At the moment I’m checking the editorial corrections on The Rogue, scouring it for errors and tweaking it to make it, as my art teacher used to say, ‘more betterer’, which is going to make for a very busy weekend-less couple of weeks. I don’t have time to write long and fascinating posts here and [...]
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50 Books You Can’t Put Down
When I was signing books at Aussiecon4, I noticed that one of the books had a little sticker on it with the above words on it. Turns out that The Magician’s Apprentice had been selected to be included in a government/Australia Council for the Arts initiative. I’ve only just managed to get hold of one [...]
Cover of The Rogue
I was really excited to receive the cover proof for The Rogue in the mail recently: It’s a little different to The Ambassador’s Mission. Like many readers, I’m a bit fussy about covers matching, but I like this change – mainly because I occasionally mistake the cover of The Magician’s Apprentice for the The Ambassador’s [...]
Armageddon a Photo for the Blog
Last week I worked through the first round of editorial changes for The Rogue, then on Saturday I rewarded myself by heading into Melbourne to check out Armageddon. We’ve not been to one of these events before, though we have friends who are regular attendees. It’s quite a spectacle, and with all the people in [...]
Polish Editions of The Ambassador’s Mission
September was a month off from writing for me, but I wouldn’t call it a holiday. Aussiecon4 was a fun start to the month, then we had a few days with friends staying after the con. After that, things got busy and exhausting as our old falling apart kitchen was emptied, ripped out and a [...]
70(ish) Free Books!
Aussie readers, how would you like to win every new release book from Orbit Australia in 2011? That will be around 70 books (including The Rogue). Then check out…
My AussieCon4 ‘Report’
I had grand pans of blogging, or at least tweeting, during the con, but due to the lack of iPhones in Australian stores and not finding time to discover how to buy wifi time at the convention centre, those plans just never came together. So here are my notes on each day of the con: [...]
The Rogue Delivered!
Yesterday I sent off The Rogue, book two of the Traitor Spy Trilogy, to the publisher. Woohoo! What next? Well, for the book there’s quite a bit more work to do. It goes first to the Editorial Director, then I’ll tackle any changes to be made. It goes to the copy editor next, then I’ll [...]
Scouting Out Aussiecon’s Location
Yesterday Paul and I headed into Melbourne to see a couple of exhibitions, and while we were there we checked out the venue for Aussiecon 4, and its surrounds. I’ve spent this morning whipping up this blog post to let you know what we learned. I even drew a map! The front of the Melbourne [...]
My Aussiecon 4 Schedule
Aussiecon 4 is less than two weeks away! During the few breaks I’ve taken while getting The Rogue polished up ready for beta readers, I’ve been busy getting ready for the con. I’ve made a masquerade mask for the Nightmare Ball, helped make Dudcon con badges, gathered some books to donate to the freebie table, [...]
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