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500 BOOKS IN 300 DAYS – WEEK 33 WINNERS
I've been running this weekly competition on my Facebook fan page all year, and it'll run into 2012. Each week all year I've been giving away three of my trilogies and quartets, signed, except for breaks where I've given away two iPad 2s.Total number of books won so far: 359.To enter, go here, http://www.facebook.com/ianirvine.author, Like my page then enter from the Promos…
500 BOOKS IN 300 DAYS – WEEK 33 WINNERS
I've been running this weekly competition on my Facebook fan page all year, and it'll run into 2012. Each week all year I've been giving away three of my trilogies and quartets, signed, except for breaks where I've given away two iPad 2s.Total number of books won so far: 359.To enter, go here, http://www.facebook.com/ianirvine.author, Like my page then enter from the Promos…
Katherine Howell – Story is King
Suspense is everything.Katherine Howell was once told that her manuscript lacked suspense. She promptly studied the subject for her Masters degree, and now rereads her thesis when she starts each new book, to remind herself of the techniques of developing suspense in fiction. Katherine was a paramedic in the ambulance service for 15 years. She writes high-adrenaline tales of murder…
Katherine Howell – Story is King
Suspense is everything.Katherine Howell was once told that her manuscript lacked suspense. She promptly studied the subject for her Masters degree, and now rereads her thesis when she starts each new book, to remind herself of the techniques of developing suspense in fiction. Katherine was a paramedic in the ambulance service for 15 years. She writes high-adrenaline tales of murder…
Conjuring Nonsense by Sam Bowring
Sam Bowring is a writer and standup comedian living in Sydney. He has written for TV, including Rove and The Comedy Channel, as well as stage plays, books for children, and fantasy. Sam's fantasy series, The Broken Well Trilogy, is published by Orbit. Today, Sam is channelling loose thoughts on fantasy names.For me, one of the hardest parts of writing a fantasy story is thinking…