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I give you a small Sunday Snippet from The Bitter Seed of Magic.

Enjoy!

Careful not to let my trainers scuff the salt and sand circle I studied the dead girl staring sightlessly up at me from its centre. She was in her late teens, and Mediterranean ‘girl next door’ pretty: dark brown eyes, blue-black hair still wavy even while wet, and a dusting of ( Read more... )

Friends as Characters: what a nail-biting and horrifying fantastic idea this can be.

First where do characters come from? It’s one of those questions that writers are often asked. My own characters arrive from various places: some stroll onto the page fully-formed complete with name*, description and dialogue; others start out as bit parts or walk- ( Read more... )

T'is finished!! Whoo Hoo!!


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I'm guest blogging over at Karen Mahoney's [ kazdreamer ] today about 'Friends as Characters - Will they still love you when the book comes out!'

And there's another chance to win a copy of The Sweet Scent of Blood to celebrate this my book's release day . *runs off to do the excited happy dance again*

The draw is open until the 7th Sept, but why wait until ( Read more... )

I'm guest blogging over at  How To Get Your Novel Published
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Oh wow!!!!  I am utterly delighted to post the following . . .

PRESS RELEASE - GERMAN RIGHTS IN URBAN FANTASY DEBUT SOLD

Krystyna Kujawinska,  Foreign Rights Director at Orion, has sold German rights in two urban fantasies  by debut novelist Suzanne McLeod to Nicole Geismann of Goldmann.

World rights in the series, which opens with THE SWEET ( Read more... )

Wow! My book has a beautiful new cover - isn't it gorgeous?


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 x/posted from Fangs, Fur & Fey


Q. For those of you, especially debut authors, who sold series where the first book was complete but future books were not: How much freedom did you have with the writing of the second book?

Q. On pitching series, do you pitch the series in the initial query? Or is that something you extrapolate once you've been ( Read more... )

For those of you who don't know, it's National Adopt a Vampire Month over at Jaye's Blahg. There have been plenty of great posts from my fellow authors who also write about those of the sexy, sharp-toothed persuasion *g*

And tomorrow Jaye is kindly allowing me to guest blog about why I think adopting a vampire could be one of those lifetime ( Read more... )