Quite a lot, actually. A lot of to-ing and fro-ing, trying to find one that looks right, sounds right, balances well on a book cover and isn’t too hard to pronounce (so you don’t end up with lots of confused readers in the bookstore who want to buy your book but don’t know how to …
Monthly Archive: September 2009
Sep 30 2009
A week is a long time in politics…
…but a fortnight is a bloody long time to keep your lip zipped when you’re sitting on astonishing news like this. Lest I get too big-headed about this, I shall let theBookseller.com tell the story: http://www.thebookseller.com/news/98263-gollancz-signs-new-fantasy-series.html Yes, that’s me she’s talking about. Little old me who’s been scribbling away for mumblety-mumble years on a rag-tag …
Sep 13 2009
I hope you’re sitting down
That’s what the email said. The email just received from my literary agent, currently on holiday somewhere hot with unreliable internet access. The email that said my agent has received a bloody handsome offer to publish Songs of the Earth and the next two books in the Wild Hunt series. Fuck.