Ulfar Thormodsson has spent two years travelling as envoy and bodyguard to his high-born cousin. They have one last stop - the walled town of Stenvik - before they can finally go home. Audun Arngrimsson works his forge and lives a secretive, solitary life. No one knows about his past, and he'd like to keep it that way. But the Old Gods have other ideas. The factions within Stenvik are about to come to blows, but a far bigger battle is...
Q1. What is your favorite word? Either 'plinth' or 'nostrum'. The second is a latin word which if I remember correctly translates as fake or illusory cure. Q2. What is your least favorite word? 'maybe' or 'whatever'. Q3. How has social media helped your career? Well I pretty much have one because of it. My RPG career kicked off when I was in the right place at the right time and the podcasts I host are by definition social media. So i...
Q1. What is your favorite word? Petrichor Q2. What is your least favorite word? Hyperbole Q3. How has social media helped your career? Without doubt it's made it easier to reach readers. More importantly, it's allowed me to engage with & generally chat to both people who've read my work or - more importantly - a section of the SFF community in general. Whether that really helps me in terms of my career is arguable, but it makes it a...
Q1. What is your favorite word? Git - it can be delivered with such force for so brief a word also Defenestrate - because it is brilliant that there is a word for 'to throw out of a window' Q2. What is your least favorite word? Nice - because it is utterly, utterly insipid and manages to convey so very little. Q3. How has social media helped your career? Connections to fans, new readers and others working in the genre. It's about g...
Q1. What is your favorite word? Oh, tough question! Probably "ennui", partly thanks to the Edward Gorey-ness of it. Q2. What is your least favorite word? Moist Q3. How has social media helped your career? I have made so many important contacts - and friends - over twitter, it has become invaluable. It helped me find short story markets and the heart of the writing community, and it's a great way to keep up with what's going down in publ...
Q1. What is your favorite word? "Forlorn" - lovely word. Q2. What is your least favorite word? "Shorts" when used as an abbreviation for 'short stories' by people who should know better. Q3. How has social media helped your career? It has helped immensely, or rather all the brilliant/eccentric/book-obsessed people I've met through it have. For example, I doubt I'd have my current book out via the ace small-press who are publishing it ...
Q1. What is your favorite word? Boondoggle Q2. What is your least favorite word? Fink. It's thing, people! Q3. How has social media helped your career? Well, the short story I have published wouldn't have been published if I hadn't discovered a forum Pornokitsch use, and then followed them on twitter and found out about their submission request. It's a really easy, quick way of keeping abreast of opportunities. Q4. What would you say ...
In the mid-23rd century, Darwin, Australia, stands as the last human city on Earth. The world has succumbed to an alien plague, with most of the population transformed into mindless, savage creatures. The planet’s refugees flock to Darwin, where a space elevator—created by the architects of this apocalypse, the Builders—emits a plague-suppressing aura. Skyler Luiken has a rare immunity to the plague. Backed by an international cre...
Q1. What is your favorite word? Buffet Q2. What is your least favorite word? Heatwave Q3. How has social media helped your career? It's helped me keep in touch with people. Q4. What would you say are the downsides to social media in your career? It's a massive timesink. Q5. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Copy-editor. Q6. What profession would you not like to do? Professional chef. Q7. What is your fav...
Q1. What is your favorite word? Flabelliform Q2. What is your least favorite word? accommodation (mainly cos I can never spell it properly) Q3. How has social media helped your career? no career without it (such as it is). Forced me to come out from under my stone and get the privilege of talking to readers before they buy my book, as they buy it, while they read it and after they've finished it. Eat your heart out Evelyn Waugh. But it'...
Q1. What is your favorite word? 'Epic' at the moment but it changes every couple of months. Q2. What is your least favorite word? 'Christ' when used as an expletive but that could just be that it's overused by a colleague alllll day. I'm not a big fan of the 'c' word either but sometimes it's the best word for the job. Q3. How has social media helped your career? Social media has allowed me to interact with so many interesting people,...
Q1. What is your favorite word? Trump Q2. What is your least favorite word? Gash Q3. How has social media helped your career? It's put me in touch with publishers and opened doors for reviews, which has in turn led to a publisher (small press) contacting me regarding my work-in-progress novel before I've even consider querying anyone. It's also put me in touch with other book bloggers from whom I've learnt an awful lot. It got me cl...
Q1. What is your favorite word? Dude Q2. What is your least favorite word? No Q3. How has social media helped your career? I think it probably has, yes, certainly in terms of having more people know who I am and what I do. Q4. What would you say are the downsides to social media in your career? Spending too long on it, having people I don't know send me messages asking me to critique their work (for free) and then getting shirty when I ...
