Link to a list of the 2018 FINALISTS in The Wishing Shelf Book Awards. The children’s books were read and judged by children in 8 UK primary and secondary schools, the adult books by 2 Reading Groups, 1 in London…
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Misfortune of Song and Misfortune of Vision are finalists in The 2018 Wishing Shelf Awards!
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Winners of the Critters Writers Poll!
The tallies are final in the Critters Writers Poll! Misfortune of Vision came in Second Place in the Magical Realism Novels! Misfortune of Song came in Eleventh Place in the Romance Novels! Misfortune of Time came in Fourth Place…
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21st Annual Critters Readers’ Poll
I published three novels in 2018, all part of The Druid’s Brooch Series. All three are on the 21st Annual Critters Readers’ Poll! I’d LOVE if you could go and vote for each them. You do need to enter…
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Genesis of a Novel – Part XV – First Round of Edits
This is the next installment of a series of posts I’ve been writing, following the process of writing a novel from conception through publication and beyond. . It’s been a while, hasn’t it? About 100 days, to be more precise.…
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Genesis of a Novel – Part XIV – Acceptance!
This is the next installment of a series of posts I’ve been writing, following the process of writing a novel from conception through publication and beyond. . That’s right! You read that correctly. Misfortune of Vision, the novel whose journey…
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Genesis of a Novel – Part XIII – Submission!
This is the next installment of a series of posts I’ve been writing, following the process of writing a novel from conception through publication and beyond. . Yes, yes, I have finally gotten to where I am reasonably happy with…
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Genesis of a Novel – Part XII – Beta Edits
This is the next installment of a series of posts I’ve been writing, following the process of writing a novel from conception through publication and beyond. . I sent my latest WIP, Misfortune of Vision, to 7 different beta readers…
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Historical fantasy, time travel adventure, and urban fantasy 