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