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September 26, 2015
Side By Side: A Grand Finale Of US Covers for “The Wall Of Night” Series
This week, I’ve been running the UK and new US covers for The Wall Of Night series, side by side — just for fun, yanno 
— together with an extract from each of the books:
The Heir Of Night (Monday)
The Gathering Of The Lost (Wednesday)
Daughter Of Blood (Friday)
Yesterday I featured a Grand Finale of the three UK covers side-by-side — and today is the Finale of Finales for the new US covers, as featured first on SF Signal last week:
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USA: Jan 2016
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Kind of magical really, I...
September 25, 2015
Side By Side: A Grand Finale Of UK Covers for “The Wall Of Night” Series
This week, I’ve been running the UK and new US covers for The Wall Of Night series side by side, together with an extract from the books, as follows:
The Heir Of Night (Monday)
The Gathering Of The Lost (Wednesday)
Daughter Of Blood (Friday)
And here, by way of a Grand Finale are the three UK covers side-by-side — (check back tomorrow for the US covers finale):
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UK/AU/NZ: Jan 2016
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Cool, huh?
“Lowe never misses a beat … She has created a dark and magical world,...
September 24, 2015
More Side By Side Fun: UK & (New) US Covers — “Daughter Of Blood”
For this week’s fun I’ve been running The Wall Of Night series covers side by side, with an excerpt from t’books thrown in for extra fantastica — doubly so for Daughter Of Blood since today’s extract should be completely “new to you.” 
The Heir of Night was up Monday and The Gathering Of The Lost featured Wednesday — but he-er-rre’s Daughter Of Blood:
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UK/AU/NZ: Jan 2016
USA: Jan 2016
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In The Ship’s Prow House
“As the door closed behind them, his captor spoke another, indecip...
September 23, 2015
About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Heir Of Night” — Falath
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The recent unveiling of the US and UK covers for Daughter Of Blood — and now the new look US covers for the whole WALL of Night series — has inspired me to spend some on-blog time with the characters from the first two books in the series, in the same way I spent time on the worldbuilding in A Geography Of Haarth.
I also decided to on the more minor players to begin with, because: “I think it’s the presence of the smaller characters that “makes” a story, creating texture around...
September 22, 2015
Side By Side Fun: UK & (New) US Covers — “The Gathering Of The Lost”
Just for fun I’m running The Wall Of Night series covers side by side this week — with an extract from each book for added awesome.
The Heir of Night was up Monday and Daughter Of Blood is forthcoming on Friday — but today is The Gathering Of The Lost’s turn to star:
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In The Cavern Of Sleepers
“Malian’s dream was darkness: blackness without stars, water without light, a tower without a shadow that she remembered climbing—but that too fell away as she plummeted,...
September 21, 2015
The Tuesday Poem: “Side by Side”
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side by side wheelchairs
in the mall
his’n’hers vanilla ice creams
licked
with lingering
………concentration
not one drip
allowed to fall
eyes taking in
………everything
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Helen Lowe
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“Side by side” is turning into a bit of a theme for this week, so I thought: “Why not go all the way and include a “side by side” poem as well?”
Enjoy!
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To read the featured poem on the Tuesday Poem Hub and other great poems from fellow Tuesday poets from around the world, click here.
September 20, 2015
Here They Are, Side By Side: UK & (New) US Covers — “The Heir Of Night”
Just for a bit of fun, I thought I’d run The Wall Of Night series covers side by side this week, over Monday (The Heir Of Night), Wednesday (The Gathering Of The Lost) and Friday (Daughter Of Blood) — with an extract from the books for added goodness.
So here are those The Heir Of Night covers, side by side:
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In The Keep Of Winds:
“Another tile banged and rattled its way down the roof as a slight figure swarmed up one of the massive stone pillars that marched a...
September 19, 2015
SF Signal Giveaway — Reminder!
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An end-of-week reminder that there’s a joint The Heir Of Night and The Gathering Of The Lost giveaway currently running on SF Signal — just click here:
GIVEAWAY (US/Canada Only):Win Copies of THE HEIR OF NIGHT and THE GATHERING OF THE LOST
by Helen Lowe!
It closes on the 22nd, I believe.
Sadly, it’s only for North American readers this time, but I promise you I shall do something international very soon — when the proofing for Daughter Of Blood is done and dusted.
September 18, 2015
Here’s What Spun My Wheels This Week
First and foremost — how absolutely not? — was the cover reveal for Voyager’s new look Wall Of Night series covers — exclusive to SF Signal.
The feature included a behind-the-scenes look at the cover creation process from the author and editor, so if you haven’t checked the goodness out already, do head on over and take a look.
Plus there’s a giveaway running, here:
GIVEAWAY (US/Canada Only): Win C...September 17, 2015
Hey, Hey, It’s Proof Time For “Daughter Of Blood”
In case you didn’t believe me—here it is, the tangible proof that there really is a Daughter Of Blood coming your way…
Just as if there hasn’t been enough excitement this week with the new-look US covers being revealed on SF Signal.
At any rate, despite new covers and giveaways (Yep, that’s happening on SF Signal, too!) I am also very busy proof reading this (not so) little number.
All good fun stuff and bound to keep me busy over the weekend—but hey, I think it’s meant to be rainy anywayz....
