It's Friday, and, well...what a week.

On the downside, I've heard now from several readers who've tried to order Stolen Magic through their local Barnes & Noble store and found that B&N employees can't even order it, or any of the other affected S&S titles, for in-store delivery; our books are all set in the system as "Home Delivery only ( Read more... )

I've been debating all weekend whether to talk about this online or not. There's sometimes a feeling in publishing that it's better to keep quiet about the big, bad news. But this is bigger than me, and other people are talking about it publicly ( Read more... )

This morning I realized with horror that my "Cleaning music" playlist on iTunes only has 3 songs on it. What was I thinking when I created that? It's less than 12 minutes long!

Then I thought, Hmm. Does this by any chance reflect how much cleaning I actually WANT to do?Er ( Read more... )

We just got back last night from a four-day family vacation at Longleat Forest Center Parcs, which is an odd mix between a beautiful family campground (it's all set in an absolutely gorgeous 100-year-old pine forest with lots of little lakes, a great beach, and tons of self-catering cottages called "cabins") and a small city (with tons of cafés, ( Read more... )

Oh, have I got a lot of things I've been wanting to talk about here...but before anything else: LOOK!


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...comes, just for fun, from Patrick and the Pulp-o-Mizer! I love everything about this, from the girl taking action to the tagline Patrick chose for it. So perfect in every way! :)


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OK, I am still officially on blog-hiatus...but I couldn't resist just this one blog entry.

See, I went to Bath last week. Bath! You guys know how much I adore Bath! I went there last week to make a video for Booktrust about A Most Improper Magick (Kat, Incorrigible), but then I stayed overnight, and spent my free day wandering around the scenes ( Read more... )

I've really loved reading Nova Ren Suma's Turning Points blog series, where lots of different authors have talked about their biggest personal and professional turning points. Today it's my turn - and you can win a signed hardcover of Renegade Magic just by commenting on my Turning Points blog entry.

Here's a quick snippet:
...I just planned to do ( Read more... )

Deva Fagan just interviewed me at The Enchanted Inkpot, and I really loved the questions she asked about sequel-writing, the city of Bath, the Kat series, and Kat's family. I especially loved getting the chance to write about Kat's hapless older brother Charles, who has a MAJOR character arc across the series.

In Kat, Incorrigible, the plot is ( Read more... )

WOOOOOOT! Renegade Magic and the paperback edition of Kat, Incorrigible have shifted from "pre-order" on B&N.com to "Buy now"! They're even starting to show up in bookstores ( Read more... )