What If?

One week from today, the first Volume of The Glastonbury Chronicles, Uneasy Lies The Head will be released as an audio book.

I have been thinking about this book for awhile now.  It was written at a time when Princess Diana was very much alive and her sons, William and Harry were still in knee-pants.  Hard to envision generations later to the eve of the 1000th anniversary of the Norman Conquest and expect to get it all right.  Names didn't pan out, but still I was on to something.  I must have been, because it seems the government of the UK has done everything in its power to make sure none of this happened.  Laws have been changed.  Stephen couldn't have had an older sister and still have been next in line for the Crown.  Titles could not have been inherited by someone conceived by in vitro fertilisation.  And now...now the whole premise of the book, a UK swallowed up by The European Commonwealth (European Union)  to the point that the Monarchy has been abandoned seems to have resulted in a UK looking toward Brexit...to making sure that scenario cannot happen.

What if?

What if someone got their hands on this book and was determined to see that it could never happen?

Just wondering out loud.

At least they found the tunnel between Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem and Nottingham Castle after the book was published. 

Seems I got something right.

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Oh my!  I have just seen the new cover for the audio book version of my "Uneasy Lies The Head", and I am as thrilled with it as I was when I first heard the audio,  What do you think?

My dear friends, I ask your forgiveness for being so lax in using my blog.  The mourning period for my late publisher, Peter Paddon has gone on much longer than I had expected, but now I am back.

And I am back with wonderful news!

I have recently entered into a contract with Skyboat Media to produce my books as audio books, and today I received the advanced copy of "Uneasy Lies The Head".  They tell me it will be available both in disc and downloadable for from Amazon and other retailers, and Audible sometime in March. 

It is one thing to see one's words on paper, and quite another to hear them being read aloud by someone else!  I am beyond excited, and I hope you will be too.

Meanwhile, several other projects are in process, one of which is a set of Tarot cards based upon the books.  The book for them is already complete, with total descriptions of the cards and their meanings, just waiting for an artist to illustrate them.  If you should know of anyone who might be interested, please let me know.

Progress has been made on Volume VII of the Glastonbury Chronicles, though it is still far from complete.  As for Tales of the Dearg-Sidhe, Dubhghall told me he wanted to recount his time with Richard II.  Unfortunately, researching Richard II is like trying to swim in the La Brea Tar Pits.

More later...I hope not too much later.

It's Good To Be Back

It has been a while since I have posted.  Yesterday was the third anniversary of the death of my dear friend and publisher, Peter Paddon.  His death really knocked the wind out of my sails. and rendered my Muse practically mute. 

Now I am back, trying to regain the momentum I had had as an author.  Ten novels in three years, then three years of silence.

I will be at the World Fantasy Convention in San Antonio, Texas at the Wyndham on Riverwalk  from November 2 to November 5, and at Loscon at the Los Angeles Airport Marriott over Thanksgiving weekend, speaking, soaking up the good vibes of other authors, and getting back into the swing of it.  After all, my characters have been up to a lot since last we met, and it is high time they tell me what they have been doing.

See them, and you, soon!

Greater Los Angeles Writers' Conference

A marvellous day at the Greater Los Angeles Writers' Conference with so many other exceptional authors. So glad to know I am not the only one who never intended to write a series but found the characters had other ideas. Equally glad to know I am not the only author whose characters have lives of their own.

I am so excited to find out what wonderful things await to be discovered at Westercon in San Diego, Califprnia next weekend!

Westercon

Looking over the initial programming grid for Westercon over the July 4th weekend, it seems I have four interesting panels (two on Saturday, two on Sunday) and an autograph session on Sunday. The panels vary from Shakespeare's influence on Science Fiction and Fantasy to the role of Mythology in SF & F, with discussions on religion and building a mythology for a fictional world. These are topics which are very close to my heart, and I am really looking forward to being on these panels. Hope to see you there, in San Diego, California at the the Town and Country Resort Hotel and Convention Center.

Post-Wondercon Reflections

To be fair, I probably should have stayed home.  I had a massive asthma attack on Thirsday (and asthma is something new to me) and was told I also had pneumonia.  But it was Wondercon,  I had promised to be there for a book signing, and I wasn't contagious so armed with 2 different kinds of antibiotics, 2 oral inhalers and one nasal inhaler I climbed aboard my trusty mini-TARDIS (as I have named my new blue Celebrity scooter) and headed for the wilds of Anaheim and the delightful madness that conventions are made of.

Wondercon was its usual kaleidoscope of costumes, from three young ladies who looked as though they had stepped out of the opening sequence of Indiana Jones 2 (the recreation of Kate Capshaw's dress was so good I kept waiting to hear "Anything Goes" in Mandarin) to characters fro, old Twilight Zone episodes, to various Avengers.  The most recreated costumes were the TARDIS and Harley Quinn, followed by Captain America and various incarnations of The Doctor.  I didn't get to see any of the panels, but I was interviewed by Gene Turnbow of Krypton Radio.  I have been told the interview will be up on You-Tube shortly

Afterward I headed over to California Adventure to catch the new Frozen show, which was delightful.  Being a Disney Annual Passholder has its benefits.  The Parks are only a few blocks away from the Anaheim Convention Center and were very lightly attended yesterday, so with a Fast Pass I had only a half an hour to wait till I saw the show, and then, exhausted, went home and collapsed.

Today I catch up on what the DVR recorded yesterday, notably the return of "Outlander".  Of course I'm a fan!