Archive for November, 2008

Nobody tells you about the public speaking…

Posted: 27th November 2008 by admin in authors speaking, book promotion, CHANGELING, reading partners
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I had my first go at talking about myself and my book to a proper audience yesterday, as part of the Reading Partners’ Roadshow in Islington. It didn’t all go according to plan. I’m not the greatest salesman in the world (in fact, I’m awful), and I was horrified to find out that I was [...]

Reading Partners Presentation

Posted: 24th November 2008 by admin in authors speaking, CHANGELING, reading partners
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I have my first ‘gig’ this week. I have been asked to go and give a brief talk about myself and my book in front of 40 senior librarians at the Reading Partners Roadshow in Islington on Wednesday. A number of publishers will be there, introducing their new authors and ‘networking’. I feel a tad [...]

Final cover for CHANGELING

Posted: 14th November 2008 by admin in CHANGELING, cover, Kev Walker
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This is the final cover for Changeling that has been created by the wonderfully talented Kev Walker (who also designed the covers for, among others, the Artemis Fowl books). He seems to have looked inside my head, and drawn the werewolf that lurked in among the shadows there, and I LOVE that hand that is [...]

Eeeek – it’s gone to bed…

Posted: 3rd November 2008 by admin in CHANGELING, Getting published
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This weekend I sent off the final (and I mean the final FINAL) edits for Changeling before it goes off to the printers on Friday. I’m filled with an odd mixture of relief and spine-chilling fear. Talya Baker of Macmillan did an amazing job on the editing, pointing out my many ineptitudes in both grammar [...]