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Almost A Proper Book
Last Wednesday was a bit of a special day for me. I'd just got home from work when there was a knock at the door, and I opened it to find the postman standing there with a large padded envelope. My...
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Dinos and Jungles and Bear Traps, Oh My!
I'm over at the Lucky 13s today, blogging about my first novel, which contained a suicide, two dino attacks, an explosion, a jeep crash, a near-drowning, an earthquake and a landslip… all by page 115!...
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The Hound
Regular blog readers might have noticed I've been taking a blog break. Apologies – this wasn't planned. A few weeks ago, The Hound (that handsome stripy fella in my photo) fell ill, and twenty-four...
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ACID Cover Reveal & Signed ARC Giveaway!
So, this cover is probably the worst-kept secret on the internet as it's been up on Amazon and Goodreads for a while now, but for anyone who hasn't seen it… here it is! Isn't it gorgeous? I am so, so...
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The Final Four Books for 2012!
It's the last day of 2012, so what better way to see out the year than with my final four books on my 20 Books for 2012 list? Only with these, I'm going to cheat slightly. Y'see, these books aren't...
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ACID ARC Giveaway - The Winner!
I had 94 entries into my signed ACID ARC giveaway - wow! Writing all those names out on pieces of paper to put in a hat would've been a little time-consuming, so I thought I'd let random.org decide for...
View ArticleThe Quiet Librarian: A Split Worlds Tale by Emma Newman
Today, I'm thrilled to welcome Emma Newman to the blog. Emma, a talented author who I first met at BristolCon last year, when we were both on a panel discussing if YA was just for girls,has asked me to...
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Stories Are Everywhere
I was a bit stuck for what to blog about this week, so I asked Twitter. Someone suggested blogging about not knowing what to blog about, but I couldn't think what to say (yeah, I'm hopeless!). Then...
View ArticleThe Lucky Thirteens Tweetchat!
I'm very excited to announce that the Lucky Thirteens, the fab group of debut authors which I'm part of, will be hosting monthly Tweetchats, with the first taking place this week!Chats will be guided...
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A New Arrival!
So, I've been a bit slack on the blogging front lately. But in my defence, I'm deep in the Revisions Cave (2 months to deadline for THE FEARLESS, eeeeep!), I've been shadowing a writer friend, the...
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Catch Up And A Round Up!
I can't believe it's almost mid-February already. That means it's… *counts on fingers* TEN WEEKS AND THREE DAYS until ACID comes out.Eeeeep!And even though the year is only young, tons of exciting...
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Happy Book Birthday, CJ Flood & Infinite Sky!
Todayis publication day for the first of the Lucky 13s' UK contingent. Hooray! Happy book birthday to the lovely CJ Flood and the fabulous INFINITE SKY!
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Happy Release Day, Elsie Chapman and DUALED!
I'm still deep in the revisions cave, and also got my US copyedits through for ACID last week, but I just thought I'd drop by to say HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY to fellow Lucky 13Elsie Chapman and DUALED,...
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Guest Post by PRETTY GIRL THIRTEEN Author Liz Coley: How Writing is Like...
Today, I'm welcoming Liz Coley to the blog. Liz is a fellow Lucky 13 and author of YA mystery/thriller PRETTY GIRL THIRTEEN, which came out from Harper on 28th Feb in the UK, and will be published in...
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My Favourite Childhood Books
Yesterday was World Book Day, and I was tagged by DEMON PARALLEL author Roy Gill to write a blog post about my favourite childhood books – his post is here. I didn't have time to do my own post...
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G-Dog Blogs: What It's REALLY Like When Your Human Is A Writer
Welcome to a brand new feature on the blog – G-Dog Blogs! I've decided to risk letting my houndy writing assistant take over on here fromtime to time, to tell you all about life from his point of view....
View ArticleGood Causes, Exciting Schemes, Book Birthdays And More!
G-Dog was e x h a u s t e d after his stint at blogging last week, so he's let me have the blog back for a while. I thought I'd use this opportunity to tell you about some stuff I and other people have...
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ACID Cover Scoop And A Spooktastic Trailer
It's exactly one month until ACID is out in the UK. ONE MONTH. Eep! So to celebrate, I'm over at the Lucky 13s, blogging about the book's cover. Check it out here! And when you've read that, head over...
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So, You Know That Secret Project I've Been Talking About…
Today, I get to tell you what it is! The fabulous Kate Ormand, author of forthcoming dystopian YA novel DARK DAYS, has helped me to set up a new group blog for UK-based authors and illustrators of...
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A Very Special Saturday
About half an hour ago, I was just sitting down to eat lunch when there was a knock on the front door. I looked at hubby. Hubby looked at me. With a sigh, I got up to go and answer it, preparing a...
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