{"id":3262,"date":"2011-01-23T11:21:07","date_gmt":"2011-01-22T22:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=3262"},"modified":"2011-01-23T14:13:19","modified_gmt":"2011-01-23T01:13:19","slug":"whats-coming-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2011\/01\/23\/whats-coming-up\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Coming Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In terms of what&#8217;s coming up over the next few weeks-to-months, both here on <em>&#8220;&#8230; Anything, Really&#8221;<\/em> and in other places, I&#8217;ve got a few things on the go.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blog Interviews:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On<em><strong> <\/strong><\/em><strong>1 February<\/strong> I&#8217;ll be interviewing my friend and debut Romance author, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bethannemiller17\"><strong>Beth Anne Miller<\/strong><\/a>, on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.supernaturalunderground.blogspot.com\/\">Supernatural Underground<\/a> and discussing her about-to-be released first novel, <a href=\"http:\/\/thewildrosepress.com\/index.php?main_page=index&amp;manufacturers_id=897\"><em>Into the Scottish Mist<\/em><\/a>, with a follow-up interview here on <strong>4 February<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>On <strong>15 February<\/strong>, I&#8217;ll be doing another <em>&#8220;&#8230; on Anything, Really&#8221;<\/em> author interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/maryvictoria.net\/?p=552\">Mary Victoria<\/a>, discussing (the again soon-to-be-released) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.co.nz\/#hl=en&amp;source=hp&amp;biw=1024&amp;bih=585&amp;q=Samiha's+Song&amp;btnG=Google+Search&amp;aq=f&amp;aqi=&amp;aql=&amp;oq=Samiha's+Song&amp;fp=3ad40b4587f5627c\"><em><strong>Samiha&#8217;s Song<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, which is the second in her <strong>Chronicles of the Tree<\/strong> series, which started with <em><strong>Tymon&#8217;s Flight<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>When I started blogging, interviews with other authors was one of the things I was keen to do, so it&#8217;s good to be kicking off the new year with a few.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guest Blog Post<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As part of the celebrations around the launch of <em><strong>Samiha&#8217;s Song<\/strong><\/em>, Mary Victoria has asked a some fellow SFF authors to guest post on her blog in a series on the theme of <strong><em>&#8220;Writing Strong Female Characters.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> (Just as a &#8216;sneak preview&#8217;, I am currently reading <em><strong>Samiha&#8217;s Song <\/strong><\/em>and can tell you that Mary has an impressive representation of strong female characters in her story! \ud83d\ude09 )<\/p>\n<p>My fellow guests will be (in alphabetical order, not necessarily order of appearance):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saladinahmed.com\/\">Saladin Ahmed<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blakecharlton.com\/\">Blake Charlton<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kimfalconer.com\/home.html\">Kim Falconer<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/timjonesbooks.blogspot.com\/\">Tim Jones<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/glendalarke.com\/news\/\">Glenda Larke<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/nicolermurphy.com\/\">Nicole Murphy<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trivium.net\/gillianpolack\/\">Gillian Polack <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/kaaronwarren.wordpress.com\/\">Karon Warren<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll also have a series of guest posts coming up on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitbooks.net\/\">Orbit blog<\/a>, ahead of the UK launch of <em><strong>The Heir of Night <\/strong><\/em>on 11 March.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>NZ Book Month&#8212;Dan Davin Literary Foundation Guest:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have been invited to present a series of workshops for high school students and an evening event as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nzbookmonth.co.nz\/\">NZ Book Month<\/a> guest of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dandavin.org.nz\/aboutliteraryfoundation.htm\">Dan Davin Literary Foundation<\/a>, 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 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.helenlowe.info\/events.html\">News<\/a> page on my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.helenlowe.info\/index.html\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Last But Never Least&#8211;UK Launch of <em>The Heir of Night <\/em>on 11 March!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yup, it&#8217;s finally almost here, the UK launch of the <em><strong>The Heir of Night<\/strong><\/em> (Orbit) on 11 March&#8212;so watch this space for more details of celebratory fun and goodness! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In terms of what&#8217;s coming up over the next few weeks-to-months, both here on &#8220;&#8230; Anything, Really&#8221; and in other places, I&#8217;ve got a few things on the go. 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