Here’s the second installment in my collaboration with my husband on “words and music”. This passage for COLD HILLSIDE is the most description-heavy of the excerpts I chose for this project. It’s the first introduction to the fey and I wanted to try to capture their elusive, unreal qualities before the later part of the […]
Words and Music: The Fair
February 13th, 2022 · No Comments
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Reviews (Part II) and leaving the harbour again. Maybe.
December 6th, 2015 · No Comments
It’s been a year since Cold Hillside was released, which seems unbelievable. (What, you haven’t read it? Go read it. f you have, thanks!) I would like to thank everyone who took the time to post a review on Goodreads or Amazon or reviewed it on their site. It’s been really gratifying that most of the people who enjoyed […]
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Back in the World: Matriarchy Edition
October 17th, 2015 · No Comments
There have been one or two comments about the fact that Cold Hillside appears to be set in a matriarchy. One person objected to this, on the grounds that reverse oppression is not an improvement over the original brand (a fair opinion). I didn’t set out to create a matriarchical culture for Lushan. The […]
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The sound of my voice (on reading aloud)
March 1st, 2015 · No Comments
I just finished the rather long process of recording an audio version of Cold Hillside as a gift to a friend. I’m not a bad reader, but it was definitely a challenge. First of all, I had to actually listen to a few audio books. I found that interesting but time-consuming – I could have […]
Nature, description and breaking the rules
August 4th, 2014 · No Comments
I know that Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules for writing include “Don’t go into great detail describing places and things” but I love writing those. Part of the pleasure of travelling is watching out the window of the train, finding ways to describe what I see, or discovering the perfect graffiti on a dumpster […]
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Cold Hillside Cover!
June 7th, 2014 · No Comments
The cover of Cold Hillside is done and it’s gorgeous. It wasn’t at all what I was expecting but it works on many levels with the story. Thanks to Vince Haig and the team at ChiZine.
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