I can’t edit these books any more. That feels really weird, because since about 2007 when the first draft was finished, they’ve been edited a lot. The scene with Innes and Tzenni at the bath house was written very late, replacing a scene which really wasn’t working at all involving Majed: there used to be […]
Read More Clearing out the atticsThis is going to sound ludicrously arrogant, given that I’m white, cisgendered, more or less able-bodied, and from a First World country: but when I look back at why I’ve started writing books, most of the time it’s because I’ve been irritated that the books that were already out there weren’t reflecting me. No, I […]
Read More Mummy, where do books come from?If you’ve read the books and liked them (or even if you’ve read them and disliked them, I’m all in favour of honesty) could you do me a huge favour and rate them on the Lulu site, please? Here are the links: The Maker’s Mask The Hawkwood War If you were also minded to write […]
Read More Rate my books at Lulu, please?Cas reminded me that I’d said I would do family trees for the Requite books and put them on the website, so there is now a family trees page. Click on the thumbnails for larger versions. So far, there are trees for the Boccamera and the Kapellans: the Malabranca and the Gentileschi are both a […]
Read More Family trees!I have the proof of The Hawkwood War, and it looks OK! However, I also have a D&D game to finish prepping for this weekend, and I want to have another go at trying to figure out Lulu’s pricing structure. So, to give myself a window to deal with that in, the books will be […]
Read More Publication date: Monday 13 September 2010One book is proofed and ready to go. I said to Peter last night ‘It looks like a real book!’ and he said ‘Could that be because it is a real book?’ in a sarcastic tone of voice. The other one I’m waiting on a proof copy of. (There will undoubtedly still be at least […]
Read More People, we are approaching zero hourThere is progress being made. Honest. The story so far: I thought I’d order a proof copy of The Maker’s Mask before I got into the whole trying to buy an ISBN thing. The proof copy arrived. I took one look at it and snatched it back from my husband saying ‘You can’t read this […]
Read More Progress!Well, both books are now in Bookman Old Style (I typed that ‘Boomkan Old Style’ the first time round, which sounds like an explosive device out of an Evil Dead movie) and I think I’ve dealt with all the mysterious extra pages, and the pages at the end of a chapter with only two words […]
Read More Font saga continued and thoughts about tropes
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