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Booksigning & Fantasycon

September 3rd, 2010

Tomorrow, Saturday September 4, I’ll be signing books at Waterstone’s Burton-on-Trent branch in Cooper’s Square from 11am.

Then I’ll be putting in an appearance at the annual British Fantasy Society convention, Fantasycon, on Saturday September 18 at the Britannia Hotel in Nottingham.

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Babel Clash Guest Blogger

July 5th, 2010

For the next two weeks, I’m going to be guest-blogging at Borders’ Bookshop’s Babel Clash alongside acclaimed SF author Justina Robson.

For a start we’ll be talking about putting the reality into fantasy, but after that we could go everywhere and anywhere.

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How To Write A Fantasy Novel

June 4th, 2010

…in one hour. I’ve been asked to hold a workshop for would-be fantasy authors at the alt.fiction one-day event in Derby, UK, on June 12.

It’ll cover devising your world, your protagonist, and your main storyline as well as a section on what you need to do to get your work to the attention of editors and agents. All in one hour. It’s fast-paced. You’ll need to think quickly and work hard, but you will find it rewarding. Come with paper and pen. And it’s an early start, for me – 10am – so I will undoubtedly be curmudgeonly. I will need caffeine.

I’ll also be doing a signing at 4pm with other Midlands authors Graham Joyce, Kim Lakin-Smith and Gav Thorpe.

Then at 9pm I’ll be doing a panel with Stephen Volk, Rob Shearman and Bill Boyes on writing for TV.

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