Monthly Archives: November 2010

Review!

Posted on November 30, 2010 by

The_Antichris, who won the book giveaway, has written a lovely review of The Maker’s Mask: Book One of Requite with a paragraph about Clarke’s Law which made me giggle out loud. An excerpt: the best thing in the book is … Continue reading →

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Rewriting

Posted on November 27, 2010 by

Today I am rewriting a scene that was doing two things badly in the hope that I can get it to instead do one thing well. Part of the problem was that the viewpoint kept shifting from tight third person … Continue reading →

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Baby, it’s cold outside

Posted on November 26, 2010 by

Today I bought various books from Lulu for Christmas presents to take advantage of the 25% offer they’ve got going… and then forgot to put the code in at the checkout. I’d previously tried to cancel Lulu orders due to … Continue reading →

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it is Lulu money off code time again!

Posted on November 24, 2010 by

Take 25% off any order and save up to £250 when you enter code CYBERUK at checkout. Not sure if it works outside the UK, but maybe worth a go? Useful links for buying my books from Lulu: The Maker’s … Continue reading →

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I Get Searches, II

Posted on November 21, 2010 by

More Google searches that have caused people to find this blog: edward ii Were you looking for this band? Because they are awesome. I am not a reggae folk fusion band myself, though. Sorry. teacher big bust fiction I see … Continue reading →

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Twitter

Posted on November 20, 2010 by

I am going to try to use my Twitter account more – I’m AnkaretWells over there. Please feel free to add me if you want to hear me twittering about the books and occasionally shouting at my characters, or not … Continue reading →

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Things people have been asking me

Posted on November 20, 2010 by

Is it better for you if I buy the book from Lulu, or from Amazon? If you’re buying an ebook, Lulu is the only game in town at present. If you’re buying a paperback, I honestly don’t mind – I … Continue reading →

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Planetary romance

Posted on November 14, 2010 by

A nice review from Lera at GoodReads, in which she says that The Maker’s Mask is stylistically in the fine tradition of pulp fantasy. Which, ahahahah, it so is. I used to spend hours happily reading Edgar Rice Burroughs at … Continue reading →

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Periodicals

Posted on November 10, 2010 by

I haven’t been vanity-Googling my nom de plume much, because I think vanity-Googlers mostly hear no good of themselves. But perhaps I should have been… Today, while trying to help my father find my blog, I discovered that Amazon truncates … Continue reading →

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I Get Searches

Posted on November 8, 2010 by

Shoutout to the person who got here searching on ‘worldbuilding is hard’. You’re right, it really is! Fist bump to the person who got here searching on ‘what will karely be when she grows up’. Happy, I hope. Cheery wave … Continue reading →

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