Category Archives: News
As you will have noticed, the site has been down for several days and has only just become available again. Many, many apologies for that. It went down before I left for Melbourne, and I assumed it was just a temporary problem which would fix itself while I was away. When I came home, however,… {read more}

Hi everyone! I’m pleased to announce that this Friday I’m heading to Melbourne, to attend Oz ComicCon. I’ve delayed announcing this fact recently so I could simultaneously announce what public appearances I would be making, but now I have that information, here you go! The con goes for two days – Saturday and Sunday. On… {read more}

Well, the book will be out in a matter of weeks and we all know what that means – it’s party time! The launch party for The Shadow’s Heir will be open to the public. Anyone can come, as long as they RSVP. You don’t have to be personally invited, or know me personally. The… {read more}

Today my Australian publisher contacted me with a surprising request: they want to release a large print version of The Shadow’s Heir for the visually impaired. Naturally, I said yes. If only my great-grandfather was alive to see it (he died before I ever got published, but he’s the only guy I ever met who… {read more}

Even though I was meant to be somewhere today, this morning I woke up with an odd feeling that I should stay at home. So I did, and not half an hour later, a parcel arrived on my doorstep. And inside were… The first copies of The Shadow’s Heir! So today, instead of my usual… {read more}

Well, this is it everybody. The time has come. It is now June, and in about four week’s time The Shadow’s Heir, the first installment in The Risen Sun Trilogy, and also the fourth instalment in the series overall, will become available in Australia and New Zealand. The US edition will follow in January 2013.… {read more}

Following my usual custom shortly before the release of a new book, I have begun posting prequel stories on my LiveJournal. Here’s the first instalment of the latest one!

I got my notarised passport copy back from Sydney today. Now I just have to mail everything off to the IRS. Joy! Today I also got a royalty statement from my agent, and I can now tell you that the RRP for the next three books will be $27.26 (yes, they give you royalty information… {read more}

All right, as promised in my last post, it’s time to share an extract from my new project! Unfortunately it’s too long to post here without it being incredibly cumbersome, so if you’re interested you can see it here on my LiveJournal instead. But you can comment here if you like. I hope you like… {read more}

Okay, everyone, a quick question for you. Realising that my publishers and agents all want me to stick with fantasy for adults, but also aware that it’s not good to keep all your eggs in one basket, I decided that I’d better make sure that those eggs aren’t all griffin eggs (did I just strain… {read more}
