On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me Dreadful relations, high expectations, And a sudden urge to pull up ropes and flee. It is the event of the season—on Twelfth Night, the Dunsmuirs have invited the cream of London society to celebrate the marriage of Lady Claire and Andrew Malvern at a…
Christmas. I can feel you shuddering from here, going, “Are you mad? The school year has only just begun! Run away—far away!” But in the land of publishing, the Christmas season starts, oh, at the end of September, when you’ll see a blizzard of snow and ribbons and sparkly book covers going up online. Rather like…
I’m delighted to report that Fiona Hardingham and I have wrapped production on the audiobook version of Magnificent Devices book 5, A Lady of Resources. You should hear her voice our 16-year-old Lizzie! And, I’ve signed a distribution deal with Blackstone Audiobooks for a wider distribution of books five and six. Instead of only going to Audible, Amazon,…
Yesterday, I did something I’ve never done before—a Google Hangout with steampunk readers from all over, hosted by the lovely Diana and Claudia in Portugal. Each month the EuroSteamCon folks interview a different steampunk author on the Road to EuroSteamCon, putting me in such august company as Jim Butcher and Cherie Priest ::fans self:: We…
Yesterday, fellow author Jennifer Skully and I met on the Apple campus to beta test some authoring software for the smart folks @iBooks. Neither of us knew what to expect … but we both came away madly excited! Those of you who use iThings probably know about iBooks Author, a nifty product that allows you…