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Guest Post by Jeff Wheeler: Here There Be Dragons

The great 47North blog swap of 2013 continues! I'm on Jeff Wheeler's blog today (talking about History's Mysteries, or where to look for the story) and he is here to tell us how maps help shape his books. Read on:

There is something essential about having a map in a fantasy world. Back during medieval times, a cartographer would reach the edge of their known world and often draw a picture of a dragon or a sea serpent with the label, “Here There Be Dragons”—meaning, in short, “I have...

A Conversation with Anne Charnock

Today I chat with Anne Charnock, author of A Calculated Life, a Dystopian vision of corporate life in 21st century, which releases this week. We conversed about her switch from journalism to fiction and the ups and downs of the writing life. Without further ado:


Neve:  Anne, congrats on your debut novel -- I'm looking forward to reading it! What prompted the switch from science journalism to science fiction? Was fiction writing something you had always wanted to try, or di...

Meet Fellow 47North Author Steve McHugh!

Today I interview fellow 47North author Steve McHugh. Steve writes fantasy, lives in England, and self-published his first two books before they were picked up by 47North. Read on:

Q: Tell me about your books, Steve – what drew you to writing a dark urban fantasy series?


A: My books are Crimes Against Magic and Born of Hatred, the first 2 books in the Hellequin Chronicles. They’re about the life of Nathan (Nate) Garrett, a 1600 year old sorcerer who used to work for Merlin. Each book has f...

News This Second Week of August

A heads-up about a new feature on my blog - starting September first I'm going to have once-a-month guest posts from fellow 47North authors, which should be fun. They'll talk about their books and so on, and maybe reveal some things I'm curious about (such as whether they read their Amazon reviews). Since 47North publishes a wide variety of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, expect an equally wide variety of personalities and opinions. (I mean that in a good way.)

In other news, since it's...

Title and Pub Date Reveal

For anyone who's been wondering about what's happening with the sequel to The Far Time Incident, I have a quick update:

The title of Book 2 in the series (drum roll please!) is The Runestone Incident.
The expected publication date is February 11, 2014. 


The one-sentence description reads thusly: In the second installment of Neve Maslakovic’s addictive time travel series, St. Sunniva University duo Julia Olsen and Nate Kirkland are in the fourteenth century on the tr...

News This Third Week of June

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer (or winter, depending on which part of the world you're in). Lots of rain, green, and mosquitoes here.

Over on Chris Henderson's blog, TheWriteChris, I talk about Writing Sci-Fi and Making it Real. Chris sent me a list of insightful questions, such as What's the best advice about writing you want to pass along? Spoiler alert -- I quote Neil Gaiman in the answer.

The sequel to The Far Time Incident has gone into the developmental edit and I've been rew...

Book Signing at Uncle Hugo's

A save-the-date post for Twin Cities friends -- I'll be at Uncle Hugo's on Saturday, June 29 from 1-2 pm signing books and sharing a table with Kelly McCullough, who'll be signing his 9th fantasy novel, Blade Reforged. Come hang out with us and enjoy the reader's nirvana that is Uncle Hugo's (and its mystery twin next door, Uncle Edgar's). Uncle Hugo's, founded in 1974, is "the oldest independent science-fiction bookstore" in the US -- well worth a visit if you're in town...

News on This First Week of May

Today's news is that the big May snowstorm veered off at the last minute and just missed us -- towns just south of us got 8+ inches, but our lawn stayed green. Also that I was invited to write a guest post for the Kindle Daily Post. The topic suggested was What are your five favorite time travel novels? Had I thought about it really deeply, it would have been hard to choose from all the great time travel novels out there, so instead I went with the more straightforward method of listing...

Launch Day - The Far Time Incident

It's here! The Far Time Incident releases today in trade paperback, Kindle, and audiobook formats. Am I excited? Yes. Am I nervous? Yes. I feel I should say something deep and profound to mark the occasion, like that writing a book is like building a boat and that I've done the best job I could with hammer and nail, hoisted the mast and sail, carefully painted the name on the prow, and all I can hope for at this point are a calm sea and a good tailwind. 

Not for nothing is it called...

Audio Book News - Mary Robinette Kowal

The Far Time Incident has found an awesome narrator in Mary Robinette Kowal. I cannot wait to hear the audio book -- it comes out the same day as the print and Kindle editions, April 9. Here is Mary's bio from her website:  

Mary Robinette Kowal is the author of Shades of Milk and Honey (Tor, 2010) and Glamour in Glass (Tor, 2012). In 2008 she received the Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and in 2011, her short story “For Want of a Nail” won the Hugo Award for Short Stor...