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The Treachery of Beautiful Things Exclusive

Posted on March 1, 2012 by RFLongMarch 1, 2012

The Treachery of Beautiful Things comes out on the 16th August, 2012. Which, as some people have pointed out, is a very long time to go. 168 days according to Book Depository! I’d be hard pressed to wait that long. … Continue reading →

Tagged Excerpt, may queen, The Treachery of Beautiful Things

TTOBT Livechat

Posted on February 28, 2012 by RFLongFebruary 28, 2012

Just a quick headsup to let people know that I’ll be doing a twitter live chat with YALitChat tomorrow at 3pm EST (which is handily 8pm GMT over here). I’ll be talking about The Treachery of Beautiful Things and we’ll … Continue reading →

Posted in Interviews, links and stuff, Out and About, Twitter | Tagged Giveaway, Livechat, may queen, The Treachery of Beautiful Things, TTOBT

Busy busy busy

Posted on February 7, 2012 by RFLongFebruary 7, 2012

Still in the writing cave. Peering out from time to time with at confused, “there’s a world out there” blinking gaze. I’m a bit over half way through draft zero having got lots done this Sunday thanks to a rugby … Continue reading →

Posted in New Books, Publications | Tagged may queen, reviews, The Treachery of Beautiful Things

Proofs–it exists!

Posted on November 23, 2011 by RFLongNovember 23, 2011

It’s almost a real book! I now have 5 whole copies to play with. Most of them are spoken for, alas. But they are sooooo pretty. I believe that copies may be available for review from the Penguin Young Readers … Continue reading →

Posted in Cover Love, New Books, New releases, Photo Moments | Tagged Cover love, may queen, Squee, The Treachery of Beautiful Things

A May Tree in November

Posted on November 5, 2011 by RFLongNovember 5, 2011

The May Tree, or Hawthorn, or the Fairy Tree features in my novel THE TREACHERY OF BEAUTIFUL THINGS. The tradition is to tie a rag or ribbon to the tree and make a wish. It’s a gnarled, thorny little tree, … Continue reading →

Posted in Life Happens, Out and About, Photo Moments, Writing Life | Tagged Folklore, may queen, The Treachery of Beautiful Things

Cover LOVE–first look

Posted on September 12, 2011 by RFLongSeptember 12, 2011

Just a quick but vital interruption in our scheduled blogging to reveal an almost exclusive thing of wonder. *dances around, throws confetti, dances some more* Why? Because I can at last share the beautiful cover for The Treachery of Beautiful … Continue reading →

Tagged Cover, may queen, Squee, The Treachery of Beautiful Things

The Treachery of Beautiful Things

Posted on July 13, 2011 by RFLongJuly 13, 2011

So a few bits of exciting news in the last little while. 1) May Queen has a new title – The Treachery of Beautiful Things – which I absolutely love. So evocative. 2) It also has a release date (16th … Continue reading →

Posted in New Books, WIP, Writing Life | Tagged may queen, New Books, The Treachery of Beautiful Things

Research Holiday

Posted on June 8, 2011 by RFLongJune 8, 2011

It all started as a bit of a whim to be honest. But then these things often do. … Continue reading →

Posted in Life Happens, Out and About, Photo Moments, travels, Writing Life | Tagged Holidays, may queen, Photos, travels

Oh the edits

Posted on May 31, 2011 by RFLongMay 31, 2011

It was admittedly a tight deadline, but the edits on May Queen (which may not be called May Queen anymore) went back on Sunday evening with Monday to spare. At the moment I’m mainly in recovery mode and looking forward … Continue reading →

Posted in WIP, Writing Craft, Writing Life | Tagged Edits, graffiti angel, may queen

Fairytales in fiction

Posted on May 9, 2011 by RFLongMay 9, 2011

Claire Hennesy has a thought provoking post up today about Retellings, where writers take well known and established stories like fairytales and folklore and use them as a base for their own stories, building on them, changing their slant or … Continue reading →

Posted in Awesome authors, WIP, Writing Craft | Tagged Awesome authors, fairytales, forest king, graffiti angel, may queen, writing, writing craft

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