Here we are folks the year almost at an end, big projects up ahead: Lamplighter's release imminent, Book 3 to finish, further books to ponder and plan (see how Book 2 is received first, shall we...), get that Half-Continent map up and running at last - a bit of a theme with a couple of posts ago, things to do, planning ahead, getting my scattered brain in some appearance of order.Might try rambling...
Minggu, 30 Desember 2007
Kamis, 27 Desember 2007
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Winter was asking:"...can we submit sketches for the character studies? Or will it all be text?"A most excellent idea. Indeed, the thought did cross my mind to have illustrations of your characters. It should work so why don't we give it a bash. Send your picture of your character to dm.cornish@halfcontinent.com and I shall see what I can do to include them the featured profile.Lawrence ponders:"I'm...
Minggu, 23 Desember 2007
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It has been a most excellent year and I thank you all who have put your thoughts here and entered into the dialogue - a very healthy and helpful thing from my point of view, and I hope for you too.The posting of the preview chapter seems to have gone down alright - I was a little worried there that I had done the wrong thing by putting it up - and I cannot wait until April/May and onwards either,...
Rabu, 19 Desember 2007
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Just in time for Christmas I bring you... the first chapter of MBT 2 Lamplighter, ready for you to download from...HERE!My word, I sure hope you all like it - consider it a Christmas present.Merry Jesusbirthday (as I like to call it) and may it be a brilliant new year for everyone of you. I am being very UP here - might need to include a few bah-humbugs next po...
Kamis, 13 Desember 2007
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Here is the front cover of the UK Edition of Lamplighter. Lovely, lovely, lovely; I am liking it a whole lot - it has a wonderful flavour all of its own. Your thoughts?Go here to see the US and ANZ covers if you have not glimpsed them before or just want a refresher.And please keep the answers to these questions coming - I cannot enthuse enough about...
Rabu, 12 Desember 2007
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Not too long ago I was honoured with an inclusion in the SA (South Australia) Great 2007 Rising Stars program. It included a whole range of younger folks: business people, scienticians, athletes, teachers, inventors and other clever clogs all from this home state of mine. It was truly an honour to be included, though I felt inferior to the rest - but whatever.They produced a magazine to go with the...
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Apparently the big story across the pond in UK is a girl's tattoo. A young girl named Joanne Raine got her boyfriend's nickname tattooed on her with Chinese characters at a dodgy tattoo shop. Of course, they have since then broke up & the tattoo is not exactly the boy's name.News links via BBC, The Northern Echo, & video via LiveLeakThe phrase...
Minggu, 09 Desember 2007
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I received an email query recently from a certain Beverley McKay:"I have just finished reading Monster Blood Tattoo and have a question I was hoping you could answer for me… Could you tell me from where you derived the name you gave to the Imperial language?"I can certainly answer that question for you. It was a few years ago now but the word was derived from two things: firstly, that I like the sound...
Jumat, 07 Desember 2007
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Johan and I had a good laugh at this website called Kanjix, where its motto is "A good KANJI name for you."Besides the Engrish plastered all over the site, their kanji examples are not what I would call professional quality.We are both curious who would pay $19 for 800 pixel size jpeg & additional $9.50 for PDF (Why not just use PDFCreator, it...
Kamis, 06 Desember 2007
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Yesterday I received from Tim Travaglini - my US publisher-man - what in the US publishing industry is called a galley (here in Oz we called them ubers, or somesuch - not sure why, probably an acronym) of Book 2, Lamplighter. This galley is what most folks would call an uncorrected proof. Indeed, that is what it says clearly on the front: "UNCORRECTED PROOF NOT FOR RESALE"... and uncorrected it is:...
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