Fencing…
I can’t believe that almost a week has passed since I posted on the blog. Does it really matter, I ask myself? Probably not.
Which prompts me to ask what is my blog actually for.
Some days are a test. Today was one such. Nothing bad – just nuisance value and one of those days when I curse the Fates for not playing the game my way. But my way is a selfish way, I suppose. And nothing good ever comes of being selfish, does it?
So there I was, bemoaning life, eating far too much dark chocolate and having my second glass of wine, and my email ‘bing-ed’…
I’m sure I’ve written before about a creative partnership between myself and Bopress Miniature Books – where I’m contracted to write a short story which is then printed, illustrated and bespoke-bound, to be offered as a limited edition to miniature book-collectors.
It’s a unique partnership and one of which I’m immensely proud. Bopress’s work sings to me in so many ways – not least of which is the sheer grit, determination and artistry of the press.
The Gisborne Saga has concluded. More – the final in the trilogy has been published at last.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LBBLZZG
How do I feel?
Marvellous and nervous…
I love lifestyle blogs. Perhaps as a novelist, I should focus more on reading writers’ blogs but the truth is I have an insatiable curiosity about people’s lives – far more interesting than how this character, that agent or those publishers behave.
One of my favourites is Coal Valley View…
Gisborne: Book of Kings is planned for release a year from the release of its predecessor, Book of Knights, by which time it would be fantastic to be able to say that each of the first two books of The Gisborne Saga had ranked in the Top 100 on Amazon.co.uk for 12 unbroken months!
Comments from readers have often indicated how frustrated they feel with Ysabel’s behaviour and that surely a medieval woman have never have behaved in such a way…
I met my current guest a number of years ago – not many months after we had both decided to move into independent writing and publishing. We connected because at that time, there weren’t a lot of Australians treading the independent path and the friendship has seen much laughter and happiness as we share in each other’s successes.
I’ve been invited by Tinney S Heath, author the wonderfully crafted A Thing Done, (winner of the 2013 Sharp Writ Award) to take part in a Main Character Blog Tour.
My main character was launched onto the world two books ago but is currently make her presence felt as I finish the last novel in a trilogy. Read on…