In the nearly 20 years I have been writing full time, I have received some fascinating letters and emails in regards to my novels. Two stand out particularly. I haven’t…Continue readingFascinating fan letters
The New Jersey bookstore Inkwood has a list of reading resolutions for 2017. Here’s my own handful of resolutions – your mission, should you choose to accept it. 1) If…Continue readingRead it! Now!
I and 33 other authors offer advice. I wasn’t consulted, but my best advice? “Nothing is EVER finished – but you have to know when to let go. It won’t…Continue readingHow can I write…?
Terry Pratchett on an archive picture. Photograph: Eamonn McCabe/Eamonn McCabe As the literary world mourns the death of Discworld creator Terry Pratchett, The Guardian has selected some of his most…Continue readingTerry in quotes
At Bustle, Becky Schultz talks about the 11 Books You’d Find On Lisa Simpson’s Shelf because she has great literary taste. For example: Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan After…Continue readingWhat Lisa Simpson Reads
I am primarily a fantasy writer. That is how I view myself and my novels. But literary critics often have trouble labeling me, putting my books into neat little boxes.…Continue readingBut what is it?
I’ll be at “The Author visits” all week, the first stop on a blog tour for Random, the first book in The Were Chronicles, my new YA series. There will…Continue readingMeet the Author
It started last night. He turned up in my dream, Chalky, the protagonist of my current WIP. He’s nineteen years old, pushing twenty. He’s a kid who has had a…Continue readingA character tells me off
1. There are times that I have sat and watched words which *I am typing* appear on the screen in front of my eyes… and not recognized them. That’s how…Continue readingAn author confesses