Countdown to Bunbreak: Ten Days!
Hello!
Good news first: Murder Most Unladylike will be out in TEN DAYS.
TEN DAYS. That’s less than two weeks. I couldn’t even hatch a duck egg in ten days. Ten days is PRACTICALLY NEGLIGIBLE.
In fact, for some of you lucky people, I’m hearing that the wait may already be over. Sources* (*acclaimed sleuth and Mystery Girl Kate Pankhurst) have told me that certain bookshops have begun to sell Murder Most Unladylike. I think this is still fairly rare – although it’s not embargoed, most stock won’t have been delivered yet, and even if the book is in, most shops like to hold back on new titles until a few days before release – but if you ARE lucky enough to find a copy of Murder Most Unladylike in the wild from now on, I want to hear from you.
Take a picture of yourself enjoying a bunbreak with Hazel and Daisy, email it to me or tweet me @redbreastedbird (tagged with #bunbreak of course), and I’ll feature the best on this site. I’ll also be eternally grateful to you because you’ll basically be giving me the best present a writer could wish for: proof that someone out there is actually reading my words.
And talking about people reading my words . . .
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My Countdown to June 5th interview at the Cait Files is now up! Follow that link to find out all about my research process, my favourite children’s books and what I’d pick for my ideal bunbreak. And if you’re interested in reading interviews with the others fantastic authors involved in the project (you should be!), go to countdownya.com for the very latest round-up.
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I’m also greatly honoured (and overwhelmed, and amazed) to be able to say that Murder Most Unladylike has been reviewed in the Financial Times by Suzi Feay. A shortened version of the review is up in the reviews section, but here’s photographic proof of the article in all its glory:
And there was also an amazing mention for Murder Most Unladylike the Oxford Times. The article speaks the truth: Blackwell’s Oxford has a lot to answer for. In fact, they’re so nice that they’re letting me have a launch event at their Broad Street store on the evening of Saturday the 28th of June. Please stop by if you’re in the area!
So, that’s my round-up! The next time I post on this blog I think I might finally be a published author.
I’m excited and very nervous, but trying to stay calm by reminding myself that, when it all seems too much, I need to just stop and have a bunbreak. It’s what Daisy and Hazel would do.
