Thanks to my guest bloggers

Wow, what an incredibly inspiring and interesting series of posts I got. Thanks to everyone – Kevin J Anderson, Alan Baxter, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Mary Victoria, Helen Lowe, Kim Falconer, Justina Robson, Kerrelyn Sparks, Kirstyn McDermott, Trent Jamieson and Joanne Anderton for giving their thoughts on the topic. I myself will blog about Dreams and Fulfilment at the Supernatural Underground blog on July 21, after I've given some time for my guests thoughts to settle inside me.

So, since I've not been blogging myself here for a couple of weeks, what's been going on in my world? I've been posting on a variety of other people's blogs, and giving away copies of Rogue Gadda in the process. Not all the giveaways are still open (and there's one more to come), but you might still be interested in reading my thoughts on the various topics.

At the Ripping Ozzie Reads blog, I talked about the joy of being a beginning writer and that being published isn't all sunshine and lollipops and you think when you're starting out.

On Book Bites, I talked about "fuck Plan b", for want of a better expression. How you can fall back onto the fall back position and not give your life and dreams the chance they deserve.

At the Voyager blog, I talked about the weird resonance of having finished a trilogy and put the story behind you, when for readers it's still a future event.

Over at Fangtastic Fiction, it was all about how the gadda ended up being Irish and how that wasn't my original intent AT ALL.

My next port of call was A Writer Goes On A Journey, where I asked the question if authorial promotion is worth the effort?

Then I was at dark fantasy writer Alan Baxter's blog, spruiking romance and talking about why I love the genre. Might have been a bit too much for the dark fantasy crowd :)

For the next few hours, you can still enter to win a copy of Rogue Gadda at Helen Lowe's blog. There, I chatted about setting challenges and not being content with resting on past successes.

Tomorrow, I'll be talking food and drink over at Eleni's Taverna, with another giveaway of Rogue Gadda.

Apart from that, I've been busy writing. I've just finished a brand new gadda story – a novella that sits time-wise between Dream of Asarlai and the new trilogy. My plan is to self-publish it later this year or early next year – keep your eyes peeled for details.

Otherwise, today is going to be a crafty day – doing some stuff for my handbags and such. Next week, I pick up the second book of the new trilogy and start working on it again, hoping that I'll hear good news re publication soon.