Welcome to the official site of India Drummond – urban fantasy, sci-fi, and romance author. Ordinary Angels, her debut novel, comes out April 2011!
There are some admittedly funny warning signs here in the UK that say things like “Give Way” and “Speed Hump” or even this one, which seems to be a warning against picket fences: (I think it’s actually something to do with railroad crossings, but don’t quote me on that. Yes, I passed my Brit driving test, at which time you have to know these things. Sadly, my brain only... 
I love finding weird news on the web. It’s one of the best functions of the internet: to bring oddness to our doorsteps… err… desktops.
Anyway, I clicked on this article because of the title “Snake Befriends Snack-Hamster”. It made me laugh out loud. Partly because that describes how I feel this morning… like a snack hamster. In fact, I’m going to do everything I... 
From the beginning of the year, Perth has had signs up around the city proclaiming the celebration of its 800th anniversary. Yes, the Fair City was founded in 1210.
I can reasonably go back in my head to the 18th, 17th, and possibly 16th century, but around there things get fuzzy, and the further back I try to visualise, the worse it gets. I suppose it has to do with the way my history teachers barely ... 
Being a Buddhist, the idea of killing someone sends chills down my spine. Even hurting someone’s feelings gives me knots in my stomach, regardless of how bitchy I might seem from time to time.
But as a writer, plotter, and imaginatique (no clue what that “word” means…I just made it up. But I like it!), I do sometimes consider how to get away with murder. The thing is, I think the... 
There are lots of things I’m willing to let government agencies decide for me: speed limits, tax rates, what countries are worth spying on, how many bank notes to print, the price of stamps, the pay scale for forest rangers, whether to sell peas in ounces or grams. That kind of thing.
It’s not that I don’t care about forest rangers or bank notes, but more that I don’t feel a need to... 
I realise that I haven’t been funny in a while. Not that nothing funny has happened in a few months. I mean just the other day ten police officers were hurt in a clothing sale. Of course it’s not funny that people were hurt. It’s just funny why they got hurt. Short answer: cuz people are idiots.
And Sarah Palin “helping” John McCain get re-elected in Arizona was pretty... 
I started seeing a traditional Tibetan doctor who is giving me various potions that are supposed to stimulate my wind element and get me back on the road to good health. My GP rolls her eyes at such things and says in a condescending tone, “Well, if it makes you feel better, then that’s fine, I suppose.”
I do find it incredible that we in the West look at cultures that have been... 
Who knew whales could knit?
A very short entry today with the funniest typo I’ve seen in a long time. (From the Knitting Daily email newsletter.)
Are you inspired by the stitches and patterns of Ireland, Scotland, and Whales? Pick up a copy of Traditional Lace Shawls and learn how to create the beautiful and timeless shawls of each region. Author Martha Waterman specializes in this handicraft... 
(I’ve had a really difficult week this week, health-wise, thus the lack of posts. But since I’d rather rant or laugh than share the woes, I’ll share something that is both funny and scary for my Quick Tips category.)
After reading some unfortunate, but inadvertently hilarious, problems people get themselves into because of Facebook (or Twitter, or texting, or IMs, or email). Problems... 
I had to laugh a couple of months back when I saw this on the Huffington Post:
Most Inappropriate Google Suggests Of All Time.
But I find it strange how so many people and even my computer try to tell me what I want. Google wants to tell me what I’m really looking for since what I typed in isn’t as good as what they think I meant to type, Facebook wants to tell me who I want to be friends with... 
I'm a lot of other things, but mostly I'm a writer. I like books with fast action, scary killers, fantasy worlds, and smutty sex. Maybe even all four at once. My novel Ordinary Angels debuts from Lyrical Press in April 2011. To read about my other projects, click the My Fiction page. To get in touch with me, click Contact India and send me an email.
