Asterix and the golden jubilee
A preparatory sketch for Goscinny and Uderzo’s first book, Asterix the Gaul (1961). Photograph: Les Éditions Albert René / Goscinny-Uderzo The French…
Read moreA preparatory sketch for Goscinny and Uderzo’s first book, Asterix the Gaul (1961). Photograph: Les Éditions Albert René / Goscinny-Uderzo The French…
Read morePublishers Weekly really screws up: “Every year, PW selects its top 100 books, and for the first time ever PW has upped…
Read moreI’m chasing plot moths, dashing about in the dark swishing my net trying to catch the flittery things. I know roughly what…
Read moreI’ve seen a handful of things in the last week that are worth blogging about. But I’m in Hild mode, so instead…
Read moreOver at Sterling Editing I have a new blog post up, a discussion of some of Patrick O’Brian’s masterful dialogue. There’s an…
Read moreIn the last month I’ve had 16,201 visits to Ask Nicola from 90 countries. That’s more visitors than usual: more than 6,000…
Read moreWant to know what it’s like to be a novelist these days? You sell the novel over a pleasant dinner (or an…
Read moreI’m still off the grid but, thanks to the wonders of technology, here’s something I wrote three days ago… Yesterday Kelley and…
Read moreI’m still off the grid… Over at Sterling Editing, another roundup of links for emerging and established writers. Enjoy.
Read moreI’m off the grid for the next few days, but I’ve put together a few posts to go up in my absence……
Read moreRegular readers know that I’ve been working for two years on a novel about Hild of Whitby. I’ve been thinking about her…
Read moreOver at Sterling Editing, Kelley is talking about how it is to learn, as a writer, to take criticism. She is also…
Read moreI’ve just read a fabulously informative post by Jane over on Dear Author. As the Supreme Court in 1943 opined that “authors…
Read moreYesterday I read this blog post about the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by a the partner of a woman who died…
Read moreAmazon and Wal-Mart are fighting a book-price war. Walmart cut the price of their new hardcovers (blockbusters by Stephen King, John Grisham…
Read moreOver at Outer Alliance, I talk to Julie Rios about the Lambda Literary Foundation, Sterling Editing, and what it’s like to be…
Read moreYes, I have heard about this: Panel Recommends that FDA Approve Fampridine-SR (proposed name Amaya) for Symptomatic Treatment of MS — Found…
Read moreWow. Just read this Technorati ranking for Entertainment/book blogs which I gacked from Joe Sherry over at Adventures in Reading (a fine…
Read moreNancy Jane Moore talks about the self-defence stuff in Always over at Book View Cafe. Nancy was one of my students, long…
Read moreFor your delectation and delight over at Sterling Editing, we have a new editcast on dialogue–Kelley plays Ming the Merciless. I do…
Read moreBlue Peter, the BBC children’s programme, has a competition: design a new console for Dr Who’s Tardis, to be built wholly from…
Read moreCharles Tan reviews my Eclipse 3 story, “It Takes Two.” He likes it. I’m delighted. I never really know what to make…
Read moreI’m gradually recovering–a bit better every day, still a way to go–from Whirling World. Meanwhile for you delectation and delight (or irritation,…
Read moreNo post here today. I have migraine/vertigo. Can’t stand noise and movement. Can’t stand, full stop. These things often last a few…
Read moreI’ve been astounded by the rumpus around the Booker: Harrumph, the litsnobs say, it’s historical fiction, not literature! [Imagine that drawn out…
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