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1. So you thought writing on a movie set would be glamorous, eh? When I got bored, I did some work on Stormseeker. 2. When a hotel room was being booked for my daughter, she was asked if she’d like … Continue reading
I am actually staying in a hotel in Long Beach at the moment, as my daughter is working on location here (film work, production side, not acting!). I spent a bit of time today on the set in an old … Continue reading
As some of you may remember, the titles for the three books of my present trilogy presented me with a problem. I can write a 180,000 word book, but I can’t come up with a three word title. Or more … Continue reading
Started the day at 4.50 a.m. to get to Charlottesville airport. I am now in L.A.Did quite a bit of writing until laptop battery ran out. Then read a good book “Rules of Ascension” by David B. Coe. Plane arrived … Continue reading
Last Friday some of us posted a query letter that was successful. Tomorrow, others are posting a successful synopses. I am not involved because I was reluctant to post a synopsis – I think they give away far too much … Continue reading
Preeta Samarasan, author of Evening is the Whole Day is a “new” Malaysian author who is deservedly going places. She was interviewed by MPH’s Quill magazine, and the wonderful Sharon Bakar at Bibliobibuli has posted the interview in two parts: … Continue reading
.This clause is in my new book contract:“The Works shall not contain any recipe, formula, suggestion or advice which if followed has the potential to cause harm…”Oh dear. I immediately cut out the “charm of powerful trouble recipe”, you know, … Continue reading
. The Random Rain trilogy is going to be published by HarperCollins Voyager Australia. Book One will be out in September 2009, a year from now, if all is well, with the other two books to follow in 2010, just … Continue reading
~Take a look at the plant below – looks like it has some sort of pine cone type thingies on it. But nope, they are the protective cases of some kind of caterpillar. At a wild and uneducated guess, a … Continue reading