What’s Coming Up
In terms of what’s coming up over the next few weeks-to-months, both here on “… Anything, Really” and in other places, I’ve got a few things on the go.
Blog Interviews:
On 1 February I’ll be interviewing my friend and debut Romance author, Beth Anne Miller, on the Supernatural Underground and discussing her about-to-be released first novel, Into the Scottish Mist, with a follow-up interview here on 4 February.
On 15 February, I’ll be doing another “… on Anything, Really” author interview with Mary Victoria, discussing (the again soon-to-be-released) Samiha’s Song, which is the second in her Chronicles of the Tree series, which started with Tymon’s Flight.
When I started blogging, interviews with other authors was one of the things I was keen to do, so it’s good to be kicking off the new year with a few.
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Guest Blog Post
As part of the celebrations around the launch of Samiha’s Song, Mary Victoria has asked a some fellow SFF authors to guest post on her blog in a series on the theme of “Writing Strong Female Characters.” (Just as a ‘sneak preview’, I am currently reading Samiha’s Song and can tell you that Mary has an impressive representation of strong female characters in her story! 😉 )
My fellow guests will be (in alphabetical order, not necessarily order of appearance):
Saladin Ahmed; Blake Charlton; Kim Falconer; Tim Jones; Glenda Larke; Nicole Murphy; Gillian Polack and Karon Warren
I’ll also have a series of guest posts coming up on the Orbit blog, ahead of the UK launch of The Heir of Night on 11 March.
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NZ Book Month—Dan Davin Literary Foundation Guest:
I have been invited to present a series of workshops for high school students and an evening event as the NZ Book Month guest of the Dan Davin Literary Foundation, during the week of 21-27 March. The workshops will be held in Queenstown, Gore and Invercargill; the evening event will also be in Invercargill. I have long-standing ties to the Southland region and am delighted to be going back and to have the opportunity to share my knowledge and experience with aspiring writers there. I will post more details as these are finalised, both here and on the News page on my website.
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Last But Never Least–UK Launch of The Heir of Night on 11 March!
Yup, it’s finally almost here, the UK launch of the The Heir of Night (Orbit) on 11 March—so watch this space for more details of celebratory fun and goodness! 🙂