I’m planning a US and UK trip for later 2010 or sometime in 2011 and I need some advice. What are the best conventions/events to go to in those countries as far as meeting a bunch of readers and industry people? If I can tie a couple of events in together it would be great.

I’d also love advice on the best genre bookshops to visit. I’m compiling a ( Read more... )

. . . is a subject I’m pretty passionate about. My books often deal with it, and with themes of oppression of women. I’ve not been the recipient DV, but it seems that many, many of my friends and neighbours have been. I’ve known friends to have been bullied, hit, strangled and emotionally tortured. I’ve cried on the phone to DV counsellors, asking ( Read more... )

There are any number of pieces of advice that I could give to that question (which I get asked very regularly!), and aside from the most obvious ones, like, write consistently and read a lot, my next suggestion is to get yourself a good writers group. Good critical feedback, sharp minds with similar interests, a sense of ’we’re in this together’ - ( Read more... )

There’s a nifty website around called A Writer Goes On a Journey which houses a review site, forum, chat room, and the Australian SF Blog Carnival. Recently, one of their reviewers, Ross Hamilton, reviewed Nylon Angel. Now he has just posted reviews for Dark Space and Chaos Space. I believe that one for Mirror Space will be coming soon.

I’m sitting ( Read more... )

OK, due to Mr Gecko not really writing a review, the competition to be the first to write a review for Mirror Space is still on. Must be posted at Parrish’s Patch (link from my website if you haven’t been to my messageboard before) though.

Free book or Itunes voucher on offer.

Some of you might find it curious as to why I keep mentioning reprints. Simply, it’s because in SF it’s hard to sell enough copies to get reprints (unlike popular fantasy series). To me (anyway), its a big milestone to celebrate - the fact that the book is enduring and won’t be off the shelf in two years. Needless to say, I was delighted to get my ( Read more... )

Kylie Chan and I will be at Angus and Robertson Indooroopilly this Saturday(21/11/09) from 11am to 1pm. I’ll be signing as both Marianne de Pierres and Marianne Delacourt. Come and make our day by dropping by…
And don’t forget to sign up for all the silliness at the Parrish Plessis and Tara Sharp Facebook Fan Page:
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The core of the story is in place and I’m now re-reading; painting and prodding, kneading and dressing. Oh my, this is the fun bit.

Today, Google Alert sent me a lovely comment from the SFF World forums, which said that ‘the Sentients of Orion series is becoming one of the best space operas out there fulfilling the promise of the first book in ( Read more... )

If you're looking for a meta-posting software then try using Glue. The crew there are all really helpful and prompt, and it can save you a whole lot of time.
Which will then give you more time to check your google alerts and find things to entertain you like this movie casting for the Parrish Plessis series.

 Orbit have an excerpt of Mirror Space here. And Mark Chitty's review gives Mirror Space 9/10. This makes for a happy day despite still having an excruciatingly sore back. Here's a sneak peek at the review:

'Not only do we continue to follow interesting and gripping story lines, Marianne shows us how she can create vivid and memorable locations. ( Read more... )