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January 20, 2013
Guest Post: All About Maureen
It’s very clear that one of the things readers are in unison about is the character, Maureen Summerglass. An 82 year old lady seems an unlikely choice for a heroine, but it appears to be one that has worked with readers and for that I’m really glad.
I did a guest post for A Fantastic Librarian where I talk a lot about the origin of Maureen and how she became one of the novel’s lead protagonists. If you’ve enjoyed her in the book, I tk you might find her origin interesting.
January 19, 2013
A Fantastic Librarian Gives Another Fantastic Review
The Four Realms got another great review yesterday from the blog, A Fantastic Librarian. I’m spoilt like a kid in a sweet shop trying to choose between all the great quotes so let’s just highlight the one that says ” If you’re looking for a fun, diverting read, The Four Realms is just the ticket.” and point you in the direction of the review for you to read all the other ones.
January 18, 2013
WarpcoreSF Reviews The Four Realms
I’ve been loving the reviews The Four Realms has been getting. Even the ones that have had criticisms have been thoughtful and honest. I keep worrying that inevitably there will be one I don’t love, that will hit some previous unknown painful truth. WarpcoreSF have published their review and have said some very nice things such as “Maureen Summerglass is my favourite old lady character since Granny Weatherwax” and “a thoroughly enjoyable mystery that mashes up modern urban fantasy with [Minor...
January 16, 2013
Interview At The Qwillery
I recently had chance to chat to the good folks over at The Qwillery where I talked about The Four Realms and the work that went into creating the novel. I reveal which characters are the easiest and hardest to write as well as my favourite scene from the novel as well as a bunch of other stuff.
Please be sure to check it out: http://qwillery.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/interview-with-adrian-faulkner-author.html
New Review At All Things Urban Fantasy
It’s a busy week and another blogger has published their review of The Four Realms. Whilst the reviewer over at All Things Urban Fantasy had some issues with the way the story alternates between characters every chapter, they said some mighty nice things. “This book manages to marry these conflicting flavors of classic and urban fantasy without missing a beat” and “I would highly recommend THE FOUR REALMS to anyone who wants a twist on the usual sword and sorcery” amongst others.
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January 14, 2013
Head Space Podcast Episode 4
Last week, Stephen Aryan interviewed me for his Head Space podcast, where he talks to various authors about their writing process. It’s a really interesting listen and I hope the quality of interviewee hasn’t taken a sudden nosedive with the inclusion of me. I’m told I made sense, but I’m still not entirely sure. Be sure to check it out (and if I sound awful, try the archives) at http://www.writersheadspace.blogspot.co.uk/ or via iTunes.
January 13, 2013
The Four Realms 5 Chapter Sampler
Still wondering whether The Four Realms is worth 99p of your money? Well Anarchy Books has a FIVE chapter PDF up on their website for you to download FOR FREE. A number of people have said lovely things about the book so far (and none of them have come to me asking for money in return!) so see what you are missing out on! Just click the Four Realms book cover on the Anarcy Books website to be taken to the book’s page and PDF download link
January 11, 2013
New Interview At My Bookish Ways
The good folks over at My Bookish Ways have an interview up with yours truly where I talk about The Four Realms, as well as some of my influences. I also reveal a famous face that made me go completely fanboy and what I’m currently working on.
Check out the interview here
Epub Version of Four Realms Now Available
If you use an ereader other than a Kindle I’m glad to announce that the Epub version of the novel is now available to purchase from The Robot Trading Company. This version will be compatible for those of you with iBooks software on your iPads, as well as Sony Readers and pretty much every other e-reader on the market.
As the official online store for Angry Robot books stocking not only all their books but those of many respected small publishers (including Anarchy Books), you can be sure you...
January 8, 2013
A Small Favour
It seems a lot of you are now getting to the end of the book if the messages I’m receiving are anything to go by, and by the sounds of it you are loving the book. Thank you for all the kind words, they are the secret best thing about being an author!
As a debut author from a small press, getting word out is hard. I don’t have a publicist and my morals stop me from ever sockpuppeting. I’m working like buggery trying to promote the book and help it find its readers but something that will help i...
