Jumping for Joy
It’s really true! My novel, The Night Rainbow, will be published by Bloomsbury, Spring 2013! This post is a moving feast as I try to answer some of the questions you’re all asking. In the meantime,...
View ArticleTick Followed Tock
I’ve had a few conversations this month with Indie Authors who are baffled by my willingness to sign up for a 2013 (yes, a full two years away) launch of my debut novel. The main question is “Why...
View ArticlePub/Lit Roundup
I’ve decided to keep a log of the best links I find and post or retweet on Twitter and I will post them here periodically. Here is the first batch of twenty: * Literary Agents and Publishing Questions...
View ArticleHolding My Happy
This is me holding something that made me very happy. I know the writing is mirror imaged, but when I flipped the photo my head looked all wrong.
View ArticleRoom of One’s Own.
I’m just back from a two day writers’ retreat at Tilton House in Sussex. Having never done a writing course/retreat/anything before I blogged about having booked it…and now as promised, here are my...
View ArticleThe Coward’s Tale – Interview with Vanessa Gebbie
Today I’m thrilled to welcome Vanessa Gebbie to my blog, to talk about her novel The Coward’s Tale, which launched officially three days ago (7th November 2011). I was lucky enough to have an advance...
View ArticleThe Night Rainbow – Hardback Jacket
It’s something I’ve waited over a year for. Wondering what, having read my novel, will the designer come up with? Will it capture the spirit of the story? If the characters are represented, will they...
View ArticlePotato, Potato, Tomato, Tomato, Book Covers.
Today we’re talking about that Special Relationship…. I’m in the amazing position of having The Night Rainbow being published in several countries, including the U.K. and the U.S.A., where the cover...
View ArticleBloomsbury Debutants 2013
This is where I try really hard not to gush. This week I went to a party at Bloomsbury, held in the honour of the authors of their 11 literary debuts of 2013…and one of them was me! The idea was to...
View ArticleThe post in which I hug Hugh
I was lucky enough to be in London on Wednesday for another drinks reception at Bloomsbury. Authors who are releasing books in January – June 2013 were invited to meet each other as well as the...
View ArticleBook News, or How my Writing Process is like Monty Python.
In 2014 I was silenced by this book.
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