Karen
January Update
So January didn't quite go to plan, which I think might be an ongoing theme for these updates... I foolishly fell down the stairs while...
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Karen
Jan 21, 20194 min read
Self Promotion Part 2 - Promote in Print or in Person
Having been around the publishing industry for a little while now and attended talks and panels with industry professionals, I...
Allen Stroud
Jan 6, 20195 min read
2019: Back to Wisimir
It's 2019 and hopefully, this will be the year we return to Wisimir. Way back at the start of the decade in 2010, I received a...
Karen
Dec 29, 20185 min read
2018 in Books
I thought I would share my reading list of 2018, a bit of a retrospective of the year gone by before we start the new year, it's not a...
Karen
Dec 4, 20186 min read
Self Promotion... the Art of Getting Noticed - Part 1
Having been around the publishing industry for a little while now and attended talks and panels with industry professionals, I...
Karen
Nov 18, 20182 min read
Review - Buffy the Vampire Slayer: a Picture Book
For me the best children's books are ones that are entirely appropriate to the age of the child while having elements that make the...
Russell Smith
Nov 12, 20182 min read
Review: Empire of Sand,Tasha Suri (Orbit Books)
I have a small confession: I’ve been looking forward to this since I heard it was on the way, and am delighted to have finally got my...
Karen
Sep 24, 20184 min read
What is a Feminist Utopia in fiction?
This article contains Amazon affiliate links, if you click on the title of the book it will take you to Amazon if you then make a...
Karen
Aug 20, 20181 min read
Fantasycon 2018
Fantasycon is the annual convention of the British Fantasy Society ( #BFS ) which has been running since the 1970's, but this is the...
Karen
Aug 20, 20183 min read
Events for New SFF Writers
Why would new writers want to go to events, which events could they go to and what could they be realistically be aiming for at those...
Karen
Aug 19, 20181 min read
Fantasycon 2017
Fantasycon 2017 was the first Fantasycon organised by HWS (we have run conventions before, just not this one) and we had a lot of fun and...
Karen
Aug 19, 20183 min read
Spotlight on Pat Cadigan
Pat was a wonderful Guest of Honour at Fantasycon 2017 and I wanted to share with you how great she is with some of the information we...
Karen
Aug 12, 20184 min read
Review: The Sudden Appearance of Hope by Claire North
The premise of Claire North’s novel, is that the titular character, Hope Arden, disappears from everyone’s memory when she moves out of...
Karen
Aug 12, 20183 min read
Review: The Cathedral of Known Things by Edward Cox
The Cathedral of Known Things is the sequel to the fantasy novel The Relic Guild by Edward Cox. The ongoing story of the agents of the...
Karen
Aug 12, 20183 min read
Review: The City of Silk and Steel - Mike, Linda and Louise Carey
“Once there was a city of women... both greater and less than you imagine...” and so it begins; this tale that draws you in, that wraps...
Karen
Aug 12, 20183 min read
Review: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J. K. Rowling, John Tiffany & Jack Thorne
This a review of the Special Rehearsal Edition Script, when read as presented rather than a performance of the play itself. Despite the...
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