Archive for September, 2009

Alas, it looks as though I will not be a zombie-book-signer

Posted: 30th September 2009 by admin in Uncategorized
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I’ve got a book signing coming up, and it’s taking place on…Halloween! I’m really looking forward to it. I was even considering getting all ‘zombied up’ for it, but my publicist thought that that might put younger readers off. This took me aback a little. Why would children be put off buying a horror book [...]

What do you mean it’s been done before?

Posted: 22nd September 2009 by admin in CHANGELING, ideas, Steve Feasey, Writing
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“There are no new tunes.” I remembering hearing a musician say this (or something very much like it) when asked if the similarities between elements of his work and classical pieces by Bach were deliberate or accidental. At the time it struck me as a rather flippant answer, but maybe there’s something in it. The [...]

It’s a bit like looking at photos of yourself from ten years ago.

Posted: 17th September 2009 by admin in CHANGELING, reading to children, Steve Feasey, Writing
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Last night I did something weird. No, I didn’t dress up as Salvador Dali and slide down the stairs on a tea tray shouting, ‘God save the queen.’ – I did that on Monday night. No, I sat down on my bed with my little boy and started to read Changeling to him. My son [...]

Posted: 16th September 2009 by admin in Uncategorized
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I’m panicking. Yep, that’s the best and only way to describe how I’m feeling right now: panicked. I have signed my name to a contract that states I will deliver book four in the Changeling series by February (there’s a little bit of wriggle room in whether it’s the beginning or end of the month, [...]

Ups and downs

Posted: 8th September 2009 by admin in Uncategorized
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It’s a funny old world. Yesterday I had a fierce and scathing review posted on a well known online website that knocked me for six, and sent me spiralling down into a gloomy sulk for a few hours (okay, it was actually the entire day, but I’m trying to convince myself that I’m really not [...]

Ta-dah!

Posted: 4th September 2009 by admin in Blood Wolf, CHANGELING, edit notes, editing, Getting published, Macmillan, werewolf, Writing
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My editing is finished (well, the first round of edits is finished). I rewrote the epilogue to Changeling: Blood Wolf last night, closed down my laptop, and sat back with a big sigh. Not all of the changes that I’ve made sit well at the moment. Some of the ‘suggestions’ made by my editor have [...]

Must try harder…

Posted: 2nd September 2009 by admin in Blood Wolf, CHANGELING, edit notes, editing, Macmillan, Steve Feasey, werewolf, Writing
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I’ve been remiss with my blog postings. Sorry. But in the last few weeks I’ve been really busy: editing. I’ve blogged about the editing process before: How the prospect of it always fills me with dread, and how, once I’ve begun, I usually enjoy the whole process. It’s great to read something that you’ve written [...]