The Making of a Book Cover

Ta da!  Ladies and gentlemen, I give you:I’m so pleased with the cover of my new poetry collection and I thought some might be interested in what it takes to come up with such a thing of beauty.* First we had a theoretical discussion about the theme.  What is...

Publishing Poetry vs Prose, or Alien vs Predator

Two books over six months: one a novel, the other a poetry collection.  It’s been interesting to see the difference in the process of editing one vs the other.  I would have thought the experience of the two edits would have been basically the same, but as I...

Oops……

Sorry, but I gave the wrong address for the London launch of Ann Alexander and Mike Horwood tomorrow. Forgive me. But for those interested in coming along, here are the correct details:Trinity United Reform Church1 Buck Street (just 5 mins from Camden tube)Camden...

On into 2011

And here we go into the new year. I’m excited but also a bit overwhelmed by it all.  The next three months are likely to be three of the craziest months I’ve had in a long time….and that’s saying a lot. January will see me getting back to work...