Tag Archives: all about me

Things I Already Know People Won’t Like About Firebrand

Posted on May 9, 2012 by

About half-way through the first round of edits on Firebrand, and then the Beta Crew can take delivery of it and I’ll kick it out of my head until it comes back red-pencilled. As is usual at this stage, I’m … Continue reading →

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Plot early, plot often

Posted on April 2, 2012 by

In the ‘good news’ category: the steampunk thing, now tentatively entitled ‘Firebrand’, is chugging closer to being finished in first draft. So then it’ll be time for the second draft and then to send it off to the various people … Continue reading →

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I write long books.

Posted on February 2, 2012 by

Today I realised that Kallisty’s uncle Hawkwood Prime is played by Sir Patrick Stewart, which (a) explains why he’s managed to persuade so many people to marry him, and (b) is going to be a serious impediment to killing him … Continue reading →

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Random assortment

Posted on September 2, 2011 by

I like websites that log you in and keep you logged in. I get mildly annoyed about websites that expect you to log in every day, but I realise they’re doing it for security reasons. But websites that keep you … Continue reading →

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A sequel of unfortunate events

Posted on May 20, 2011 by

I always like it when books have authors’ notes reading ‘This book was a pain in the backside to write’ because it makes me feel like I’m not alone and it gives me hope that they managed to finish a … Continue reading →

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Heavy Weather

Posted on February 4, 2011 by

Aaaaand I’m still having trouble with the construction of Heavy Ice. Honestly, considering the heavy weather I’ve made of it so far, you’d be forgiven for thinking that I came from some kind of universe where novels had stalled out … Continue reading →

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Slightly late end-of-year post

Posted on January 2, 2011 by

Looking back on 2010, the main event that stands out is that I published my books. (Well, all kinds of other stuff happened too. My husband crossed the country on a unicycle for charity, for example, and I got to … Continue reading →

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Writing and Gaming: They’re Different

Posted on December 27, 2010 by

I write, and I also run games. [1] The writing came first, but only because up until I went to university a combination of geography and lack of social skills meant that I didn’t know anyone else who was interested … 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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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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