At Khimaira, an online sff magazine, you can read a review in French of Clairvoyante (that is, The Aware in its French translation) by Christophe Sambre. He concludes by saying: En matière de fantasy, par les temps qui courent, trouver … Continue reading
Swancon is over for another year.It was just as much fun as I expected. I enjoyed the panels I was on – some were better than others. I enjoyed even more the panels I listened to. Robert Shearman and Ken … Continue reading
The Hugos shortlist has been announced – great news for West Australians! No less than 3 up for these prestigious international sff awards: Jonathan Strahan, ShaunTan and Greg Egan. Right now I am bursting with pride to be from W.A. … Continue reading
At dinner: Karen Miller, Trudi Canavan, Joel Shepherd, Paul Ewins, Stephanie SmithHaving too much fun to blog much…! It has been terrific to see old friends, and make new ones. Lovely to catch up with fellow authors/editors like Karen Miller, … Continue reading
Photo: Rob Shearman talking to Elaine, Karen Miller. Arrived safely in sunny Perth – over 30 celsius – and the city looks bright and clean-cut against that brilliant sky, just as it usually does. I get that feeling that I … Continue reading
If you live downunder, Feist’s “Wrath of a Mad God” is just released. If you drop into a Dymock’s bookshop, you should be able to get a real bargain – it is being wrapped together with “Heart of the Mirage“, … Continue reading
When I put up the cover of the French edition of The Aware, they didn’t have the blurb on Amazon. Now they do, and I’ve pasted it below. I haven’t spoken French since 1994, which is when we left Tunisia, … Continue reading
Getting a new cover is always a buzz. Sometimes it’s also a surprise. Here is my rugged no-nonsense intelligent swordswoman heroine Blaze Halfbreed from The Aware, Book 1 of The Isles of Glory, now called CLAIRVOYANTE, as seen by the … Continue reading
I love my Russian publisher. They pay up no problems, and each book I sell, they pay more than the time before. And looking forward to what they put on the cover is part of my enjoyment of being a … Continue reading
