Writing Fight Scenes – What an Editor Wants to See
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As an editor, something I’ve discovered when I’m editing books for other people is I’m making the same comments over and over again in relation to action scenes. I thought…
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The Iron Ghost by Jen Williams
Jen Williams’ debut novel, The Copper Promise was one of my personal highlights of 2014. It came out last January, which seems a long time ago now, and The Iron…
Autodrome by Kim Lakin-Smith
Eddie Izzard used to do a sketch where he talked about how you only get car chases in movies, never in books. And the reason you don’t get them in…
Banished by Liz de Jager
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Queen Rat by Kim Lakin-Smith
Queen Rat was first published in 2012 by Murky Depths, but it’s just been released as an ebook. And as it’s been sitting on my TBR pile for a while,…
The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner
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Gemsigns by Stephanie Saulter
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Between Two Thorns by Emma Newman
Emma Newman is, in the nicest possible way, crazy. I’ll tell you how crazy she is. She’s spent the last year writing recording and uploading a short story on a…
The Hounds of the Morrigan by Pat O’Shea
A hambone is sweet, but a pot of jam is the supreme comforter… Mythology Thirteen years in the writing, The Hounds of the Morrigan was finally published in 1985, one…