I’ve completed the edit of my revisions to the Perihelix and sent it to my editor. I’ve rewritten the first chapter, changing the start substantially (and will mean a lot of edits to book 2 to take out reference/consequences of
Newsletter & mailing list active again
Thanks to the nice people (especially Rafael) at MailPoet.com, I have my email newsletter up and running again. The only problem is, I hadn’t a separate back up of your email addresses, so I have lost all my subscribers! If
July has flown by
Well, that’s what happens when you go to Summer Camp. I’ve been at Camp NaNoWriMo again, but this time working on my older children’s fantasy series, The Princelings of the East. I started that as a trilogy, thought it would
Nearly solstice
Just a little reference to things Earth-orbital, there. News from the Viridian System for you… I have rewritten as much of the Perihelix as I think I should, and need to edit it before sending it to my sf editor. I’m
The Perihelix is withdrawn
I received further independent reviews with good feedback over the Perihelix’s dodgy start, and some other comments about characters and plot jumps. So, I consulted my publisher, and we’ve suspended it from sale as of today. I don’t want it
Read 2 Review on Goodreads
We currently have The Perihelix on offer in the Read 2 Review programme on Goodreads’ Space Opera Fans group. This programme aims to find new readers by posting reviews from interested parties. Despite the enthusiasm of my beta readers, the
Update on Book 2
Well, as you know, I’ve been writing book 2 in the series at Camp NaNoWriMo throughout April. I suppose if I was a ‘proper’ writer I’d be writing stories all the time, without the impetus of a wordcount target to
Snippets from Jemima’s blog
Have you been following Jemima Pett, Author during the A to Z Challenge? I’ve been talking world-building, and combining discussions of worlds in other books with information about various aspects of the Viridian System series – some reprinted, some brand
Book 2 at Camp NaNoWriMo
I’m writing book 2, still to get a title, and although I’ve run through two or three working titles by now, it still remains ‘book 2’. I’m at Camp NaNoWriMo, in a cabin of like-minded individuals – all of us
The Perihelix in Cover Wars!
There’s a fun thing at Author Shout, where people vote for their favourite cover from a list each week. The Perihelix will be in there from 13th-20th March. Please go to Author Shout EVERY DAY (or at least as many