Narrelle M Harris: writer | editor | songwriter | crafter
Words are like oxygen
You may have seen me post before about my new(ish) site, Larking Services, which I built to highlight the writing services I provide (including editing, mentoring, workshops and public speaking). If you’re a writer, or you’re interested in the process of writing, you might find some useful tips in those posts. Here are some of the things I’ve been posting […]
» Read moreLook at this gorgeous cover for this fantastic anthology of Australian and New Zealand crime fiction! The anthology, edited by NZ crime fiction expert and author, Craig Sisterson, features writers who are practically crime fiction royalty across those two nations. A lot of the 19 stories bring new tales of characters we already love – Kerry Greenwood’s Corinna Chapman and […]
» Read moreThe upcoming anthology, Queer Weird West Tales (including my story, “Derailed”) is due out in 31 August 2022 – but you can pre-order it now so that it’s in your hands ASAP after that! Frontiers have always attracted the Other – where they find that the Other is always already there. These 22 stories explore what happens when queer characters […]
» Read moreI’m delighted that the latest song from the Duo Ex Machina Song Project is now live and online! Copper Beaches is a song about acknowledging how big and uncaring the universe is – and also how beautiful it is, and how we care for it, and love each other, despite loss and pain. It’s a song about defying nihilism and […]
» Read moreIn a world where wings give everyone the freedom to fly, an artist born wingless uses her art to show the winged world the wonder of the ground. But when she meets a recently injured police officer who finds himself grounded, they will both learn that there is more than one way to soar. Australia and New Zealand From 1 […]
» Read moreI’m delighted to share the news that I have a story in a new LIBRATiger anthology! Frontiers have always attracted the Other – where they find that the Other is always already there. These 22 stories explore what happens when queer characters encounter weirdness on the edge of the worlds they know. Queer Weird West Tales, ed. Julie Bozza After […]
» Read moreAfter I completed the serialisation of The She-Wolf of Baker Street on my Patreon, I came to an important realisation. Being super busy with multiple projects in 2022 meant I could not write a brand new novel to serialise there AT THE SAME TIME as everything else. So, as I mentioned in early February, I’m bringing back my otherwise out […]
» Read moreOnce more, I am travelling! On the fifth attempt! Postponed several times due to pandemic restrictions and most recently by flooding, Tim and I finally managed to fly to Darwin to begin our long-awaited journey down the middle of Australia via the Ghan. Darwin’s tropical heat has taught me to never again travel here in the wet season. The rigours […]
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