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January 27, 2015
What SEVENTH SON Is Not
The other day someone asked me, once again: “Did you write Seventh Son?” Well, yes, yes I did. However, that’s actually not what they’re asking. They don’t want to know if I wrote a fantasy novel called Seventh Son; it’s something else they have in mind. And so, to answer that question, let me enlighten you about what my SEVENTH SON is NOT.
My novel is not the source text for the movie Seventh Son that is coming out next week (well, in North America it is; the release date is February 6th). Th...
January 25, 2015
Is It A Book Review?
amo:
Wow. So here’s one of the biggest compliments I’ve received on my writing yet. Especially because it’s coming from Desi, who, in spite of the self-deprecating style in which she talks about her writing, is one of the best writers I know – I stand in awe of this woman, people. Of her academic work (she knew how to use “ontological” in a sentence years before I did, and can cite Foucault without batting an eyelash. ‘Stuffy academic bylines’, my foot!), her sheer bloody determination (check...
January 23, 2015
Prince Charming vs. Edward Ferrars
(We interrupt our currentspate of information about the forthcoming release of Cat and Mouse to bring you these rants – uh, sorry, messages. Advertising will resume shortly.)
(SPOILER WARNING: this contains details of Season One of the Once Upon a Time TV series, and of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility. But seeing as I’m way behind the times in my viewing of OUAT, it’s all seriously old hat anyway. And if you don’t yet know the plot of S&S, you need to get a life. But don’t say you haven’t...
January 21, 2015
Introducing: CAT AND MOUSE!!
Here’s the announcement you’ve all been waiting for with bated breath:
Coming soon, Book #2 inThe Septimus Series, CAT AND MOUSE: the ongoing story of Catriona, Guy, Bibby, Nicky and Sepp! It picks up right where Seventh Son leaves off, so you don’t have to miss even one day of their adventures.
And here, for a sneak preview, is the cover (which was, of course, designed by the awesome and talented Steven Novak):
A silent young boy, a man like a rat, and a plague of mice—Cat has her work cut out...
January 17, 2015
Clean Air
Air purifier sales guy at the door, wanting me to listen to a sales pitch.
Me: “You know, I’m really not interested in your product.”
Him: “You’re not interested in air purification?”
Me: “No. I think I’m good with what I got here.”
Him: “You’ve already got an air purifier installed?”
Me: “Nope.”
Him: “Then you don’t have clean air!!”
Me: “We just open the windows.”
Him: boggles at that concept.
Me: hands him back his ‘free promotional gift’, and sends him away…
Well, there was a bit more to the conver...
January 14, 2015
Formatting and Stick Shifts
I’ve been spending the last couple of days formatting the new book (yes, you’ll hear about the details really soon, I promise!). And I’m exhausted.
It’s not the formatting itself that’s so tedious and tiring – once you know what you’re doing with that, it’s relatively painless. But that’s the key issue here: once you know what you’re doing. See, I did all the formatting for Seventh Son on my dearly lamented little white Macbook. And it had a copy of Word for Mac 2004 on it, which I knew my way...
Check it Out: YOU CAN’T CATCH ME by Lee Strauss
Instalment #3 in our Check It Out!series of book recommendations: Lee Strauss’You Can’t Catch Me, the third part ofThe Gingerbread Man book, hot off the press today! It wraps up the story of Marlow, Sage and Teagan, but not before throwing yet another interesting twist in your way! If you haven’t read the beginning of the story yet, Part 1 is still free on Amazon and other ebook sites.
The final episode of A Nursery Rhyme Suspense – Gingerbread Man,
YOU CAN’T CATCH ME
is out now!
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January 10, 2015
No, I’m not talking about the micro-blogging site (although you can find me on there now, too – follow me here). I’m talking about the racket the birds are making at the bird feeder. They are incredibly noisy. The sound of birds chirping isn’t exactly the auditory connection you make with the middle of winter, is it? Birds go with spring, 5:30 AM, sunrise, unable to sleep. Well, this morning (it’s a Saturday, so I got to sleep in) the sparrows, juncos and finches at the bird feeder were doing...
