be writing for a while. #kidlitchat
Feb 16, 2010
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@gregpincus In terms of testing ideas on stage, I admire authors who try ideas out on school groups as they develop them. #kidlitchat
Feb 16, 2010
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@gregpincus Film can be great training, too. Writing / editing films (esp short) has made me a more ruthless editor of own books #kidlitchat
Feb 16, 2010
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@wendyorr That's true. And trying to genre-bend can just make us more certain on what it is we love to or 'must' write. #kidlitchat
Feb 16, 2010
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Creatively, crossing age-groups, genres, styles can be exciting. One feeds the other in unexpected ways. #kidlitchat
Feb 16, 2010
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@EgmontGal Interesting:RT The people who push back are the sales reps! And the buyers, and the public. Not pubs/marketing/agents #kidlitchat
Feb 16, 2010
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Maybe it's the authors' job to push boundaries on what they're 'allowed' to publish and agent/pub/marketing's job to push back? #Kidlitchat
Feb 16, 2010
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Perhaps it's poss for authors to publish for multiple age groups until they discover which they love, where their interest lies #Kidlitchat
Feb 16, 2010
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I think, for authors,creatively, it is advantageous to be able to cross genres and age groups. 'Brand' wise,si, one focus better #Kidlitchat
Feb 16, 2010
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I'll be doing Kidlitchat for the next hour so apol's if too many tweets. Come join in! Just put a hash before the kidlitchat and you're away
Feb 16, 2010
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@astred Hey, good to make contact! Hope you're really well.
Feb 16, 2010
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RT @ypulse HuffPo on pioneers of multi-platform YA publishing: http://tinyurl.com/y8j987h . This is an excellent article! Thanks YP.
Feb 16, 2010
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@wendyorr I had that email, too, for a book published a couple of years ago. ArtsNSW. Anyway, good luck! Bring on the retrospective funding.
Feb 16, 2010
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For the Ladies on the Twits... Bookish handbags - www.olympialetan.com/O_._L_._T.html
Feb 16, 2010
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Good tips on delegating for entrepreneurs and writers. 'How to delegate if you don't have staff.' http://tiny.cc/6pGJa . By @MichaelHyatt
Feb 16, 2010
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@kirstymurray Go you!
Feb 15, 2010
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Finally reading T.S. Spivet. Thanks @ShearersBooks. It's a beautiful book. It feels good. Also has great interactive potential on ipad!
Feb 15, 2010
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Anyone going to Beers For Books with @johnwoodRTR founder of Room to Read Wed night in Syd? www.beersforbooks.org Raising $ for kid literacy
Feb 15, 2010
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Thanks for your kind words @sarahhazelton @KarenCollum and @katrinagermein and for the RTs @RossLeadership and @Zoe_Walton
Feb 15, 2010
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RT @ThereseFerguson: @tristanbancks Today is International Childhood Cancer Day. Follow @OCFAustralia and donate at www.ocf.com.au #kidscancercure
Feb 15, 2010
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Illustration on 'Mac Slater' cover by all-round-cool-guy Gianluca Fallone. His other stuff is here: www.gianlucafallone.com #macslater
Feb 14, 2010
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Exciting. (For me, anyway.) Just saw US cover of my book 'Mac Slater Hunts the Cool' on web for 1st time: http://tiny.cc/4fgpf #macslater
Feb 14, 2010
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Found the best book on Creativity, Life-living and maintaining your Juice: ‘How to Be an Explorer of the World’ www.kerismith.com/shop.htm .
Feb 14, 2010
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Planning Day. Looking at the business side of writing. I have too few of these. Listening to Bon Iver - www.boniver.org (Thanks @gusgordon)
Feb 14, 2010
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Interesting article on how the word 'Cool' is travelling & positive news on Millennials http://tiny.cc/xc0s0 from @Ypulse pres Dan Coates
Feb 14, 2010
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'Why Are You for Killing Bookstores?' article... http://tiny.cc/meHu0 . Are things this dire for bricks-and-mortar bookstores? Surely not.
Feb 12, 2010
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RT @sljournal: People Who Need People: How 11 intrepid users get the most out of social media http://bit.ly/8Zya1h #smw
Feb 12, 2010
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Manuscript sent. Yeehaw! Many months of work, coffee, music, chocolate, research, interviews, travelling, tightening,polishing. Happy w/end!
Feb 12, 2010
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@mike_sh Thanks 4 Mid-G Reads! When You Reach Me-Rebecca Stead. Game of the Goose-Ursula Dubosarsky. Story of Tracy Beaker-Jacqueline Wilson
Feb 11, 2010
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@MCLibrarian Thanks kindly. I will check those out. Mr Chickee's Funny Money sounds interesting.
Feb 11, 2010
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Any tips on brilliant middle-grade fiction to read? I'm looking for something as good as 'Holes'.
Feb 11, 2010
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Listening to U2's 'Beautiful Day', the song that woke the astronauts on @NASA 's Endeavour space shuttle this morning. Great writing track.
Feb 11, 2010
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Manuscript D-Day. Tightening, tweaking, polishing, sweetening, eliminating.
Feb 11, 2010
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RT @gregpincus What Influences Readers Online? http://bit.ly/dy1rHw
Feb 11, 2010
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@Little_Bookroom Cover thoughts on Zusak's 'When Dogs Cry' reissue: http://bit.ly/b8gJda I like it more than orig cover. And what a book!
Feb 10, 2010
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50 great books for boys and men from @artofmanliness . There are some really excellent choices here: http://tiny.cc/XPyFa
Feb 10, 2010
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Watching homemade rockets on Youtube. For research. There's some cool and crazy stuff going down in the backyards of America.
Feb 10, 2010
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Without the ability to delude oneself it would be extremely difficult to write a book. The drafting process requires epic levels of faith.
Feb 10, 2010
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I think I just solved a story problem in my current manuscript by reading Fantastic Mr Fox. Thanks Boggis, Bunce and Bean. (And Dahl.)
Feb 10, 2010
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RT @OCFAustralia: On Monday it's kids cancer day, please help us spread the word if u can spare a tweet #kidscancercure
Feb 10, 2010
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@misrule_au I find www.box.net better than yousendit. Easier and I think it lets you upload bigger files.
Feb 10, 2010
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@Zoe_Walton Thanks Zo. T.
Feb 10, 2010
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RT @gregpincus: Good read: Ex music exec now author compares digitzation's impact on both industries: http://bit.ly/ay10jV (via @PWKidsBookshelf)
Feb 10, 2010
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I miss @gregpincus 's #kidlitchat every week and every week's transcript is so interesting. Nuts. Might have to resort to writing a reminder
Feb 10, 2010
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Checking out Animal Kingdom website http://tr.im/akthemovie . Aus Writer / Director David Michod won Sundance World Cinema Jury Prize 2010.
Feb 09, 2010
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Japanese cell-phone novel written by 15-year-old sells 110,000 copies in paperback. (Thanks to @ypulse for the lead!) http://tiny.cc/GZSx2
Feb 09, 2010
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@IllustratorGus Hey, happy birthday, big man. I hear your 50s are the best decade of your life, so lap it up.
Feb 09, 2010
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Is Twitter the epitome or the antithesis of living in the moment?
Feb 09, 2010
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My fave feeling: When you forget about keyboard and screen and where you are and that you must breathe, and you're totally inside your story
Feb 08, 2010
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RT @FuseEight: The Top 100 Children's Novels countdown begins today. Check out #100-91 - http://bit.ly/b0xMj4 #kidlitc (via @gregpincus)
Feb 08, 2010
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For an extraordinary performance by an Australian actor, check out @TheMGeorge in In Treatment. Watched 1st ep on DVD tonight. Deeply good.
Feb 08, 2010
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All 6 astronauts are aboard Endeavour and hatch is closed. The Close Out Crew will verify integrity of hatch seal before leaving (via @NASA)
Feb 08, 2010
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I have Friday book deadline so I'd be in chair tomorrow. Monday? No chance. Sadly you can't just give up writing tho. $ or not, I'd be back
Feb 08, 2010
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My wife has a certain look that she gives only when something has gone wrong with an Apple product. It scares me a little bit.
Feb 07, 2010
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Writing this book is really taking up a lot of my tweeting time.
Feb 07, 2010
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@valeriekhoo Hey, congrats Valerie. Great pic. And cheers for all the good vibes you put out in the world.
Feb 04, 2010
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Big thanks in advance to @powderfinger_au 's Odyssey Number Five and the Kit Kat Corporation for driving me through the next hour of writing
Feb 04, 2010
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I've been reading The Four Hour Work Week by @tferriss . Is four hours possible as a writer? Maybe I need to write shorter books. Pamphlets?
Feb 04, 2010
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RT @Tara_Moss: 'I have a deadline. I'm glad. I think that will help me get it done.' - Michael Chabon
Feb 04, 2010
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20 Greatest Movies About Writers. http://bit.ly/ac9mdr (from @DFTVYP) (via @twitofalili) I also love The Door in the Floor (illo/writer)
Feb 03, 2010
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@bookboy No. But nits can be slippery suckers. It's a challenge to get inside their heads and understand what drives them emotionally.
Feb 02, 2010
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Welcome to Twitter, @ShearersBooks! (via @sarahhazelton)
Feb 02, 2010
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Sometimes trying to understand your main character is as difficult as trying to understand yourself. They're so close that they're invisible
Feb 02, 2010
Twitter:
@kirstymurray I hear you. I think it's heat and all the other cool things u can do in January that are more pleasant than work. Good luck!
Jan 26, 2010
Twitter:
Have had a twitatical. A sabtwitical? Anyway, I've had a break from Twitter. Back now. 3 weeks from book deadline. Writing to Jay-z album.
Jan 26, 2010
Twitter:
Why do airports and large shopping centres refuse to recycle? It seems bizarre that we all do it at home but these places are immune.
Jan 15, 2010
Twitter:
1st question in library Q & A session this morning: 'Do you like cheese?' Clearly my mission to inspire love of literature is right on track
Jan 14, 2010
Twitter:
Off to Brisbane to give library talks & run workshops for 3 days. Should be fun. Love seeing kids get loose with fresh ideas. Hope yr happy
Jan 12, 2010
Twitter:
Welcome to 2010. Is this the future? It feels vaguely 2009esque to me.
Jan 10, 2010
Twitter:
Hey @tempanydeckert . Welcome to Twitter! May your stay be both rich and real.
Jan 10, 2010
Twitter:
@katrinagermein Thanks kindly!
Jan 06, 2010
Author Voices:
The Importance of Noise to the Writer
Dec 22, 2009
YouTube:
Hugh Evans calls Aussies to speak up to Rudd on aid
Dec 21, 2009
Twitter:
I love the smell of a fresh Moleskine in the afternoon. Smells like... victory.
Dec 20, 2009
Twitter:
Hey @anthonyeaton and @misrule_au . I'm enjoying your Friday #firstworlddisasters
Dec 18, 2009
Twitter:
I once ate a large popcorn in a movie & forgot to buy a drink. I had to nose-breathe for 2hrs to avoid missing anything #firstworlddisasters
Dec 17, 2009
Tristan Bancks:
John Boyne on Mac Slater
Dec 17, 2009
Twitter:
Mac Slater book 1 short-listed for children's choice book award with International School Libraries Network. Shortlist: http://tiny.cc/kh40Z
Dec 17, 2009
Twitter:
2000 words from the end of a 40,000 word draft. I can almost smell the holidays. Been a big year. Running on good coffee and blind faith now
Dec 17, 2009
Twitter:
Saw an extraordinary interview with actor Tony Curtis last night. Download: @abciview Shrink Rap http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/view/487643
Dec 16, 2009
Twitter:
@linlygoh @Zoe_Walton @lauravazquez @bookboy @kristinaschulz Thanks for the good vibes on the move! May you be well and happy.
Dec 16, 2009
Twitter:
@michaeljpryor Yeehaw!
Dec 16, 2009
Twitter:
Making a move to Sydney in the new year after ten years in Byron. People look on me with eyes of pity but I'm excited.
Dec 16, 2009
Twitter:
Cool USB shared drive sofas: http://tiny.cc/NNEPB . (Thanks @trendcentral)
Dec 16, 2009
Twitter:
Writing and listening to Green Day's American Idiot. Good writing album. 'Are We the Waiting' a classic '80s-movie sounding track.
Dec 15, 2009
Twitter:
My Change the World short for kids plays Wild and Scenic Film Fest Jan 15-17 before US tour. Can't make it? See it here http://tiny.cc/BhTly
Dec 15, 2009
Twitter:
I think Twilight's gonna be the next big thing. You watch. This time next year everyone will have heard of it. They might even make a movie.
Dec 15, 2009
Twitter:
Writing a book requires supreme stubbornness. So good when it finally reads like it's fit for human consumption, though. Have a great night.
Dec 15, 2009
Twitter:
Ready to do battle with the afternoon's re-writes, a Buzz mug of green tea as my friend. Hope yours is sweet.
Dec 14, 2009
Twitter:
I'm liking www.box.net for transfer of big files. It saved me yesterday and was super user-friendly.
Dec 14, 2009
Twitter:
@trizzlesticks Do I really know things? I'm not so sure that I do. Oh, the @WilliamKostakis thing. But I thought nobody could speak of that?
Dec 14, 2009
Twitter:
Just finished fast and furious online chat session with libraries all over QLD. Lots of funny stuff about gherkins, peanut butter and nits!
Dec 14, 2009
Twitter:
A short interview about the way I tackle my writing on author Christine Harris's blog: http://tiny.cc/A4bx8
Dec 14, 2009
Twitter:
@Fleech That reading room at the state library is the best, huh? I can feel the flow from here, old boy.
Dec 13, 2009
Twitter:
All schools smell vaguely of sandwiches. Where wld the sandwich industry be without parental support? The lamb peeps must be sick with envy.
Dec 13, 2009
Twitter:
Just had practice sesh 4 Summer Reading Club e-chat happening 2morrow @ 11 (QLD) through State Lib of Q. www.summerreadingclub.slq.gov.au
Dec 13, 2009
Twitter:
@misrule_au Si, si, senorita. WTWTA fantastic.
Dec 13, 2009
Twitter:
Win a newborn Moleskine notebook from @JMTohline: http://tiny.cc/6Qoy3
Dec 13, 2009
Twitter:
If you write about your fears do those things then come true? Like Stephen King being hit by the minivan? Or do you extinguish those fears?
Dec 13, 2009
Twitter:
A thought on Where the Wild Things Are and participating joyfully in the sorrows of the world. http://tristanbancksflow.blogspot.com
Dec 13, 2009
Tristan Bancks:
Where the Wild Things Are
Dec 13, 2009
Twitter:
@misrule_au I want to live in the land of the Wild Things. And I want a double re-cracker like Max's.
Dec 13, 2009
Twitter:
@WilliamKostakis I didn't think you were supposed to delete words! Please tell me that you put them in another file, old man. I'm disturbed.
Dec 13, 2009
Twitter:
@bookboy Thanks kindly for reading 'it's yr life'. Glad you enjoyed it. Hope it's been a relaxing weekend.
Dec 13, 2009
Twitter:
Spike Jonze, a short interview, on adapting Where the Wild Things Are for the screen. http://tiny.cc/6a2J3
Dec 08, 2009
Twitter:
Just removed 4500-word block from manuscript. Hope to work some of it back in but ms. in better shape without it & I feel lighter. #zenslash
Dec 08, 2009
Twitter:
@anthonyeaton I loved reading your Hemingtweets. I drafted a twist on the opening of A Moveable Feast but was daunted by your mastery.
Dec 08, 2009
Twitter:
Writing a creepy, late night scene set in the bowels of a spaceport. Good flow today. More written in two hours than in eight yesterday. :-)
Dec 08, 2009
Twitter:
@lauravazquez I thought 1 December was standard practice for Crimbo tree-raising?
Dec 07, 2009
Twitter:
RT @JMTohline Important page - helping to spread the joy of reading to those less privileged than ourselves: www.RoomToRead.org
Dec 07, 2009
Twitter:
Using images that feel like the book I'm writing as a desktop slideshow. They change every hour and re-inspire me on the story. I recommend.
Dec 06, 2009
Twitter:
Checking out lots of great indie / altern music recommendations from @IllustratorGus. Music be the lifeblood of the writer alone in a room.
Dec 06, 2009
Twitter:
Two other tracks I love to write to - Phoenix's (@wearephoenix) 'Too Young' and 'If I Ever Feel Better' - www.myspace.com/wearephoenix
Dec 03, 2009
Twitter:
Listening to 'Keep Warm' by We Were Promised Jet Packs- @wwpj. Great to write to. Big anthemic build. www.myspace.com/wewerepromisedjetpacks
Dec 03, 2009
Twitter:
About to launch into freewrite rave before tackling the day's word count. Hope it's a happy and productive one for you.
Dec 03, 2009
Twitter:
RT @gregpincus Good post by @JaneFriedman on marketing and promotion (the challenges and what to do about it) - http://bit.ly/7LoYB4
Dec 03, 2009
Twitter:
Tough to decide, when re-writing, whether to demolish a scene & start over or just renovate. I like it when I'm bold enough to start over.
Dec 03, 2009
Twitter:
Reading Louis Sachar's 'Holes' during gaps in my writing day. I like his economy. He says a lot with a little.
Dec 01, 2009
Twitter:
Cory Doctorow - @doctorow - vid interview on positive aspects of kids and technology. (Thanks @YPulse for the link.)
Dec 01, 2009
Twitter:
Writing a food scene with outrageous desserts. Making me hungry. And giving me a slight toothache at the back on the left hand side.
Dec 01, 2009
Twitter:
A new draft by Christmas. That's the dream. 2500 words a day. Today it began. Must stay loose enough to let the unexpected in.
Nov 30, 2009
Twitter:
Reading final pages of first US Mac Slater manuscript. Only a couple of tiny tweaks. Can't wait to see that puppy in hardback. Hope ur well!
Nov 29, 2009
Twitter:
Congrats to the Inkys winners! #inkys http://www.insideadog.com.au/yoursay/index.php
Nov 25, 2009
Twitter:
@debraleeann Hi, thanks for the kind message. Hope you're really well!
Nov 25, 2009
Twitter:
Enjoying new US Esquire mag with Augmented Reality, bringing Robert Downey Jr & others alive when I tilt mag at webcam. www.esquire.com/AR
Nov 22, 2009
Twitter:
Stevie Wonder doing 'Superstition' on Sesame: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ul7X5js1vE
Nov 18, 2009
Twitter:
Hey @kristinaschulz Welcome to Twitsville, Tennessee. Fave Sesame St moment? Stevie Wonder cameo. www.sesamestreet.org/onair/history/vote
Nov 18, 2009
Twitter:
@belindacjeffrey It was actually my grandfather's arm. Will let him know. Is it still sew-back-on-able or too far gone now?
Nov 17, 2009
Twitter:
Road-testing unconventional nit cures on kids 4 Nine show, The Shak, today. Mayo, vegemite, peanut butter etc. Will let u know if they work!
Nov 17, 2009
Twitter:
Interesting Naomi Klein piece on Climate Debt: Poor nations feeling 80% of climate effects. Rich nations shld pay http://tiny.cc/0Mbps
Nov 17, 2009
Twitter:
Great discussion with improvisational actors from Mac Slater book gig last week. Melbourne seems a rich hub for creative idea exchange.
Nov 16, 2009
Twitter:
@twitofalili The balance of coffee, chocolate, food, water in system is so integral to the writing process, huh? Hope chocolate heals you.
Nov 16, 2009
Twitter:
Thnx 4 ListLove @Tara_Moss/authors-bibliophiles @LibrarianIdol/writers @wwwkarentyrrell/aussie-writers @AitkenLibrary/authors @Lozzaloulilei
Nov 16, 2009
Twitter:
Morning pages. Warming up for day. Creative gymnasia on the page. Letting fragments fall away to find something whole. Happy day to you.
Nov 16, 2009
Twitter:
Do you think you can sue the Lego Corporation for injuries sustained by treading on pieces of their product? #StabbedByaSteeringWheel
Nov 16, 2009
Twitter:
Fascinating chats with author @michaeljpryor & youthlit guru @mike_sh re: space stations, Thomas Malthus, science faction & The Right Stuff
Nov 15, 2009
Twitter:
Reading back zero draft of new book. Far more palatable than my worst fears had led me to believe.
Nov 15, 2009
Twitter:
Thanks Official92!
Nov 15, 2009
Twitter:
Coffee and croissant in Centre Place Melbourne. I love these laneways. So much flow. Feel like I could write forever here.
Nov 12, 2009
Twitter:
Mac Slater onstage today in Melb thanks 2 State Library of Victoria. Excerpts from books performed then Q and A. Nice. I love this city.
Nov 12, 2009
Twitter:
Meeting in Melb today with animators and producer of animated series based on my Nit boy books. Talking B/Gs, lighting & look. Fun.
Nov 12, 2009
Author Voices:
Hi From Tristan Bancks
Nov 12, 2009
Twitter:
Super-inspiring kids & teens: RT @LynMikel Let's hear it for kids making a difference: http://bit.ly/1NKPB Huffpost- ADOLESCENT ACTIVISTS .
Nov 10, 2009
Twitter:
@Esprit77 For me starting to write new novel is poss easier than finishing reading novel I'm not enjoying.The writing is inspiration-fuelled
Nov 10, 2009
Twitter:
A thought-provoking @YPulse piece on @LynMikel 's new book 'Packaging Boyhood'.I think this is really worth discussing. http://tiny.cc/TmwOY
Nov 10, 2009
Twitter:
Win a copy of Anthony Horowitz's new Alex Rider novel, Crocodile Tears (released worldwide tomorrow), at http://boysblokesbooks.edublogs.org
Nov 10, 2009
Twitter:
What's better? Reading books or buying them? I'm undecided.
Nov 10, 2009
Twitter:
@michaeljpryor Hey Michael. I really enjoy your Twitstyle, the blow-by-blow account as you work through aspects of writing. Hope ur well.
Nov 09, 2009
Twitter:
This is hilarious! (In a writer-geek kind of way). RT @misrule_au @Zoe_Walton How to write badly well: http://bit.ly/1JJaGc
Nov 08, 2009
Tristan Bancks:
Mac Slater On Stage
Nov 06, 2009
Twitter:
Dalai Lama is following my tweets. How funny. And is it just me or is it somehow wrong that Kutcher has 3 mil followers and DL has 100,000?
Nov 05, 2009
Twitter:
WIN a copy of the 8th Alex Rider book, Crocodile Tears (out 12 Nov), right now @ www.boysblokesbooks.edublogs.org . Please RT if poss. :-)
Nov 04, 2009
Twitter:
@IllustratorGus Site's looking great, Gusto. I love webspaces that feel organic and take the edge off the polished feel of the 'puter screen
Nov 04, 2009
Twitter:
@lauravazquez Hey Vaz. You too. I like your feelgood quotes on the Twit.
Nov 04, 2009
Twitter:
I just blogged some fun Nit Boy cover art created by kids! Bug warning: http://tristanbancksflow.blogspot.com
Nov 03, 2009
Twitter:
RT @JensBookPage 20 Sites and Tools to Encourage Lifelong Reading from @LiteracyLaunch #literacy #kidlit http://tinyurl.com/yfc95oz
Nov 03, 2009
Twitter:
@belindacjeffrey That's great to hear. BSB and Nit Boy are very similar stories, don't you think? ... I feel so shallow.
Nov 03, 2009
Twitter:
Just finished 38500 words in 6 weeks. NaNoWriMo-heads may mock my snail-esque pace and miniscule narrative length but I'm quietly pleased.
Nov 03, 2009
Twitter:
@twitofalili I so feel your pain on those last words of the day. Blood from a stone. Hope they come.
Nov 03, 2009
Twitter:
SMH article from a few weeks back on Sydney's $600 million / annum in wasted food: http://tiny.cc/WNVXG . I'm going freegan.
Nov 01, 2009
Twitter:
Could you live for a year without money? Great article from Mark Boyle, founder of the freeconomy movement - http://tiny.cc/PD0oy
Nov 01, 2009
Twitter:
Reading @belindacjeffrey 's 'Brown Skin Blue'. I love the way dark moments and memories are woven with funny observations & dialogue.
Nov 01, 2009
Twitter:
Who will be first to tweet the end of the world? #endoftheworld
Nov 01, 2009
Twitter:
I just put up a post on Boys, Blokes, Books Blog about Ursula Dubosarsky's (@Terrible_PLOP) excellent Word Spy blog: http://tiny.cc/Nwj6W
Oct 29, 2009
Twitter:
Just blogged about challenges of pushing through an early draft and characters who won't say die. www.tristanbancksflow.blogspot.com
Oct 28, 2009
Tristan Bancks:
Characters Who Just Won't Die
Oct 28, 2009
Twitter:
@TheMGeorge Hey congrats! That's so cool. An AFI nom. What better place to receive the news?
Oct 28, 2009
Twitter:
@SnarkyWench I love the #NaNoWriMo manifesto of enthusiasm and perseverance over painstaking craft to hatch that first draft. V. cool
Oct 28, 2009
Twitter:
@twitofalili I think that's the best book cover, possibly ever. Thanks for tweeting it. http://tiny.cc/297L3
Oct 28, 2009
Twitter:
Shameless self-promotion: Nit Boy won TV pitch contest judged by heads of development from Screen Australia, Screen NSW, ABC and SBS. Nice.
Oct 28, 2009
Twitter:
Just blogged the mystery of writing, how impossible it is to truly break down and share the process of writing a book. http://tiny.cc/ncIN1
Oct 26, 2009
Twitter:
RT @gregpincus Great info! RT @alicepope: On PW: What Do Teens Want? (cool survey of teen über readers) http://tinyurl.com/yfqrfd3
Oct 26, 2009
Tristan Bancks:
The Writing Process
Oct 26, 2009
Twitter:
@Zoe_Walton Thanks for recommending Jasper Jones!
Oct 26, 2009
Twitter:
@IllustratorGus Yes, mate. I saw Wendy in there, too. How is everything going with Wendy? It's a beautiful picture book.
Oct 26, 2009
Twitter:
I vote Jasper Jones the best book I've read this year. Teen appeal and Mockingbird cool. Congrats Craig Silvey. http://tiny.cc/LfCyS
Oct 26, 2009
Twitter:
'Wimpy Kid' book (@DiaryWimpyKid) is free to read online at Funbrain.com – http://tiny.cc/ewgLV – where the whole Wimpy phenom began!
Oct 26, 2009
Twitter:
3000 words written on zero draft of new story. Hanging up the keyboard. One of those days when it just flowed. Sweet justice.
Oct 26, 2009
Twitter:
@Little_Bookroom Kids' Reading Guide looks great! www.kidsreadingguide.com.au
Oct 26, 2009
Twitter:
@becfitzpatrick Good on you! And huge congrats on the NY Times top ten. That is extraordinary. Looking forward to reading it.
Oct 22, 2009
Twitter:
RT @Mashable 15 Twitter Users Shaping the Future of Publishing - http://bit.ly/3YHSDM . This is really worth checking out!
Oct 22, 2009
Twitter:
RT @NathanBransford New blog post on The Week That Changed Publishing: http://bit.ly/9Z9WV
Oct 22, 2009
Twitter:
RT @Zoe_Walton A worthy cause - sign the petition to have a teacher librarian in every Australian school: http://bit.ly/3cDxEd
Oct 22, 2009
Twitter:
Do you dream more vividly when you're writing or doing creative work in the day? I've been having the most detailed, engrossing dreams.
Oct 22, 2009
Twitter:
Blue sky's still out there, people. I just saw it and stood under it. There wasn't even a screen around it.
Oct 22, 2009
Twitter:
Have been checking out digi-novels melding lit, vid and the web at www.vook.com and CSI creator @zuiker 's www.level26.com . Worth a look.
Oct 22, 2009
Twitter:
@TheMGeorge Life is sweet. Writing away. Buenos Aires sounds spectac. Coming 2 NY in new year. Love 2 catch up. Hemmingmyway sounds v. cool!
Oct 22, 2009
Tristan Bancks:
Books for Boys Blog
Oct 15, 2009
Twitter:
Back from week-long break. Just put up a blog post about the power of time off. Life-changing experience. www.tristanbancksflow.blogspot.com
Oct 14, 2009
Tristan Bancks:
The Power of Time Off
Oct 14, 2009
Twitter:
Win David Metzenthen's 'Really Nearly Deadly Canoe Ride'! I just published an interview with Dave at www.boysblokesbooks.edublogs.org
Oct 12, 2009
Tristan Bancks:
Mac Slater Exhibition
Oct 04, 2009
Twitter:
Just published a fun interview on pirates with author Sherryl Clark (aka Captain Blood and @sherrylwriter): www.boysblokesbooks.edublogs.org
Oct 02, 2009
Twitter:
@lauravazquez Yeehaw, Vaz. Hap-py birthday! (for six days' time)
Oct 02, 2009
Twitter:
I blogged The Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park adventure today. Take a tour of HarryTown: www.boysblokesbooks.edublogs.org
Sep 30, 2009
Twitter:
Ten things you can do to change the world. www.tenthingsyoucando.com - very cool, simple site inspired by The Burning Season- @burningseason
Sep 28, 2009
Twitter:
Some thoughts on writing, creating: http://tristanbancksflow.blogspot.com. Hope you're feeling loose and happy.
Sep 28, 2009
Twitter:
Some thoughts on writing, creating: tristanbancksflow.blogspot.com Hope you're feeling loose and happy.
Sep 28, 2009
Tristan Bancks:
Making Stories
Sep 28, 2009
Twitter:
Just blogged Top Ten fave www.TED.com talks (@tedtalks). Unbelievably cool site. Post is at www.tristanbancksflow.blogspot.com . Yr faves?
Sep 27, 2009
Twitter:
Just blogged my Top Ten fave www.TED.com talks (@tedtalks). Unbelievably cool site. Post is at www.tristanbancksflow.blogspot.comYour faves?
Sep 27, 2009
Tristan Bancks:
TED.com Top Ten
Sep 27, 2009
Twitter:
Have you ever noticed that tweeting is easier than meditation? Or working.
Sep 27, 2009
Twitter:
@misrule_au and @twitofalili Big congrats! It's a great thing that you're doing. Hope the Lit Project turns on tons of new readers. Bravo.
Sep 25, 2009
Twitter:
Article on web film distribution/marketing from @insidefilm: http://bit.ly/tFPmR Interesting insight into future issues for book industry?
Sep 24, 2009
Twitter:
@TheMGeorge Old woman George. How are you, toots? Saw Vaz was chatting to you. Life good here. Writing in sunshine. That's cool you're in NY
Sep 24, 2009
Twitter:
@BookBoy That would be fine to grab Nit Boy cover from my site. Thanks for recommending it to peeps.
Sep 24, 2009
Twitter:
@becfitzpatrick Yep, I am. She's a great lady. I have a book coming out with S&S US in April. I see HushHush releases November in Australia!
Sep 24, 2009
Twitter:
Just put up a post on Boys, Blokes, Books about the supercool, revamped @GuysRead website. Check it out at: http://tiny.cc/Adh2R
Sep 24, 2009
Twitter:
Cool pics of 'Where the Wild Things Are' pop-up shop in LA on @kitsunenoir blog here: http://tiny.cc/uni8b . I want to be there now.
Sep 23, 2009
Twitter:
'If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original.' - @SirKenRobinson in his book, 'The Element'.
Sep 22, 2009
Twitter:
@lauravazquez Welcome to Twitsville, Oklahoma. Thanks for finding me. Hope you're well and happy.
Sep 22, 2009
Twitter:
Anyone got a spare robot they're happy to send to the moon? 30 million up for grabs in Google Lunar X Prize. www.googlelunarxprize.org/
Sep 22, 2009
Twitter:
Hey @becfitzpatrick. Ms Drayton suggested I look you up. Love what you're doing on the web. Can't wait to read Hush Hush. Good luck with it!
Sep 22, 2009
Twitter:
Just put up two new blog entries: Highlights of Bris Writers Fest with pics and a Writing Post. http://tiny.cc/kDMJt . Hope it's a great day
Sep 22, 2009
Tristan Bancks:
Brisbane Writer's Fest Highlights 2009
Sep 22, 2009
Tristan Bancks:
Buzz, Ganesh, Research and Writing
Sep 22, 2009
YouTube:
Fun in Space
Sep 21, 2009
YouTube:
The Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre
Sep 21, 2009
YouTube:
Star City: Russia's Cosmonaut Camp
Sep 21, 2009
YouTube:
Astronaut Training at Star City
Sep 21, 2009
YouTube:
Moon 2.0: Join the Revolution
Sep 21, 2009
Twitter:
@bookboy Thanks for the kind wishes. Writing a book has lots of false starts and dead ends but I enjoy the adventure on some sick level.
Sep 21, 2009
Twitter:
Reading a cool book on creativity, 'The Element', by Ken Robinson. Also just checked nice Westerfeld Leviathan trailer: http://tiny.cc/VJPYq
Sep 21, 2009
Author Revealed Answer:
Do you have one sentence of advice for new writers?
Sep 18, 2009
Author Revealed Answer:
What comment do you hear most often from your readers?
Sep 18, 2009
Author Revealed Answer:
What is your birthdate?
Sep 18, 2009
Author Revealed Answer:
What were your previous occupations?
Sep 18, 2009
Author Revealed Answer:
What was/is your favorite job?
Sep 18, 2009
Author Revealed Answer:
Where did you go to high school and/or college?
Sep 18, 2009
Author Revealed Answer:
Name of your favorite composer or music artist?
Sep 18, 2009
Author Revealed Answer:
What is your favorite movie?
Sep 18, 2009
Author Revealed Answer:
What is your favorite television show?
Sep 18, 2009
Author Revealed Answer:
If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
Sep 18, 2009
Author Revealed Answer:
What’s your best quality?
Sep 18, 2009
Author Revealed Answer:
Who is your favorite fictional hero?
Sep 18, 2009
Author Revealed Answer:
What’s your fantasy profession?
Sep 18, 2009
Author Revealed Answer:
What 3 personal qualities are most important to you?
Sep 18, 2009
Author Revealed Answer:
If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be?
Sep 18, 2009
Author Revealed Answer:
How would you describe your life in only 8 words?
Sep 18, 2009
Author Revealed Answer:
What is your motto or maxim?
Sep 18, 2009
Author Revealed Answer:
How would you describe perfect happiness?
Sep 18, 2009
Author Revealed Answer:
What’s your greatest fear?
Sep 18, 2009
Author Revealed Answer:
Which living person do you most admire?
Sep 18, 2009
Author Revealed Answer:
What are your most overused words or phrases?
Sep 18, 2009
Author Revealed Answer:
What do you regret most?
Sep 18, 2009
Author Revealed Answer:
If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?
Sep 18, 2009
Author Revealed Answer:
What is your greatest achievement?
Sep 18, 2009
Author Revealed Answer:
What’s your greatest flaw?
Sep 18, 2009
Author Revealed Answer:
If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be?
Sep 18, 2009
Author Revealed Answer:
What trait is most noticeable about you?
Sep 18, 2009
Author Revealed Answer:
Who is your favorite fictional villain?
Sep 18, 2009
Author Revealed Answer:
What is your biggest pet peeve?
Sep 18, 2009
Author Revealed Answer:
What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing?
Sep 18, 2009
Author Revealed Answer:
What are your 5 favorite songs?
Sep 18, 2009
Author Revealed Answer:
Who are your favorite authors?
Sep 18, 2009
Author Revealed Answer:
What are your 5 favorite books of all time?
Sep 18, 2009
Author Revealed Answer:
Is there a book you love to reread?
Sep 18, 2009
Twitter:
Embarking on zero draft today. Good piece on zero drafting at Dissertation Diva: http://tinyurl.com/lk4a6z . Wish me luck. I'm going in.
Sep 17, 2009
Twitter:
@ariesfur Thanks kindly. Glad you dug the session. :-)
Sep 17, 2009
Twitter:
Must... start... writing. Must... stop... downloading iphone apps (Shakeitpro v. good, though, for polaroid action).
Sep 17, 2009
Twitter:
Have pretty much put life on hold till Ben and Jerrys hits Australia. Life-affirming icecream, esp NY Super Fudge Chunk http://tiny.cc/WWSR9
Sep 17, 2009
Twitter:
A Make Poverty History campaign to help more kids live to their fifth birthday: http://tinyurl.com/mm2uv4
Sep 16, 2009
YouTube:
Charles Simonyi - Space Tourist
Sep 16, 2009
Twitter:
Check out Brisbane Writers Fest over the weekend: @WritersFestival . Some interesting peeps speaking. Some big laughs at Fringe fest, too.
Sep 11, 2009
Twitter:
Just published a short interview with Gus Gordon, illustrator of The Undys series - @IllustratorGus - at www.boysblokesbooks.edublogs.org
Sep 10, 2009
Twitter:
Finished my last session at Brisbane Writers Fest. Bit sad. Have met some great writers and kids throughout this whirlwind week.
Sep 10, 2009
Twitter:
About to step into QLD Writer's Centre cocktail party on roof of Brisbane's gallery of modern art. Great venue. Air smells sweet.
Sep 10, 2009
Twitter:
Co-hosted a session on my book it's yr life. Tempany, my co-author, skyped in from LA. Teen audience seemed 2 dig it. Good times.
Sep 10, 2009
Twitter:
Mac Slater book gig was good. And a funny panel with jack Heath & Charlotte mcconnaghy talking about perils of "success" @ a young age.
Sep 10, 2009
Twitter:
Two huge days speaking at Brisbane Writer's Fest. 8 sessions. Great audiences. So enthusiastic. Sunshine & beautiful state library. Perfect.
Sep 10, 2009
Twitter:
Bris Writer's Fest next week. I've just posted a blog on my sessions at www.tristanbancksflow.blogspot.com & I'll be tweeting the fest here.
Sep 02, 2009
Twitter:
I just blogged new series, Battle Boy, over at Boys, Blokes, Books: http://tiny.cc/Adh2R
Sep 02, 2009
Tristan Bancks:
Brisbane Writer's Festival
Sep 02, 2009

Tristan Bancks Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. ‘Be Scary’ I borrowed it from filmmaker, Robert Rodriguez (El Mariachi, Spy Kids) and it became Mac Slater’s motto in 'Mac Slater Hunts the Cool', too. Q. Which living person do you most admire? A. Amber Melody - my beautiful wife and the most creative, juicy and authentic person I know. And Barack Obama, for his open-mindedness and willingness to reach out to people. And Will Ferrell – for Talladega Nights. Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero? A. Huck Finn. (And Sam Gribley from 'My Side of the Mountain.') Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you? A. Honesty, Authenticity, Fun Q. What is your biggest pet peeve? A. People who talk too loud in cafes. Especially if what they’re saying is interesting. Don’t they know I’m trying to write a book here? Learn more about Tristan Bancks

Authors on the Web

Writers bring books alive at IGS
Ipswich News, March 2, 2010
...Ipswich Grammar School. Some of Australia’s best youth writers, including Martin Chatterton, James Moloney, Pat Flynn and Tristan Bancks, will share their experience with classes during the Monster Month of Mad March Mondays program. Author and...
Boys and reading
Rhondda's Reflections - wandering around the Web, October 23, 2009
...The Guys Read site has had a revamp (Thanks to Tristan Bancks on the Boys, Blokes, Books and Bytes site .) It has a completely new look and feel and it has a lot of cool boys’ book “stuff”. If you have...