Nov 12, 2007 | Publishing
I’ve already done chats with a couple of book clubs about THE MASTER OF VERONA, and since there’s a major publicity push to clubs in December (thank you, AuthorBuzz!), St. Martin’s recently contacted me and asked me to devise some questions for their...
Oct 18, 2007 | Publishing - Theatre
I seem to blog in cycles – in a day I’ll write entries that will carry me through two weeks, then nothing much for another two weeks. Sorry about that, but I can’t promise to change. Especially since most of my time is being spent on writing-writing,...
Oct 3, 2007 | Publishing - Travel
Having spent this week writing chapters 2 & 3 of Fortune’s Fool, I’ve not paid much attention to the blog. Apologies. But it means there’s loads of stuff to talk about. Firstly, I’m off Friday to Wooster Ohio for a lecture, a signing, and a...
Aug 18, 2007 | Publishing
Yesterday I tried my hand at a little video-creation. Book trailers are all the rage at the moment. I think they’re a little silly (though some, I admit, are quite cool). Still, I’m all about bandwagons, especially ones that have to do with viral...
Aug 15, 2007 | Publishing
This is a directed message, in the hopes that it will reach a particluar person. Just now I received a lovely e-mail from the translator of THE MASTER OF VERONA in Polish, for the publisher Philip Wilson. Her name is Ewa, and she says she had "a ball, though...
Aug 10, 2007 | Publishing
Okay, this I love. Wander over to the www.amazon.com page, and check out the Text Stats and Concordance features near the bottom of the page. Hy-ster-i-cal. My favorite: Words per Dollar: 11,166 Words per Ounce: 6,603 That’s over 11,000 words per buck, folks!...
