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The very kind Ashley Capes of ‘City of Masks’ fame has interviewed me for his site. News about past and present books. Check it out.

Thanks for the chance to chat, Ashley!

http://www.cityofmasks.com/blog/mary-victoria-interview

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I don’t know if other authors feel as I do, but one of the most marvellous things that have happened to me as a writer is to be privileged to witness artists creating images inspired by my stories. These glimpses of a world that previously only existed in imagination make my ( Read more... )

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I’m moving. Again. And in the midst of it all, the WIP is still IP. Rewrites abound, but in the meantime I shall leave you with a verse written by a nonexistent young woman in my unfinished novel. You may guess her name:

In the story, I’m just a girl

Hades plucks out of a field

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Lookee. A kind friend just pointed this out to me. Apparently you can download ‘Tymon’s Flight’, ‘Samiha’s Song’ and ‘Oracle’s Fire’ in the iTunes bookstore. This is a big deal for me as it makes all three books available worldwide in digital format for the first time ever. ( Read more... )

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Well, now that I’m home and have emerged from under a pile of unanswered email and unwashed laundry (or is it the reverse?) I can finally give you the promised Con report.

This was my first real experience of a New Zealand fantasy and science fiction convention and I must say, ( Read more... )

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Just a quick, dashing-between-things post to say UnConventional in Auckland has been fabulous. Thank you to the con organisers and to all my wonderful, welcoming fellow writers and fans in the NZ Specfic community… Trudi Canavan, Helen Lowe, Russell Kirkpatrick, and so many ( Read more... )

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I have some lovely news to report: both ‘Samiha’s Song’ and ‘Oracle’s Fire’ have been shortlisted for the Sir Julius Vogel awards here in New Zealand! Colour me chuffed. (Both books! I’m a little flabbergasted.)

As if that weren’t enough, Frank Victoria is also shortlisted for ( Read more... )

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Tim Jones has interviewed me over on his blog, ‘Books in the Trees.’ I’m a fan of Tim’s work (‘Transported’, ‘Men Briefly Explained’) and it was a great pleasure to pop over for a chat! Tim asks very insightful questions about the YA-or-not-ness of Chronicles of the Tree, ( Read more... )

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It’s always bizarre dancing the promotion jig for one’s own work. But when it comes to a certain artist and his fabulous cover designs, I have no problem! *drumroll* don’t forget to nominate FRANK VICTORIA this year for his amazing cover artwork on ‘Oracle’s Fire’ (see below.) I ( Read more... )