Patty Jansen lives in Sydney, Australia, where she spends most of her time writing Science Fiction and Fantasy. Her story This Peaceful State of War placed first in the second quarter of the Writers of the Future contest and was published in their 27th anthology. She has also sold fiction to genre magazines such as Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Redstone SF and Aurealis.
Her novels (available at ebook venues) include Watcher’s Web (soft SF), The Far Horizon (middle grade SF), Charlotte’s Army (military SF) and Fire & Ice, Dust & Rain and Blood & Tears (Icefire Trilogy) (dark fantasy). Her novel Ambassador will be published by Ticonderoga Publication in 2013.
Patty is a member of SFWA, and the cooperative that makes up Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, and she has also written non-fiction.
Find links to all the places where you can buy Patty’s books here
Patty’s page on Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/pattyjansen
Great to meet you, Patty. I’ve been really enjoying your blog and when it comes to the time that I set up mine, I hope to keep it as well as you are doing yours. Same subject, different approach.
I love it too that I can be reading a blog about SF and so far the blogger has nearly always been Australian. Is that a function of networking do you think, or naming the blogs so they are easily found?
By: Rita de Heer on January 16, 2010
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Hey, Rita! Long time no see. You used to be (maybe still are?) at OWW, weren’t you? I seem to remember reading some chapters. What are you doing with yourself these days?
There are quite a lot of aspiring female SF writers in Australia. BTW, search engines seem to favour results from the geographic area you’re in.
By: pattyjansen on January 16, 2010
at 3:50 am
That is amazing, Patty, that you remember me from OWW. I appreciate. I’m with a local (Byron Shire, NSW) specfic writing group now, Vivid Ink Writers. And in synch with your comment, we aspiring women outnumber our lone male specfic writer four to one.
We generally meet fortnightly, once a month for reviewing each others work, writing exercises etc, and once a month for writing related natter, and a yahoo group for in between.
Workshops with NRWC and writing writing writing. Plus blogs and online groups. Always remembering the uneasy boundary between the need to write and the need to network.
By: Rita de Heer on January 17, 2010
at 2:30 am
I got tired with local writing groups. There are only so many times you can see the same story without gnashing your teeth, and when you start gnashing your teeth, you stop being useful to the author
If there are not enough members to allow you to look at someone else’s work for a while, it just becomes a drag. I enjoyed it while it lasted, but I prefer a larger online community, without the implied pressure of continuous mutuality. I don’t mind making a deal with someone to read their material in turn, but I want to be in control as to when and who.
By: pattyjansen on January 17, 2010
at 3:38 am
I can relate to where you are. My group seems to be changing from an actual reviewing group to a group of associates. It seems to me that only the two of us writing at a canter are interested in more of the same. I’ve been trying not to worry about the groups future.
By: Rita de Heer on January 18, 2010
at 1:26 am
I’ll follow avidly.
Regards
N
By: Neil Colquhoun on January 18, 2010
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[...] Patty calls Australia home and is a slush reader for Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine. She writes Beyond Infinity, a great blog featuring hints and tips on SF writing, as well as general information and opinion on the industry. Patty is also a Writers of the Future finalist in 2010, so you know she’s destined for great things. You can find a list of Patty’s published stories here. [...]
By: Launch Issue « Scape on June 3, 2010
at 7:15 am
Good luck with your Finalist story for Q2, vol. 27, WOTF. Australia is becoming well represented, thanks to so much talent emerging Down Under.
By: Brad R. Torgersen on August 15, 2010
at 5:08 am
Thanks, Brad. I hope to join everybody soon on the new forum. I’m having some login issues that will hopefully be resolved soon.
By: pattyjansen on August 15, 2010
at 5:11 am
Hi, nice to meet you !
By: ReadersHeaven on September 23, 2010
at 7:18 am
PATTY! YOU WIN FIRST PLACE! WELL DONE!
By: Brad R. Torgersen on October 21, 2010
at 11:20 pm
thank you! Pity you’re not going to be there. I would love to talk to you. Just friended you here and on LJ. I hang out on LJ informally and here formally. My LJ handle is mikandra
By: pattyjansen on October 21, 2010
at 11:22 pm
I may or may not be there in April. Depends on if scheduling and finances permit it. Will have to see. Eric makes a visit, and I might tag along. Will keep you posted if I am in fact going to be attending.
By: Brad R. Torgersen on October 22, 2010
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[...] Patty Jansen gives us food for thought on the notion of credibility in science fiction. Wrapped in explanations on the nature of communications and distances in space she highlights the importance of writing convincing stories and encourages us to consider the implications of the scenes we set. Treating her post Communication in space as the beginning of an always relevant discussion, we’ll expand on her theme with some minor variations. [...]
By: That’s Incredible on February 16, 2011
at 8:22 am
[...] Name In Lights is a hard SF novelette by Australian Writer Patty Jansen. Now don’t let the tag ‘hard SF’ scare you off, there’s no Astrophysics or hard [...]
By: eBook Review – His Name in Lights by Patty Jansen » Adventures of a Bookonaut - Reviews & Views on Speculative Fiction on April 19, 2011
at 12:18 am
Hello Patti,
You left a comment on my blog about reviewing Watcher’s Web, but I could not find any contact info to get a hold of you. I would be happy to review your book I can be reached at bookblogger.indie(at)gmail(dot).com if you are still interested.
Thanks
Scott
By: Bookblogger on June 7, 2011
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[...] expounding the virtues of blogging as a tool for publicity and self promotion. Have a look at what Patty Jansen has to say in her post Five thoughts about writer publicity. She is right. Personally, I believe [...]
By: Why Do I Have A Blog? on July 17, 2011
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[...] Jansen, author of multiple award-winning short fiction (read more about Patty here): I wrote these posts about [...]
By: Essential synopsis-writing and querying tips from 20 amazing Australian authors: Part 4 of 4 | Zena Shapter on August 29, 2011
at 10:45 pm
Hi Patty,
I was wndering if I could do an email interview with you for my 4 my blog at http://www.johnhoff3.wordpress.com
Thank You,
John Hoff III
By: johnhoff3 on November 12, 2011
at 1:23 pm
Sure. Let me know what you want.
By: pattyjansen on November 14, 2011
at 6:27 am
Hmm, I heard about your winning WotF and so I decided to send a congratulations. After some time of searching this seems to be the best way to do that. I could have missed something someplace but as I said this seems to be the best way.
I used to submit to what is now the Universe Annex forum on Baen’s Bar. My screen name is LDWriter2– you might remember my writing (sigh). I quit for a year or so which was before you got the First place win in WotF. I went back there because I finally wrote a story I said I told everyone I was going to. And since I was there I asked about you because you had been a finalist in WotF before I left. Had to ask for your name since I had forgotten that one detail.
Anyway, as I said already congratulations. It is a nice story worthy of the win.
I mentioned you getting in WotF 27 on my blog. I may even give a short review of the story… as if you need one from me.
Louis
By: Louis Doggett on February 25, 2012
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Hi Patty,
Thanks for following me on Twitter.
I apologize for not following you back. I find myself in a ridiculous situation as Twitter is not allowing me to follow more people, because the number of people following me is not similar to the number I am following. Insane, but there it is. I’m stuck.
Stefan
Email: stefan.vucak@australiaonline.net.au
Website: http://www.stefanvucak.com
Twitter: @stefanvucak
By: Stefan Vucak on November 27, 2012
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