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Stating the obvious
As may be rather obvious, despite my best intentions, I have stopped using the blog.
If you're interested in still reading my blog entries, you can now find them over on patricksamphire.com/blog
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Author models
I've just started to revise my second novel (tentatively entitled The Emperor of Mars, and not due out until autumn 2015, so no panic yet...) and so (because procrastination is easier than actually revising), I've been thinking about exactly what I want this book to be, and I've been thinking about models of authors. Not, like, plastic models, nor ( Read more... ) -
Well, this is difficult
The book I'm writing now is the hardest book I've ever written. Honestly. And I think that comes down to one thing:
This is the first sequel I've ever written.
Naively, I assumed that because it was a sequel, it would be so much easier than the first book. After all, I already had most of the characters, right? I've done most of the world-building ( Read more... ) -
Today I have been mostly...
Today I have been mostly blogging on this group blog.
It's mainly an introduction blog entry, so if you already know me, you probably don't need to see it. If you don't already know me, well, hello!
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Cover madness
Ever since I sold Secrets of the Dragon Tomb back in December, the thing I've been most ridiculously excited about is seeing the cover. Even more so than the interior illustrations (and you would not believe how excited I am about them ( Read more... ) -
Creating Your Ebook the Right Way
For those of you creating and formatting your own ebooks, my blog series explaining it all in mind-numbing detail continues:
http://patricksamphire.blogspot.com/2013/03/creating-your-ebook-right-way-part-4.html
