by AuthorSue | Apr 24, 2014 | Cambodia, novels, Writing
I try to give myself a break. I know that the year in which a new novel is published needs to be devoted to giving that novel the best start in life it possibly can get. That means spending a year setting up events, running workshops, writing pieces for blogs,...
by AuthorSue | Apr 10, 2014 | Cambodia, novels, Writing
Kuala Lumpur was the last stop on my SE Asian book tour. In 36 hours I had two events. One evening I drove about an hour out of town to the campus of The University of Nottingham, Kuala Lumpur. There I was hosted by the writer, Shivani Siguranathan, and was the guest...
by AuthorSue | Apr 4, 2014 | Cambodia, novels, poetry, publishing, Writing
World-weary authors will talk about their book tours with bleary eyes and gravely throats. But I do love my little tours, although they cost me money (don’t be fooled into thinking they pay for themselves or that anyone else will pay for them for you —...
by AuthorSue | Mar 31, 2014 | Cambodia, novels, poetry, Writing
By the time anyone reads this, I will have said my goodbyes to Cambodia for now, and will be setting off on my book tour around SE Asia. First stop, Bangkok. So it seems like a good time to take a moment and reflect on this trip in Cambodia, specifically how it will...
by AuthorSue | Mar 24, 2014 | Cambodia, poetry, Writing
Last night was my last literary event of my stay, and it was great that it was held at a new non-profit initiative, the New Leaf Cafe. This is a cafe cum bookshop cum arts hub and they specialise in selling books and then giving the proceeds to local NGO’s. I...
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