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Yes, it’s that time of the year when the shortlist of five is announced. And Song of the Shiver Barrens has made it. I was so thrilled that I shot off an email to my agent and the Orbit UK … Continue reading
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I love reading the kind of book where you start and then it’s like entering a tunnel. Everything on all sides just disappears – the people around you, the sounds, sights, all that stress, all those niggling guilts about what … Continue reading
This is a sort of follow on from the previous post – which has some very interesting comments, by the way. I am in the midst of this fascinating process of getting feedback from first readers, some of them writers … Continue reading
I came across a post the other day where a (published) author was asking his readers what they thought about the amount of violence and torture and unpleasant deaths occurring in a fantasy novel. The one he was currently writing … Continue reading
…as Jennifer Fallon did. I followed on her blog her long saga detailing her attempts and frustrations as she tried to subscribe (in Alice Springs, Australia, which admittedly is close to the end of the civilised world) until she finally … Continue reading
Kota Belud is a town just to the north of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. It is chiefly famous for its Sunday market, but the area is also supposed to be a bird sanctuary because of its extensive wetlands and ricefields, a … Continue reading
In the U.K., the date that The Shadow of Tyr should be available is 6th December. Yep, just in time to give yourself – or someone else – a Christmas present. In fact, I note it is already on sale … Continue reading
As some of you know, I have spent the past 5 days in hospital, trying to find out why I was having repeated attacks of apparent food-poisoning. I’m out now, with no clear cut answers, but I do feel better. … Continue reading
The techie spent another hour in my house, but was unable to get the broadband working. So I am now paying for broadband which cannot be connected, even though it has been activated. Great. The techie’s theory is that the … Continue reading
…when I send off my manuscript [ “The Rogue Rainlord“, book 1 of The Random Rain Cycle ], to my beta readers. I am making a few last minute changes, doing a final spell check, and so on, attaching a … Continue reading