I’ve just got through signing 80 hardback copies of PRINCIPLES on my kitchen table. More experienced pros have warned me of the perils of RSI during long signing sessions, but I had my special pen, and took the job slow and steady. More of a problem was re-wrapping the books and getting them back in […]
The original plan was to start writing GUARDIANS OF PARADISE as soon as my editor said she was happy with CONSORTS OF HEAVEN. Several reasons: firstly, CONSORTS is that tricky second novel and until I know whether it’s made the grade I feel uncomfortable moving on to another major project; secondly, I needed more envelope-scribbling […]
As part of my (so far remarkably successful) efforts to spend my publication advance from PRINCIPLES before I have the chance to get used to having money, I’ve registered for a couple of upcoming conventions. The first one is Newcon 4, held the second weekend in October in sunny Northampton. It’s a small convention, but […]
I’m not entirely comfortable with shameless self-promotion. At the same time, I’m aware of the need to make sure I (well, Waterstone’s, Amazon etc.) sell as many copies as possible of PRINCIPLES OF ANGELS (I cringed slightly as I wrote that – even the standard convention of capitalising book titles seems rather vulgar to me). […]
M the Uber-Geek has put up a selection of photos he took at last Saturday’s signing here. Amazingly I only look like my mother in about half of them. As well as the usual selection of ‘woman signs book’ shots, there’s plenty of shots of the other attendees.
I’ve done a short interview for Graeme’s Fantasy Book Review, which you should be able to access from here. There’s also a review of ‘Principles of Angels’ up on his site.
Thanks to everyone who came to the signing yesterday – and apologies if I didn’t get a chance to talk to you. The day reminded me of my wedding: an amazing, unforgettable occasion at which I was almost too busy to have fun. And my house is now full of flowers.
Just a quick reminder that I’ll be signing copies of PRINCIPLES OF ANGELS this Saturday at the ‘Little Green Dragon’ bookshop in Alton, Hampshire aka www.altonbooks.co.uk. The event runs between 1pm and 2pm, but I should be hanging around in the marvellous ‘Bottega dei Sapori’ deli/cafe just down the road before and afterwards (assume there […]
Last night I finished the final tweaks on CONSORTS OF HEAVEN, which is the next book in the ‘Hidden Empire’ series, though not exactly a sequel to PRINCIPLES OF ANGELS. My agent will be submitting it to my publisher today at which point it enters the arcane and iterative process of editing and proofing ready […]
Fellow Gollancz author Suzanne MacLeod came up with the term ‘book birthday’ to describe the day you have your novel published. It’s one of the few life-changing events that Clintons don’t have a card for (yet). Anyway, from today I will be unable to walk past a bookshop without popping in to check if they […]
As well as the book signing in Alton on the 28th of this month (see below), I’m be signing copies of PRINCIPLES OF ANGELS at Waterstones in Lancaster (the King Street branch apparently). It’s at 2pm on Sunday the 22nd, and there’s also a Q & A session planned, which should be interesting as I’ve […]