Archive for February, 2009

So what colour are edits? Red.

Posted: 27th February 2009 by admin in CHANGELING, changes to manuscript, Dark Moon, edit notes, editing, Getting published, Macmillan, published, Thoughts on Writing, vampires, werewolf, Writing
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Yesterday I received the editing notes for Changeling: Dark Moon, and I went through the usual raft of emotions that every author goes through once they realise that their submitted novel is not quite as perfect as they had thought it was. Now don’t get me wrong, I know my books aren’t perfect when they [...]

So what colour is red?

Posted: 27th February 2009 by admin in Uncategorized
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Oh, you’ve got to look at this…

Posted: 25th February 2009 by admin in Uncategorized
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How cool is this?

The hee-haw see-saw

Posted: 22nd February 2009 by admin in CHANGELING, Getting published, Steve Feasey, Writing
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I read a great post the other day on the Strictly Writing blog: http://strictlywriting.blogspot.com/2009/02/never-ending-quest.html (I hope you don’t mind me linking this, Caro) I think that everything in this post is true and sums up some of the things that I’ve been experiencing lately with this whole ‘getting published thing’. First off, all you want [...]

I didn’t want to win anyway…

Posted: 20th February 2009 by admin in CHANGELING, Getting published, Macmillan, Steve Feasey, Thoughts on Writing, vampires, werewolf
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ARGH! Yes I did. But I didn’t. So now I just have to ‘get over it’ and stop sulking. Wednesday night was the Waterstone’s Prize party. It was great to meet so many people from a company that is genuinely passionate about books and reading. It was a very nice bash, held on the top [...]

Cover for Changeling: Dark Moon

Posted: 18th February 2009 by admin in book promotion, CHANGELING, Dark Moon, Getting published, Kev Walker, northen lights, Steve Feasey, vampires
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Taa-Daa! As promised, here is the new cover for the second Changeling book, Dark Moon. I think it’s simply fab. Like book one, it’s designed by the wonderfully talented Kev Walker. The Icelandic backdrop is superb and I love the way that he’s incorporated the northern lights into it. The werewolf looks simply awesome!

What’s in a name?

Posted: 17th February 2009 by admin in CHANGELING, Dark Moon, Getting published, Macmillan, Steve Feasey, vampires, werewolf, Writing
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I am terrible at choosing titles. So I try not to. I hide away from them, and hope that they’ll go away. I wrote what was finally to be called Changeling with a working title that I hated (no, I am not going to tell you what it was), and I never referred to the [...]

Don’t worry, be happy.

Posted: 9th February 2009 by admin in Uncategorized
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I’m doing something that I promised myself that I wouldn’t: I’m fretting over things that I have no control over. I wish that someone had not pointed out to me that you can see how well your book is doing on Amazon by scrolling down and looking at your Sales Ranking. The epileptic nature of [...]

Take it or leave it

Posted: 8th February 2009 by admin in Uncategorized
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I went into a bookstore (part of a large chain) yesterday and saw an author sitting at a table with his little pile of books, ready to sign them for the people that he no doubt hoped were coming along to meet him. He had three empty coffee cups on the table, and had obviously [...]

"I’m not bad, I’m just drawn that way."

Posted: 3rd February 2009 by admin in CHANGELING, Steve Feasey, Thoughts on Writing, vampires, werewolf, Writing
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“How much of you is in the character, Trey?” I stopped and thought about this for a second. I’d read this type of question in interviews with authors before, and had never really paid too much attention to the answer (perhaps I should have – at least a neat and polished answer might have come [...]