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September 10, 2014
French STORMDANCER cover!
. Another quick one! I just wanted to share the AWESOME that is the French cover for STORMDANCER! The cover was created by Miesis Illustration, which you can find here. I honestly think I’m one of the luckiest authors I know when it comes to covers, and the French edition of SD is no exception. […]
Throw a Snaga on the barbie, maaaaate
. (that headline is Australian for “place a sausage on the hot plate, my friend”. Yeah, “snagga” is Oz for sausage, we’re a strange lot, sue us) So, after miles uncounted and trials untold, Stormdancer’s prize for the 2013 Gemmell Awards finally arrived! My editor in the UK was a little gun-shy about sending it […]
August 18, 2014
Surprise ARCs!
. This contest is open internationally. You’d think after a couple of years of being a published author, you’d have a handle on the lingo. When you start off, you’re all “What’s a first pass page? Is that a book that tries to drunkenly hit on you in a bar?” and “Line edits? You do […]
July 17, 2014
Pimpage
. YES, THIS CONTEST IS OPEN INTERNATIONALLY! Book bloggers! It’s that time of year again, where I start to throw bribery about like cabbages in an episode of Avatar: The Legend of Aang in the hope you awesome folk help me get the word out about my upcoming bookery. I said bookery. Mind out of […]
May 28, 2014
MOAR ENDSINGER
Hello droogies, Alrighty, as per the usual drill, I have some more ENDSINGER artwork for you – iPhone & iPad wallpapers, plus a couple of desktop backgrounds. BAM. BUT, before you check them out, you still have a few days to enter the ENDSINGER uber-giveaway. There’s an ENTIRE set of signed Lotus War novels up […]
May 22, 2014
Amazon, Hachette, and flaming bullshit
. Beautiful people, a moment of your time, if you will. I won’t bang on at length about this (there are many who will), but there’s some important stuff you should be made aware of. If you are a book lover, THIS SHIT AFFECTS YOU. If you are a reader, THIS SHIT AFFECTS YOU. I […]
May 16, 2014
Cover Reveal!!!!!one!
. Note: GIVEAWAYS BELOW RUN UNTIL SUNDAY JUNE 1. THEY ARE OPEN INTERNATIONALLY. PLEAAAZZZE READ INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. You can preorder ENDSINGER here or here. Hello and welcome to the US cover reveal for ENDSINGER! As you know, today is the day I traditionally rain ARCs down upon thee like uncorrected mana from heaven, but alas, […]
May 9, 2014
Ten good reasons to co-author a book
. I used to blog about writing, because that’s what you do when you’re an author but you don’t have a book out yet. Talking about what it’s like to query (repeatedly running facefirst into a brick wall, and thanking it afterwards), what it’s like to copyedit (exsanguination via papercut), that kind of stuff. But […]
April 22, 2014
On Awards and validation
. Hello droogies! It’s been an ice age since I posted, I know. I’m shit, I know. Shaddap. Life’s been busier than a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs, as someone’s old granpappy used to no doubt say. In the last month, we’ve sold our old house, moved into a new house […]
February 26, 2014
Awards! (again!)
.Quick Quicker than a promnight BJ post this week, because it’s 2.00am and since quitting my dayjob I’ve been slowly degenerating into some kind of twisted nocturnoid who only rises when the hated daystar had sunk below the WorldEdge. It’s weird. I think if I let myself, I’d sleep all day and stay up all […]
