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If you don’t know about this opportunity to win a free copy of Heart of the Mirage, scroll down a bit for details. Here is the first question: The second book of The Mirage Makers trilogy is now called The … Continue reading
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I was interviewed by Tan Cheng Li from The Star newspaper last week, and today the article came out. And a very good article it is too, to counterbalance some of the wild statements that have issued forth from the … Continue reading
Ok, folk, if you’d like a free copy of Heart of the Mirage– book 1 in “The Mirage Makers” trilogy – here’s how: Open only to folk who are NOT residents of Australia & New Zealand.(Mean, aren’t I?) You folk … Continue reading
Over at Ben Peek’s blog here and at Elizabeth Bear’s here , there are great lists on what they have learned as a writer… So here’s my ten things I have learned as a fantasy writer: 1. No matter how … Continue reading
My husband went off to work this morning with all the gate and front door keys, leaving me locked inside. Well, I could get out of the backdoor, but not out of the yard, not unless I climbed over the … Continue reading
Havenstar was published six or so years ago in Russian translation, and I have only just found out what it was called: Stars of Hope . (Thanks Tsana). The English version can be bought secondhand for 30 pounds and upwards … Continue reading
Heart of the Mirage is available in Australia – at least from some bookshops – as early next week. The story of this book resonated with me from the moment I first started to build it up from the foundations … Continue reading
As we were about to leave the house at dawn for our walk, our nextdoor neighbour called us across to the fence to tell us they had been woken up just before five a.m. by the sound of a gas … Continue reading
I watched – with appalled fascination – some of the early trials for American Idol. It was eye-opening to see so many thousands of young people with impossible dreams: all wanted to be stars. There were so many of them … Continue reading
I have just seen the Russian cover of The Aware. To appreciate this, you should know that when I was mulling over the idea for this trilogy, I made a very deliberate decision not to write books set in a … Continue reading