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RNA Conference 2012

So I've just got back from Penrith--well, actually I got back yesterday, but I spent most of the intervening time catching up on sleep, having utterly failed to get to bed before midnight on any of the four nights I was there. I didn't quite hit the highs of the two 4am, oh-god-those-are-birds-singing moments from last year, but there was at least one 3am. I blame those fabulous kitchen parties.

Run Rabbit Run in Australia

I was going to make some comment about running down under, but however I put it, things sounded dreadfully wrong. So I'll put it sensibly: Run Rabbit Run is now on sale in Australia! You can pop over to the Australian Romance Readers Association for more deets. Bonzer!

Brevity

It should come as no surprise that I have an illustrated copy of the Serenity shooting script. And it's annotated. By me. With stuff that I look up if I need a hand with my writing.



Yes, those are Post-It bookmarks. What of it?


I was flicking through lately when I found a bookmark labelled 'brevity'. It highlights this scene, just after Serenity has evaded The Operative:


The Operative

Musing on Music

Today I'm blogging at the Choc Lit Authors' Corner, about musical inspiration, men who can move mountains, and songs about schizophrenia. (As the psychiatric nurse said in the Simpsons: Try to guess which one! I think you'll be pleasantly surprised...)

Walls, themes, and Taylor Swift.

So, what's going on with you? That's interesting, but as Johnny Bravo said, "Enough about me, let's talk about me. What do you think about me?"

I'm about a third of the way through writing The Warlord and I've hit a small wall: not much has actually happened. Act One is over and we've got the set-up, viz: my hero, Kael, has found this starving slave--my heroine, Ishtaer--with the marks of the

RNA Summer Party & Awards

So last week I trekked off down to London for the RNA Summer Party, which is always a highlight of my social calender. (Quiet at the back. I have a social calender. I'm looking at it right now. It says '5th May: Esther's birthday' and '26th May: Eurovision'. And the birthday came with champagne and chocolate cake and two handsome young men chauffeuring us down the Cam. So there).

Right, anyway.

Lucky 7 meme

The lovely Rhoda Baxter has tagged me for the Lucky 7 meme, which means you get to see a little snippet of my work in progress.

What you have to do:
*go to page 77 of your current WIP
*go to line 7
*copy down the next 7 lines/sentences as written and post them on your blog or website
*tag 7 other authors
*let them know they've been tagged.



In this I'm fortunate she didn't send it last week,

First lines

So I was glancing over The Warlord, The Blind Slave, And The Dog Called Brutus*, and it occurred to me I'm quite pleased with my first line. First lines are important: something drummed into me during my authorly apprenticeship. First lines should intrigue and interest the reader, should make them want to know more, wonder why and how this situation or thought or conversation has arisen.

I'll

New website!

Yes, this is now my new website! Blog and website all in one lovely heart-and-fireworky package. Have a wander around and tell me what you think...

Also, since I didn't get to announcing it two weeks ago, let it not be forgotten that I have a new book out! Yes, and I'm going to leave this post here a while so we can all bathe in the pink-and-gun glory of the cover (I really love this cover. Have

Under construction

I'm in the process of migrating my whole website over to Blogger and re-designing while I'm at it. So for the time being, there might be a few missing pages and broken links. Don't panic! All will be well soon.

Whilst you wait (and I know how terribly excited everyone must be!) pop over to Lucie Wheeler and Dizzy C's blogs to follow the end of the Run Rabbit Run blog tour...and of course, win