It’s about now that every writer worth their sodium chloride goes back through the year that was and summarises their spreadsheet for all to see. (What? You don’t have a spreadsheet?) I’m not going to do that this time – oh sure, I’d love to wax lyrical about the highs and lows and in-betweens, as it’s …
Month: December 2012
And they all lived*…
One of the general observations about my writing is that I don’t really seem to do happy endings. Don’t get me wrong, both the short and long fiction usually concludes with some sense of possibility for the future. And, by the time they reach the last line, most of the questions have been answered and …
The world’s laziest post…
…or certainly somewhere in the top 1000 (hey, it’s a big list).I’ve been shouting myself hoarse about the paperback version of Covenant now available. But…just in case you didn’t get to hear about it, you can order it from all these lovely places:UKhttp://www.whsmith.co.uk/Products/Covenant+Paperback+9780956987730http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/derek+thompson/covenant/9475823http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/jsp/id/Covenant/9780956987730http://www.word-power.co.uk/books/covenant-I9780956987730/http://www.pickabook.co.uk/bookdetails.aspx?ISBN=9780956987730http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Covenant-Derek-Thompson/9780956987730NZhttp://www.mightyape.co.nz/product/Book/Covenant/20956092/AUShttp://www.bookworld.com.au/book/covenant/39071062/http://www.abbeys.com.au/book/covenant-book-9780956987730.dohttp://unishop.uow.edu.au/book/covenant-book-9780956987730.doUShttp://www.bighay.com/books/covenant_derek-thompson/9780956987730/10694928http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/covenant-derek-thompson/1113841793?ean=9780956987730&itm=1&usri=9780956987730 Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/Covenant-Derek-Thompson/dp/0956987737 http://www.amazon.com/Covenant-Derek-Thompson/dp/0956987737 http://www.amazon.de/Covenant-Derek-Thompson/dp/0956987737 http://www.amazon.fr/Covenant-Derek-Thompson/dp/0956987737 http://www.amazon.co.jp/Covenant-Derek-Thompson/dp/0956987737 And if you still need a Crimbo …
Stories
No one can fail to be moved by the news stories making the headlines right now (and that’s as true today and as any other time in history). Pick any part of the globe and, wherever there are people, there will be strife and loss, triumph and adversity, unspeakable cruelty and heart-stopping generosity of spirit. But …
Can’t stop…
Hot chocolate, anyone? Hi there!Yes, I know, I’ve been meaning to write. So much going on – the column, the novel out in paperback (blog post in the next few days) and an attack of man-flu.But never mind all that, here’s a great interview about one writer who’s living the dream.New novelist.Two submissionsSecond agent.Loved it.Chloe …