August 2011

New ventures

August 26, 2011

One of the joys of going to conventions, is the shot in the arm I often get to my creativity and way of looking at business. During WorldCon, Tee Morris and I sat down with our agent Laurie McLean, and we both realised we were missing a trick. You see, both Tee and I have [...]

Read the full article →

Jason Chan WINS!

August 19, 2011

I am currently at WorldCon in Reno Nevada, and having a fine old time, but none as fine as what happened tonight. The Chelsey Awards are the big award for fantasy artists and are presented by the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors. Jason Chan’s work for my book Geist was nominated in the [...]

Read the full article →

Fun with Skiffy and Fanty

August 15, 2011

I had a lot of fun with Skiffy and Fanty. We talk Geist, Spectyr, Phoenix Rising and what lies ahead. We also giggle and enjoy ourselves far to much. Listen to the episode here. Hopefully I can go back on the show one day and do an update, and also be prepared when they break [...]

Read the full article →

Eliza and Wellington—the audiobook

August 14, 2011

People have been asking Tee and I about getting hold of the audio version of Phoenix Rising. We’ve been doing a series of short stories set in the world of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences, and one of those stories by Nathan Lowell is nominated for a Parsec Awards. However the rights to the full [...]

Read the full article →

Be a gentleman…

August 11, 2011

Or a gentlewoman. As a steampunk author I am particularly keen on proper manners. I try and observe them as much as I can, so recent events have been rather disappointing. Politeness and civility go a long way in publishing. You want to be known as a professional, not as that person who bailed up [...]

Read the full article →

Heading to Reno

August 4, 2011

I finally got the first rough draft of Wrayth off to Ace, and am heading into other editing projects, but along the way you will be able to find me in Reno, Nevada attending to WorldCon. This is a huge event in the convention calendar, with many publishers, editors, fans and writers attending. Last year [...]

Read the full article →