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What next?

Written on May 14, 2013 at 11:40, by

The Prince of Lies is revised and handed in, which means it’s all over for Night’s Masque apart from final tweaks and copyedits. Yes, sorry, fans of Mal, Coby, Ned and Gabriel – their adventures are over, at least for now. I have no immediate plans for any more books in that universe, though if  Continue Reading »

Eastercon programme

Written on March 26, 2013 at 09:03, by

I now have my programme for EightSquared, the 64th Eastercon, so I hope I’ll see some of you at the following events: Friday, 7pm: Genre Get-Together – Fantasy (seems to be a big informal signing event) Friday, 9pm: Panel – Underground London Sunday, 2pm: Panel – The Changing Portrayal of Gender and Sexuality in SF  Continue Reading »

Introducing the BookSworn

Written on March 19, 2013 at 08:46, by

Writing is a lonely business, which is why we budding authors tend to be a gregarious lot given half a chance – we love to meet up and share both our writing woes and our useful tips for making it in this tough world of 21st-century publishing. Conventions are a great way to do this,  Continue Reading »

Transitioning between projects

Written on March 12, 2013 at 09:12, by

A couple of years ago I wrote a blog post about the pressures of writing a book a year, and how you have to start thinking about what to write next even whilst you’re working on your current novel. I still believe what I wrote in that post, and in fact I’ve been putting it  Continue Reading »

The Prince of Lies is handed in!

Written on February 12, 2013 at 08:50, by

I’m very happy to say that on Sunday afternoon I finished the first clean(ish) draft of The Prince of Lies and sent it off to my editor Marc Gascoigne at Angry Robot Books. Unlike the previous two manuscripts, this one has been running a bit late – not something I’m proud of, but sometimes these  Continue Reading »

2013 Schedule

Written on January 30, 2013 at 09:01, by

2013 is going to be a little quieter for me than 2012, but I still have a fair few events lined up so I thought I’d look ahead to the rest of the year. You know, in case you fancy catching up with me, getting a book signed or whatever! 16-17 February: PicoCon, London PicoCon  Continue Reading »

Audiobook contest and Reddit AMA

Written on December 21, 2012 at 14:15, by

It’s all go this week! Since it’s Christmas I’m not doing a “physical” book launch at a bookshop, so I have a number of online events lined up instead. First, thanks to the lovely chaps at my publisher, Angry Robot Books, there’s a competition to win both The Alchemist of Souls and The Merchant of  Continue Reading »

Publication day – again!

Written on December 18, 2012 at 09:24, by

You know, I really can’t believe it’s only been eight months since my first novel came out – it’s been such a crazy hectic year, I feel like I’ve been doing this forever! And yet…today is the day that most editions of The Merchant of Dreams officially see the light of day (just waiting on  Continue Reading »

Previously, on Night’s Masque…

Written on December 11, 2012 at 08:46, by

The trouble with series books coming out months or even years apart is that you tend to forget what happened in the last one by the time you get hold of the new one. With that in mind, I decided to take a leaf out of TV’s handbook and provide a summary of each of  Continue Reading »

NaNoWriMo 2012

Written on October 30, 2012 at 07:05, by

Way back in 2006 I was struggling to finish a novel—any novel—so I decided to do NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) to push me past the opening chapters, which is where I always used to stall. It worked so well that I did it again in 2007, and those two drafts formed the basis for  Continue Reading »