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September 16, 2015
About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Heir Of Night” — Eria
UK
USA
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 the mai...
Double the Drum Roll—Because There’s A Giveaway!
Yup—not only have the new-look US covers for The Wall Of Night series been released today in an exclusive SF Signal feature but—doubling that drum roll here!—there’s Also a Giveaway!
Not Daughter Of Blood yet (I am proofing that even as we speak!) but there are 5 x sets of The Heir OF Night and The Gathering Of The Lost up for grabs.
So if you haven’t already got The Heir OF Night and The Gathering Of The Lost, or your old books are looking a tad tatty, here’s your opportunity to win yourselv...
September 15, 2015
Drum Roll! The New-Look US Covers For The Wall Of Night Series—An Exclusive Reveal On SF Signal
As promised, the new-look covers for all three books in The Wall Of Night series have been revealed in an exclusive feature on Hugo Award-winning SFF site, SF Signal:
Do click on the link and check out the goodness. 
Plus you can go behind the scenes and see what my editor, Kate Nintzel of Harper Voyager, and I have to say about how the covers were created.
And hey, let me know what you think about...
September 14, 2015
The Tuesday Poem: Castle Rock
Rotating in mid-air,
suspended between blue above,
bleached tussock below,
face to face with the ragged crag
of Castle Rock, sun flashes
off her watch, dazzling
as the first time they met
in the Roxborough fish and chip
shop, high above the Clutha River:
his presence, blazing in,
was like the sun rising,
spilling over energy, snaring her
with his eagerness for living –
dazzled then too, but now
her eyes clear, take in hill, sky,
rock, as someone shouts – she kicks
hard into the fa...
September 13, 2015
Coming Up This Week: Reveal Of The New US Covers For “The Wall Of Night” Series
USA: Jan 2016
On August 1, I revealed the new-look cover for Daughter Of Blood, The Wall Of Night Book Three, both here and on the Supernatural Underground.
Tomorrow (US Central Time) all three new-look covers for the Wall Of Night series, i.e. including both The Heir Of Night and The Gathering Of The Lost, will be revealed together for the first time on SF Signal.
Plus, my editor, Kate Nintzel of Harper Voyager, and I will be talking about the process of developing the new covers from the au...
September 12, 2015
Book Readers’ Sunday
You know from yesterday that I have NK Jemisin’s The Killing Moon on my TBR table.
But what are you reading this weekend?
Or have read recently and would like to share your thoughts in the Comments?
September 11, 2015
Just Arrived: “The Killing Moon” (Book One Of The Dreamblood) by NK Jemisin
I have been looking forward to reading The Killing Moon for quite some time — mainly because so many people have raved about it to me.
And as you know, I enjoyed NK Jemisin’s debut, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, way back in 2011 when it was nominated for Just About Everything.
To refresh your recall to ‘then’, here’s the link:
Hugo Awards Reading Report 1: The Novels—“The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms” by NK JemisinSo now onwards to the new series, but in the meantime — for those of you who, l...
September 10, 2015
“Fantasy Heroines That Rock My World” On SF Signal: #8, Yeine Darr
My guest series Fantasy Heroines That Rock My World is currently running full throttle on SF Signal.
The eighth heroine to feature is Yeine Darr, from N.K. Jemisin’s The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms. To find out why I think she rocks, click on:
If you’re interested in finding out more, I wrote a book report on The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms when I read all the Hugo Award finalists awa’ back in 2011:
Hugo Awards Reading Report 1: The H...September 9, 2015
About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Heir Of Night” — Doria
UK
USA
The recent unveiling of the US and UK covers for Daughter Of Blood 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 the main points of view.”
I’m starting at the beginning, with characters from...
September 8, 2015
Big Worlds On Small Screens: Rebecca Fisher Discusses “Humans”
~ by Rebecca Fisher
Introduction:Currently airing on New Zealand television, Humans has been widely advertised as a thought-provoking and innovative science-fiction drama, one which asks the question that always lies at the core of any story involving AI technology: what makes us human?
Set in the not too distant future, android helpmeets (or “synths”) are the latest must-have devices spreading throughout homes across the world. They’re programmed to do menial chores around the house, and a...
