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On tour with Rainy Kaye

31/3/2015

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Today I welcome Rainy Kaye to the blog. I very much enjoyed her first genie novel, SUMMONED, so I'm pleased to be part of the tour for its sequel, STIFLED. Read on to find out more, and for your chance to win an Amazon gift card!


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Barren Island Books – Jack Colman

26/3/2015

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Welcome to Barren Island Books, the author interview series that’s in no way related to a popular music-based radio programme. You know the rules by now: my guests are exiled to a remote island with only five books for company, selected from the categories I give them. It’s up to them to make sure they choose wisely, because they’re going to be stuck with those books for a long, long time …

My interviewee this week is Jack Colman, author of historical fantasy novel The Rule – released by HarperVoyager today! When he's not being banished to a desert island, Jack can be found at twitter.com/_jackcolman.


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After the Ruin: an interview with Harriet Goodchild

22/3/2015

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Welcome to Barren Island – wait, no. Today I'm trying my hand at a different kind of interview, so bear with me.

Harriet Goodchild is a former Barren Islands exile (you can read about her chosen five books here) whose debut novel After the Ruin has just been released in paperback and ebook by Hadley Rille Books. Two collections of short stories associated with the book, Tales from the Later Lands and An End and a Beginning, are also available in ebook format.

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Barren Island Books – Laura Bickle

19/3/2015

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Welcome to Barren Island Books, the author interview series that’s in no way related to a popular music-based radio programme. You know the rules by now: my guests are exiled to a remote island with only five books for company, selected from the categories I give them. It’s up to them to make sure they choose wisely, because they’re going to be stuck with those books for a long, long time …

My interviewee this week is Laura Bickle, author of the Anya Kalinczyk urban fantasy series, the Hallowed Ones series for young adults, and a new contemporary fantasy novel Dark Alchemy – coming 24 March from Harper Voyager Impulse! When she's not being banished to a desert island, Laura can be found at www.laurabickle.com.


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Barren Island Books – Samantha LaFantasie

17/3/2015

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Welcome to a special extra edition of Barren Island Books, the author interview series that’s in no way related to a popular music-based radio programme. You know the rules by now: my guests are exiled to a remote island with only five books for company, selected from the categories I give them. It’s up to them to make sure they choose wisely, because they’re going to be stuck with those books for a long, long time …

My interviewee on this occasion is Samantha LaFantasie, author of Heart Song – being celebrated in a special event for one day only! Stay tuned for more information about the book, the author and the party at the end of the interview.

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Adventures in Publishing, vol. 4: the Excel* edition

15/3/2015

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Back in the distant past, when I was a teenager starting to (attempt to) write fantasy novels, I assumed that finishing a book would be the hard part. After that, I'd simply find a publisher and my work would be done.

Even setting aside the idiocy of 'simply find a publisher', it turns out I was wrong.

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Barren Island Books – Auston Habershaw

12/3/2015

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Welcome to Barren Island Books, the author interview series that’s in no way related to a popular music-based radio programme. You know the rules by now: my guests are exiled to a remote island with only five books for company, selected from the categories I give them. It’s up to them to make sure they choose wisely, because they’re going to be stuck with those books for a long, long time …

My interviewee this week is Auston Habershaw, author of epic fantasy novel The Iron Ring (Part I of the Saga of the Redeemed). When he's not being banished to a desert island, Auston can be found at aahabershaw.wordpress.com.


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On tour with Rebecca Hamilton

10/3/2015

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Today I bring you a special guest post from Rebecca Hamilton, whose wonderful novel Come, the Dark (Book 2 in the Forever Girl series) is currently on tour. Click through to read an excerpt from the book, watch the mini-trailer and listen to the Come, the Dark playlist!

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Barren Island Books – Jennifer Fisch-Ferguson

5/3/2015

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Welcome to Barren Island Books, the author interview series that’s in no way related to a popular music-based radio programme. You know the rules by now: my guests are exiled to a remote island with only five books for company, selected from the categories I give them. It’s up to them to make sure they choose wisely, because they’re going to be stuck with those books for a long, long time …

My interviewee this week is Jennifer Fisch-Ferguson, author of the Warriors of Luna novels Enter the Moon and Howl at the Moon. When she’s not being banished to a desert island, Jennifer can be found at warriorsofluna.com.


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How I learned to stop worrying and love deadlines

1/3/2015

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I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
- Douglas Adams


I am a terrible procrastinator, and I'm also never satisfied with anything I do. These two factors in combination have tended to mean that I don't spend nearly enough time writing – and when I do, more often than not it's rewriting something I've already written.

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