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I had the proofs of The Shadow if Tyr, book 2 of The Mirage Makers delivered to my door this morning. These are the first glimpse an author has of how a book will look after publication – the layout … Continue reading
Glenda Larke
Remember this? Well, Dennis dropped by yesterday and we all had dinner together in a restaurant on the edge of the sea as the sun went down. Not that we could see much – the haze has arrived with a … Continue reading
“Well, I’d rather be bored than dead.” – My daughter, contemplating a return flight next week, America to London, without a book in her hand luggage. Same daughter, comtemplating a 35 hour journey from Virginia to Malaysia with a rambunctious … Continue reading
Sometimes I get some intimation of what people think about writers – and it’s not quite what one may expect. Here’s a question from a poster on a Message Board about sff: is everyone a potentual writer? Is it jus … Continue reading
My blog appears to be down, so I wondered if writing a new post might sort of get it up again. Which probably says a lot about my knowledge of the way things work. I never said I was a … Continue reading
Someone asked on the comments section a couple of days ago: what’s the criteria for a work to be classed as “young adult”? I know pretty much zilch about the subject, but I suspect there is no precise criteria. Rather, … Continue reading
Well, that’s a lie, of course. All that’s finished is the first draft. The first two-thirds have been revised any number of times, but the last one third needs a mountain of work still – and it is due in … Continue reading
When I lived in Vienna, I was always amused by the way the Austrians – and I guess German society in general – loved titles and used them liberally whenever possible. Professor Doctor X…or was it Doctor Professor X? Can’t … Continue reading
After one day of sharing a computer with my husband, I took mine to the dealer for repair. He quoted a sum of money that suggested he thought that at least the last three of my books had featured on … Continue reading
A friend emailed yesterday. She had been telling me for ages how hard she was finding the writing of her new contracted book – it was coming along far too slowly and each page had to be wrung out of … Continue reading