The first draft of Under the Hill is officially finished, coming in at 138,712 words long. Normally things grow when I edit, so I still see it ending up around 150K when it’s finally polished and done. There was some brief elation, but already I’m starting to worry about the editing. I think, however, that…
Well, my NaNoWriMo attempt has once more gone right out of the window after last week. Nevertheless, I’ve still been doing over 2000 words a day this week, and I only have two scenes left to write on Under the Hill. Barring accidents or acts of God, I really should have it finished by the…
Massive apologies to anyone who was hoping to get this book for Halloween last year, but the good news is that it’s out in perfect time to get it for Halloween this year 🙂 The Mysterious Anthology Containing: Shadows in Time by Laura Baumbach: Trying to avoid ruin and disgrace, young naive Neal Clifton, wealthy…
Guess whose author copies of the print second edition of Captain’s Surrender have arrived? Hee! And in a spectacular coincidence they arrived just three days after I’d ordered ten copies to take to the Ely meet-up. (Leading me to think that Samhain had been super efficient. Probably more efficient than is humanly possible.) However, silly…
How long is this novel going to take? It’s 82,500 words long already and only on chapter 12 of 20. It is the giant life-sucking project of DOOM. How many times must the characters explain to each other what the other characters explained to them? How many times must Sumala and Flynn break out of…
Phew! I have turned the corner and passed the middle of Under the Hill. At 77,555 words I am now officially into the second half of this 150,000 word whopper. It’s slightly frustrating because 77K is long enough for a book on its own, and I’ve still got half to go, but on the other…
Ah well, I thought it was too easy. I’ve just had a reply from Waterstones’ event organizer, who I emailed in an attempt to arrange a book signing. She says “Unfortunately this is not something that would for us here in Piccadilly” and encourages me to try my local branch. However, given that my local…
Says this review from Astrodene’s Historical Naval Fiction website: False Colors was a pleasant surprise. I expected the M/M Romance aspect to dominate but it did not. The naval story was well researched and the ship handling, action, and crew interactions were woven into a very believable naval narrative. It is primarily a love story…
Phew! I’ve had two lovely reviews from early readers of SitS, and perhaps now I can stop quaking in my boots over whether my contemporary is any good or not 🙂 Wave of Reviews by Jessewave says: Shining in the Sun is a breath of fresh air and you will love the British and French…
Maybe it’s a case of ‘separated by a common language’ again, but how hard can it be to find a single decent picture of an Oxbridge young man in summer flannels (preferably lounging against a wall)? I’m looking for something like this: And I’ve tried Brideshead Revisited (as a sort of theme), Maurice (theme), EM…
