Essays, rants, interviews, news
As Hild came out in the UK last week I’ve been busy writing stuff for other people’s blogs. Here’s a selection: Who…
Read moreMonth: July 2014
HILD on Not the Booker Prize long list
Hild is on the Guardian‘s Not the Booker Prize long list. And i’s a very long list. I’d say over 90. There’s…
Read moreHILD is out today in the UK!
From Blackfriars/Little, Brown — 24th June Hild is out today. You can buy it in hardback or ebook in the UK: Foyles | Amazon | Waterstones | iTunes | Google | WordPower and paperback or…
Read moreBlog tour schedule
In honour of Hild‘s UK publication, I have lots of stuff—essays, interviews, reviews—going up this week on other people’s blogs, starting today:…
Read moreBishops in high heels
Thanks to a reader I’ve finally got around to reading yesterday’s New York Times Op-Ed about the Church of England’s General Synod decision…
Read moreComing soon: I am everywhere…
…But in the next ten days or so perhaps not here a lot. On Thursday, 24th July, Hild will be published in the UK…
Read moreHild’s sexuality, redux
Over at Goodreads I’ve been answering questions, most recently on whether, in Hild’s time, sex between women was or was not frowned…
Read moreI’m Guest of Honour at Readercon 26, July 2015
One hour ago: Thank you again for an amazing #ReaderCon 25! Looking forward to 26 with GoHs @nicolaz and @garykwolfe and MGoH…
Read moreWhat is it about mothers?
From: SallyThis is more of a request than a question, actually! More Hild and more Aud, please!Hild is so brilliant! I can’t…
Read moreSome basic thoughts on query letters
I often find myself helping first-time novelists with query letters. Here are my thoughts distilled.1 A query letter is not a teaser….
Read moreA new kind of teaching
In April I taught The Magic of Immersive Fiction, a one-day workshop for Clarion West. The workshop sold out within 90 minutes…
Read moreThere are no tourists here
Lifted from Kelley’s Instagram feed–with permission of course Last night I went to a Clarion West party. I talked to several of…
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