My last day of work is tomorrow, and I’m vacillating between outright denial and abject sadness. My last day of students was Friday last week, and subsequently I spent the entire weekend as a hermit. Literally. I read three books on Sunday. All of which is to say, I am thinking about the blog, and […]
Soooooo, Liana Brooks (aka The Twinny One) and I may or may not have had a bizarre conversation the other day. Okay wait, let’s face it: the odds are strong that we did, because most conversations between us involve bizarrity. We’re authors. It happens. Right. No. This conversation was particularly bizarre, and it may or
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And so we come to the final giveaway! This one is only, y’know, 23 days late, but hey! Better late than never. I’ll spare you all the squeeing and jumping for joy that went on when To Dust and Other Stories was not only released, but I received paperbacks in the mail :o) Mostly because
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Twenty-year-old Maggie Roads’ parents are legendary in the country music world. She wants nothing more than to follow their example, but the limelight is not reserved for singers who cannot carry a tune, let alone keep a rhythm. When her parents tell her they are getting divorced, Maggie decides it’s time to leave home and
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Those of you playing along on Twitter or Facebook will have noted that today begins our round of THREE GIVEAWAYS IN THREE DAYS. Call it epic schedule fail, call it triple bonus win, call it whatever you like: it’s here. Our first giveaway is to celebrate the book birthday of my wonderful Twinny One, Liana
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Just realised the books I bought as post-marking treats (for when I get through the 22 hours of marking due Thursday, it now being midnight on Friday…) fully epitomise all the possible ways of choosing a book to read. Observe: Exhibit A: bought for title, because hello awesome. Also further convinced by premise –
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A novel is not an allegory…. It is the sensual experience of another world. If you don’t enter that world, hold your breath with the characters and become involved in their destiny, you won’t be able to empathize, and empathy is at the heart of the novel. This is how you read a novel: you
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I feel like I really need this right now. (source) I mean, I haven’t even had the time or brain to write up a YAY THE BOOK IS PUBLISHED post. Soon. There will be prizes. For now… rainbows. Everything will be okay. *sigh* Read more:AliveThe Circularity of Time, AKA Thinking You Suck Is Kind Of
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There are six-foot otters. They hunt in packs. This is a Real Thing. Be afraid. Be very afraid. http://animals.nationalgeographic.co.uk/animals/mammals/giant-river-otter/ Read more:Octopuses Are The Best The Day Beyonce Turned BlackFound This in August's Drafts. Oh Dear.
First stop: Madison Louise!! So, for most of this week I’m guest posting around the internet as celebration for the release of To Dust and Other Stories (SQUEE). Today, I’m over at Madison’s blog talking about my ‘daily’ writing habit (ha!). Tomorrow, I’ll be over with Liana Brooks, discussing… something… that will be interesting… probably.
