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Gemmell Awards open for voting
Voting for the 2017 Gemmell Awards has begun; the link is here My publisher, Kristell Ink, an imprint of Grimbold Books, is fielding a strong list of authors and illustrators for the various awards: Legend Award The Sky Slayer, by Joel Cornah The Summer Goddess, by Joanne Hall The High King's Vengeance, by Steven Poore… Continue reading Gemmell Awards open for voting
Guest Post: Sarah Ash
Treasuring the Initial Image - Sarah Ash guest blogs for Melanie Ifield I’m one of those writers that squirrels ideas away like a winter hoard of nuts and berries. Or maybe my type of writer is more like a vineyard owner, bottling the new vintage and trusting that in a year or more, it’ll mature… Continue reading Guest Post: Sarah Ash
Review of The Flood Dragon’s Sacrifice by Sarah Ash
The Flood Dragon's Sacrifice by Sarah Ash My rating: 5 of 5 stars I loved this book. Set in mediaeval Japan, it tells the story of rival clans whose blood feud has endured for many years, and the fate of their sons and daughters who have to choose between family loyalty with its rigid burdens… Continue reading Review of The Flood Dragon’s Sacrifice by Sarah Ash
Not Nanowrimo…
We are on course for the new edition of Children of the Shaman to come out with Kristell Ink in January 2017. It's going to have illustrations, about which I'm incredibly excited. It's like all my dreams coming true at once! The artwork, which includes a map, is by the talented Evelinn Enoksen, and I'm… Continue reading Not Nanowrimo…
The Living and the Dead soundtrack
I've just discovered that you can purchase the album and/or download it from the composers' web-site here: the insects They've composed the incidental music to several series, including Death comes to Pemberley, as well as some documentaries. I thought the soundtrack to The Living and the Dead was an important part of the drama series… Continue reading The Living and the Dead soundtrack
Children of the Shaman cover reveal
Here is the new cover art for Children of the Shaman, to be reissued later this year by Kristell Ink, an imprint of Grimbold Books.
Grimbold does Patreon
Not long ago, I mentioned I had signed up with Kristell Ink, an imprint of Grimbold Books. Grimbold has just launched an exciting new campaign on Patreon, offering exclusive benefits to subscribers. What is Patreon? "the world's largest crowdfunding site for artists and creators" For just $2 a month or more, you will obtain access… Continue reading Grimbold does Patreon
Updates to my web-site
You may have noticed that I've changed the appearance of both my blogs, this one and the other one that lives at Living in the Maniototo. This is because Kristell Ink will be publishing my fourth novel, Winterbloom, and republishing my first three books: Children of the Shaman, The Glass Mountain, and Malarat. As a… Continue reading Updates to my web-site
Tunguska
Is the site of a famous asteroid/meteorite airburst, though some people think it was aUFO crash. The local people attributed it to shamans fighting. And there's an X Files episode with the same name. It is now the working title of my next book, which probably won't be called that because Tunguska is a real… Continue reading Tunguska
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