Monthly Archives: May 2011

Brain Fry!

There they are, the three covers of The Outcast Chronicles. Big thanks to Solaris and Clint Langley for producing such beautiful covers. It is the end of May (I know there’s a couple of days left, but I go back … Continue reading

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Meet Kate Forsyth …

As the next of my series featuring fantastic female fantasy authors (see disclaimer) I’ve invited the talented and always engaging Kate Forsyth to drop by. Watch out for the give-away at the end of the interview. Q: Kate, tell us … Continue reading

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Congratulations to the ROR Writers!

Over at the ROR blog I’ve done a post about the Aurealis Awards. Four wins for the ROR team! Congratulations to all the writers who made the final lists and to the winners. Now I’m going to give Trent Jamieson’s … Continue reading

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Friends doing well!

Over on the ROR blog I’ve done a post about the Aurealis Awards. These are the Australian equivalent to the Nebulas or the Hugos (I forget which one is judged by a panel of peers).  Several members of my writing … Continue reading

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King Rolen’s Kin spotted Sweden!

Kaia tells me there are around 3 spec fic shops in all of Sweden and she managed to snap this  at SFBOK. Thanks for the support guys!  (Kudos to all the specialist bookstores). And thanks to the lovely Kaia for … Continue reading

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Book Three Cover pretties!

This is the cover of book three of my new trilogy The Outcast Chronicles. With thanks for Clint Langley the artist and Solaris, the publisher. I think Clint has outdone himself with the covers for this trilogy. He’s captured the … Continue reading

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Meet Jennifer Fallon …

As the next of my series featuring fantastic female fantasy authors (see disclaimer) I’ve invited the best selling, multi-talented and amazingly prolific Jennifer Fallon to drop by. Watch out for the give-away question at the end of the interview. Q: … Continue reading

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Winner of Juliet McKenna Give-away!

Juliet has promised a copy of ‘Irons in the Fire’ or ‘Dangerous Waters’. She says: “There are some great ideas here and best of all, there are books new to me being suggested. So I’ve been off to do some … Continue reading

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More cover pretties!

After last week, when I posted the cover of book one of The Outcast Chronicles with a typo in the title, I thought I’d better check the lettering on book two. Here it is. Can’t spot any typos myself, but … Continue reading

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Winner of Tracey O’Hara’s book!

Tracey said the winner is Belinda’s Baubles, because … ‘…   she what she wrote is exactlye the way I feel when I read my favourite comfort reads.’ To collect your book, Belinda, email Tracey on: tracey(at)traceyohara(dot)com

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