… to everyone who voted for The Rogue in the first round of the Goodreads Choice Awards – it made it into the second round! The second round includes the five new nominations. The top ten will make it into the final round. Voting for the second round ends Nov 20, and for the third [...]
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2011 Goodreads Choice Awards
I’m absolutely gobsmacked to find that The Rogue is included in the opening round of the Goodreads Choice Awards – fantasy division. You can vote for it, or one of the 15 books, or even nominate a book not on the list. I’ll be watching this one go through its rounds, because not only am [...]
Indonesian Voice of the Gods
The Traitor Queen is going well. Last week I passed the big conclusion and this week I’m writing the aftermath and consequence chapters. I managed to squeeze in a bit of work on the Sekrit Projekt and write an outline for short story set a few years after The Traitor Queen, but otherwise I’m not [...]
A Quick Update
Things are getting busy here now. I’m aiming to have The Traitor Queen first draft finished by the end of October, then have it all polished up and ready for delivery by the end of November. Writing the final chapters of the final book in a series has got to be the most exciting part [...]
The Sekrit Projekt: Stage One
I had an idea a few months ago, which sprang from some discussions I had with people I met while on the Tour, as well as a few thoughts that had been swimming around in my head for a year or more. Actually, I had several ideas, but this one looked like the most do-able [...]
Five Tips for Being an Author on the Internet
I love Twitter. I love its brevity. Currently it is the easiest and most efficient way to keep up with what’s going on Out There, through following links tweeted by people who are interesting in the things I’m interested in, without it taking up a whole lot of writing time. There’s a lot of information, [...]
Spoilt for Choice: Aus/NZ Events 2012
I know, I know, it’s only August, but since I don’t plan to make any big overseas trips next year, I decided to look at what’s on the local sf/f event calendar in 2012. It’s quite a list: Perth, Apr 5-9: Swancon 37: Doom-Con Melbourne, Apr 13-15: Supanova Gold Coast, Apr 20-22: Supanova Sydney, May [...]
That’s a Lot of Zeros!
Yesterday morning I woke to some amazing news: Orbit has officially broken the 1 million mark for total sales of my print books through UK Bookscan! Thanks to everyone who bought them, gifted them, sold them, borrowed them from libraries and recommended them. And a tip of the hat to the Orbit crew, who really [...]
Authors on Panels: My Two Cents
One of the things I like about Twitter is how, by following people with professions or interests similar to my own, I’ll see links to websites that are more likely to interest me. The down side to this what I call the Latest Uproar on Twitter, where someone says or does something and suddenly all [...]
Spanish editions
The mailman delivered these recently: Spanish editions! I love that people all over the world can enjoy my stories.
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