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Production Draft!

So, it’s been pretty quiet here for a while, and that’s because I’ve been hard at work on the last revisions forVillains.And with the help of copious amounts of coffee and five (count ’em, five) different editions ofKing Lear,I got my final final draft turned in to my editor today! Which means that we’re one step closer to the finish line. There’s still a lot to be done, but now that the text itself can be handed over to copy editors, we get to start talking about fun stuff like art and blur...

‘Villains’ in Italian and Dutch

Exciting stuff from DCL and Andrew Nurnberg this week:If We Were Villainswill be published in Italian by Sperling & Kupfer (Frasinelli)and in Dutch by Overamstel Uitgevers (Meridiaan)!

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Wise Words on Writing and Hard Work from David Wong

As anybody who’s familiar with my reading habits probably knows, I love David Wong. His books are wild and off-the-wall and appeal to my sometimes infantile sense of humor and always fervent love of the macabre. I can’t say enough good things about his books. And having seen what he posted on Goodreads today, I think it’s pretty clear why.

I get a lot of questions about writing and revision and most people seem to think it’s a sort of hobby I pursue in my off hours, but that’s not at all the...

‘Villains’ in Polish

More great news from the lovely folks at DCL and BookLab:If We Were Villains will be published in PolishbyŚwiat Książki! More soon.

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‘Villains’ in German

Over the moon to say thatIf We Were Villains will be published in German by Penguin Verlag of Random House Germany!Details to come.

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Let me tell you why the new Norton Shakespeare should be at the top of your Christmas list.

I’ve always been a Riverside girl. I spent hours with my face buried in a much beloved (and very patient) director’s copy until my parents bought me my very own to celebrate my high school graduation. I was ecstatic to find a gently used copy here in London after leaving my own at home. The Riverside–my Shakespearean security blanket–will probably always have a place on my shelf and in my heart. (We’re talking Shakespeare here. I’m allowed to be a little sentimental.)

But last night, I and th...