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This is a tale of two fairy tales: Snow Song by Sally Gardner and The Left Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix. As I've been involved in a massive fairy tale set, as well writing a story with a large fairy tale and mythology element, it's been fascinating reading these two very different books …
I've been hearing it a bit lately. It's such a shame there's no modern fantasy and sci-fi out there with strong female leads that boys/men want to read. What they actually mean is that boys don't like reading romance. And it's total BS. Authors definitely write the stuff. I know, because I'm one of them. …
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I'm going to be launching The Secret Story - a prequel to the Sylvalla Chronicles series- soon. So, I thought it would be a good time to find out - what makes a great book launch? I'm asking you, my fans, what makes a great book launch for you. And what sort of prizes you'd …
"The exercise of imagination is dangerous to those who profit from the way things are..." Ursula K. Le Guin ― The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader and the Imagination (Amazon aff link) This is for you, the writers Ursula K. Le Guin called writers of the imagination, but …
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So, what is postmodern, anyway? I'd have thought it'd be the description for a Pollock? Or some zany artwork that's a cross between popular culture and noodles thrown on a canvas. Well, maybe that's true, but it's also used for writing.
It's a poorly kept secret in the bookselling world that - just like movies - many books are written just as much for adults as they are for children...