{"id":12814,"date":"2012-04-06T15:23:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-06T03:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=12814"},"modified":"2012-04-06T15:23:01","modified_gmt":"2012-04-06T03:23:01","slug":"uk-release-day-done-but-the-blog-tour-rolls-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/04\/06\/uk-release-day-done-but-the-blog-tour-rolls-on\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Release Day Done: But The Blog Tour Rolls On!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/04\/05\/its-publication-day-the-gathering-of-the-lost-touches-down-in-the-uk\/gathering_uk-release-promo_blog\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12789\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-12789\" title=\"Gathering_UK-release-promo_blog\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Gathering_UK-release-promo_blog-217x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Gathering_UK-release-promo_blog-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Gathering_UK-release-promo_blog-108x150.jpg 108w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Gathering_UK-release-promo_blog-743x1024.jpg 743w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Gathering_UK-release-promo_blog.jpg 799w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a>Yes, the sun has indeed set on the UK release day&#8212;although the giveaways and name\/character draw all remain open until midnight today, April 6, NZ time (to allow a time zone &#8216;buffer&#8217;) so need to pick up all the streamers and confetti quite yet (blows another toot on the vuvuzela!)<\/p>\n<p>And meanwhile, the Blog Tour rolls on:<\/p>\n<p>* Right now I&#8217;m with <strong>Gillian Polack\u2019s<\/strong> on her blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/gillpolack.livejournal.com\/\">Even In A Little Thing<\/a> where I\u2019m talking historical influences on <strong><em>The Gathering of the Lost<\/em><\/strong> and <strong>The Wall of Night<\/strong> series, including geography, cultures, heraldry and names! <strong>You can check it all out<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/gillpolack.livejournal.com\/952663.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* There is also a report on the &#8220;worldwide&#8221; realtime launch (which, in fact, it was!), held on Tuesday evening at UBS Canterbury, on Beatties Bookblog today, right <a href=\"http:\/\/beattiesbookblog.blogspot.co.nz\/2012\/04\/worldwide-launch-of-helen-lowesthe.html\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* My UK publisher, Orbit, also have a nice feature on their blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitbooks.net\/2012\/04\/05\/new-epic-fantasy-the-gathering-of-the-lost-out-today\/\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>And next up on the tour we have:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div id=\"attachment_12626\" style=\"width: 103px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/03\/30\/the-gathering-of-the-lost-has-its-first-us-review\/gatheringofthelostt-mm-c\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12626\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12626\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-12626\" title=\"GatheringoftheLostt mm c\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/GatheringoftheLostt-mm-c-93x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"93\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/GatheringoftheLostt-mm-c-93x150.jpg 93w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/GatheringoftheLostt-mm-c-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/GatheringoftheLostt-mm-c-636x1024.jpg 636w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/GatheringoftheLostt-mm-c.jpg 1258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 93px) 100vw, 93px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12626\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">USA Cover<\/p><\/div>\n<p>an interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/maryvictoria.net\/\">Mary Victoria<\/a> tomorrow<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>an interview with entertainment site\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/ismellsheep.blogspot.co.nz\/\">ismellsheep<\/a> on April 9<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>I&#8217;ll also be stopping in on Pip and Tee at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theshareddesk.com\/\">A Shared Desk<\/a> on April 10 to talk about adventure in Fantasy generally and <em>&#8220;The Gathering of the Lost&#8221;<\/em> in particular<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So there&#8217;s plenty still happening on the <a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/03\/26\/blog-tour-schedule-for-the-gathering-of-the-lost\/\">Tour<\/a> &#8212; &amp; be sure to keep checking in here for updates, particularly on giveaways!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, the sun has indeed set on the UK release day&#8212;although the giveaways and name\/character draw all remain open until midnight today, April 6, NZ time (to allow a time zone &#8216;buffer&#8217;) so need to pick up all the streamers and confetti quite yet (blows another toot on the vuvuzela!) 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