Dreaming Spies
Dreaming of e-cards
Whee–a third gorgeous card from your friends at Random House, who are getting pretty excited about Dreaming Spies. This one doesn’t make specific reference to any birthday, but we all know whose birthday it is today, don’t we? That’s right: Happy 161st, Mr Holmes!
Read MoreAn e-birthday card, for Mary Russell
When I happened to mention that January 2 is Mary Russell’s birthday (115 and going strong!) the clever folk at Random House jumped at the chance to add to their growing series of Dreaming Spies e-cards, which use my photos of Japan to illustrate tidbits from the book:
Read MoreAn e-card, for you
Random House are having a lot of fun with Dreaming Spies, including a series of e-cards that combine my photographs with references to the book. Here was the first one, which you may have missed in the December tumult: Another one will be coming soon….
Read MoreMy British face
I just received the UK cover for Dreaming Spies: What do you think? Allison & Busby have done me some gorgeous covers over the years, take a look at them all, here. Same date as the US edition, by the way, February 17.
Read MoreLarceny in the Library
I was asked to write a short piece for the Random House Library blog, so I used it as an opportunity to confess the sins I committed during the writing and researching of Dreaming Spies. Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. Read my confession here.
Read MoreNewsletter giveaway
Next week we’ll be giving away two copies of the Dreaming Spies ARC– –drawn from the Newsletter signup list. So if you’re not signed up for the Newsletter, doing so now would increase your chances by, well, a fair amount. The signup is here.
Read MoreGood reads, indeed!
Want a copy of Dreaming Spies before the rest of the world can even get a peek? Bantam are doing a giveaway this month, here on: Goodreads.
Read MoreDreaming Spies winners!
The two winners for last week’s giveaway of the Dreaming Spies ARC – – are Laura R. and Ray Riethmeier, which means that two copies are on their way to Georgia and Minnesota, respectively. Congratulations, Laura and Ray, and I hope you love love love the book, and also that you don’t gloat too loudly but…
Read MoreCountdown to Dreaming Spies: galley proofs
The proof, or galley stage of a book is when I receive a stack of printed matter that shows what the book will actually look like. This is always a surprise: Wow, it’s a real book! With margins! And pretty stuff!—since the publisher’s art department loves to contribute their little extras to the reading experience, whether it’s…
Read MoreOne Writer’s Home
In my early writing days, I produced scenes, chapters, whole books with my legal pad propped on the wheel of a (stationary) car, while one child or another was involved in soccer practice or a piano lesson. Later, when the kids were in school longer hours and this odd hobby of mine began (to the astonishment of…
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