Here’s the computer wallpaper calendar for February: 1920×1080 (or 1600×900) 1600×1200 (or 1024×768) 1600×1000 It was pointed out to me that the four screen resolution sizes I’d provided were really just two ratios. So long as you choose the right ratio, the computer should scale down the image to fit the screen. If it doesn’t, [...]
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10 Books I Enjoyed in 2011
It’s getting on to the end of that time of year when people make lists of top ten books for the year. Last year I posted one, but because I’d only read ten books that year those ten were what it contained. I read a lot more books in 2011: twenty-eight plus six of my [...]
The French Edition of The Rogue…
… arrived in the mail yesterday. Love the tattered robes and badass expression. I hope French readers are enjoying the ongoing story of the Traitor Spy Trilogy.
The Sekrit Projekt: My Gift To Fans
So what was all the sewing, photo-taking, sketching and drawing leading to? Well, I wanted to do something with the character sketches other than just put them on this website. So had the drawing scanned and dragged out my old graphic design skills to make a little complimentary gift for fans of the Black Magician [...]
The Sekrit Projekt: Stage Three
Years ago I took some photos of friends wearing the novice robe I’d made, to send to Les Peterson, the illustrator who did the covers of the Australian editions of The Novice and The High Lord. So I already had some usable photos for Stage Three. With all these photos, what I needed was the [...]
The Sekrit Projekt: Stage Two
Back in September I had an idea for a little side project. It had to remain secret, because I wasn’t sure I’d get enough time to do it, and I didn’t want to disappoint anyone if I never got it finished on time. Well, anyone other than me. For a while there I was glad [...]
An UnCONventional Guest
It’s official: I’m going to be International Guest of Honour at UnCONventional in Auckland next year. I’ve been wanting to go to the New Zealand convention for years, but in recent years the dates clashed with Aussie cons, publicity trips or, this year, the European Tour. Now I will be going as a guest – [...]
Book Release Anxiety
Last week I finally delivered The Traitor Queen to Orbit, after having polished and tweaked the book for a month, farmed it out to my agent and a few trusted friends to read, then fixed the errors they found. What next? Well, the release month is August next year and a whole lot has to [...]
Ebook Availability Check
It’s been 11 months since I first checked the availability of my books as ebooks in Australia and the last time I investigated was in May, so I thought I’d see if anything has changed. Amazon – All books except Priestess of the White and Voice of the Gods Amazon UK – All books available [...]
Goodreads and The Traitor Queen
Alas, The Rogue didn’t make it into the next round of the Goodreads Choice Awards, but some fine books did so go vote for your favourite. Thanks to everyone who voted for The Rogue. I was chuffed just to have a book in the running, and for it to make it to the second round. [...]
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