First of all a big congratulations to everyone who made the final lists for the 2011 Aurealis Awards. Having worked on the awards for 5 years I know what goes on behind the scenes and I want to thank the … Continue reading
First of all, it must be said that being a finalist in these awards is an achievement. Congrats to all the finalists. Secondly, I’d like to congratulate everyone who won in their sections. But, since this is the ROR blog, … Continue reading
So many lovely, thoughtful answers! I was completely spoiled for choice. In the end I went with Christine and her evocative descriptions of the pros and cons of being a fly or an elephant. But thanks to everyone who played … Continue reading
I first met the sweet, but ever so sharp, Tansy at World Con in 1999. She’d just had her first book come out and we shared the same publisher. Since then we’ve shared many a ROR and convention. Tansy’s new … Continue reading
Consider this. Writers are good at writing about people because they sit back and observe them. They are good at writing because they spend hours alone with their keyboard, conversing with people in their heads. Now consider this. Publishers want … Continue reading
So Power and Majesty was officially released yesterday – sadly that doesn’t mean you are guaranteed to find it on the shelves yet! There’s a difference between release date and “in-store” date – the June 1 books from HarperVoyager are … Continue reading
Tansy Rayner Robert’s book one of The Creature Court Power and Majesty should be showing up in bookstores from today – though some places may not get it out onto the shelves until early next week. Make sure you get … Continue reading
I had a very authory sort of day today. Two great writing sessions; I’m powering towards the final act or possibly the penultimate act of Book 3 (kind of depends on how long the book wants to be) and I … Continue reading