Tomorrow is an anniversary of sorts. Last year, about a month after the launch of Sixty-One Nails, I did a signing session at Waterstone’s Bookshop in Bedford and signed and sold every copy they had apart from the ones in the display window, which I signed for stock later. It was a fun day –…
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Good Writing is Invisible
Continuing my series on the Twelve Rules of Writing, here is rule 2: ~ 2. Spelling and grammer are what copy editors are for. Clearly, as a creative person, you do not want to be burdened with the task of spelling things correctly or constructing sentences that are grammatically correct. This is, after all, what…
Write What You Know – Part 2
Continuing my series of posts on my tongue-in-cheek article, the Twelve Rules of Writing and in support of those people participating in this year’s NaNoWriMo, this is the second on the subject of Rule 1 – Write What You Know. In my previous post, I discussed the need for research and why using what you…
Write What You Know – Part 1
A few weeks ago I posted a rather tongue-in-cheek article entitle The Twelve Rules of Writing, which some of you may have read and which it was nice to see a number of people commenting upon. For me, one of the surprising comments was that people didn’t realise it was humorously intended until they got…
BristolCon 2010
This Saturday 6th November I am heading to the South West for BristolCon in the fine company of Juliet E McKenna (Irons in the Fire, Blood in the Water, Banners in the Wind) where we will be doing a panel on the tricky business of getting published and we will both be doing readings –…
Bedlam Competition Winner
Firstly, a big thank you to all the people who entered the competition to win signed copies of both Sixty-One Nails and The Road to Bedlam. It helped me celebrate the US launch of the second book in style. I have to say that you made selecting a winner hard for me – there was…
It’s Bedlam Out There
Today is the release day for The Road to Bedlam in the United States and Canada and we’re celebrating here at Shevdon Manor by giving away copies of both books: Sixty-One Nails and The Road to Bedlam as a pair, in the US edition, signed and dated 26th October 2010, to be posted anywhere in…