Derfel Cadarn

We’ll see. Lynch handed in a draft for Thorn of Emberlain some years ago, but it must have needed work.

Not yet. Still to hear back from most of the publishers it was sent to , UK and US based. Industry moving very slowly at the moment.

Also GRRM never pretended to have finished the whole series when AGOT came out, and that the remaining books would be released a year apart.

Homosexuality is still illegal there, so I suspect that will go against it

Pretty easy to use with trial and error. Costs either $5 a month or $25 a year. You keep commercial rights to your maps even when no longer subbed. It’s really hot for us, largely because we don’t know how to deal with extreme weather. Instead of staying in, cool and rehydrated, people will lie out in the sun and drink booze. Also our houses were not built to keep the heat out. Same in winter; we don’t know how to drive in snow or have snow tyres, so our roads grind to a halt with a few inches of snow. Climate change is really going to fuck us up.

Made a map for my fantasy novel. It’s north and west Araka (Africa tens/hundreds of thousands of years from now). It shows the part of the Kavari Caravan Route the protagonists follow on their quest. the centre is largely desert, but i’ll get round to fleshing out the northern coast and addong more caravan routes.

Has the copier guy been behaving himself, realised you’re not his intern?

Bit of a strange request here, but I'm looking for LGBTQIA sensitivity readers for my recently finished epic fantasy novel, The Blood Hour. The first round of edits have been done with my agent, and once finalised it will be submitted to the various UK/US fantasy publishers (Orbit, Tor, Gollancz etc). A number of the characters fall under the LGBTQIA umbrella, in particular one character introduced halfway through is what we might consider agender (but not asexual). Other characters in the group are pan, bi, and one likely gay though this is not confirmed in this book. As a hetero CIS male, this is all well outside my lived experience, hence the request for people in the LGBTQIA community (particularly those with an interest in fantasy) to read the book and point out anything that might cause offense through ignorance, or could be improved. The agender character will take on a more prominent role in the next book, which I'll be planning soon, and so while any feedback will help improve The Blood Hour, I'm also looking ahead. I'm not particularly after (though happy to receive) general feedback; I'm posting in this thread because I'm specifically looking for feedback relating to the LGBTQIA elements/characters. If anyone is interested in reading over this book (the Word file can be sent to kindle), please let me know either in this thread or by DM. As mentioned, the book has undergone one round of edits, so it's pretty polished and mostly error-free. If anyone's interested, I've outlined a brief description of the setting/characters, and am happy to answer any questions.

On chapter thirteen of Lucifer & Son. Seems to be going well. Using Inkarnate to try and create a map for The Blood Hour, hopefully before its ready for my sgent to submit.

@BigFatCoward Jesus. East Sussex police pava-sprayed, batoned and tasered a 93 year old man in a care home with dementia, who died. They’re being investigated for gross misconduct and manslaughter. He apparently had a knife, but talk about overkill. https://news.sky.com/story/police-pepper-sprayed-then-tasered-one-legged-93-year-old-man-who-later-died-prompting-investigation-12665534

Probably spied on all the gangs before making any move, to know who was best to hit, learn weaknessss while they were all complacent. Once bodies started dropping, they would be more alert and suspicious

Congrats!

Copier … shredder … same thing!

Curious what you said to him on this occasion? Direct him to the operating manual.

Some encouraging news

Another video showcasing a real location from my books Venture into Glasgow’s Southern Necropolis, if you dare! https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMLEjgMXv/?k=1

I’ve made a tiktok video showing places in Glasgow that feature in Resurrection Men! This one showcasea the cathedral (12th century) and the Necropolis (19th century) on the hill behind the cathedral. If you watch on the tiktok app, it will display captions. https://vm.tiktok.com/ZML37JXbk/?k=1

My agent sent back the edits for my 5th novel! Once the edits are done, I send back, and then it goes out to relevant publishers. My 4th book is still out on submission; covid has caused quite a few delays in the industry. 3 rejections for it so far. Meanwhile I’m at chapter 8 on Lucifer & Son, The Sooty Feathers #3.

My fifth book, The Blood Hour is being edited my agent Still no word from most of the publishers Diabolic Immunity was sent to last year, though Orbit UK and Orbit US have so far rejected it. Due to Brexit red tape and rising print costs, the publisher of my three books are now using Ingram Spark for the paperbacks, which makes them available cheaply(ish) internationally. A picture of my three books from the new printer:

Wll those people who did Dry January are probably wishing they hadn’t bothered, what with WWIII around the corner.

Advanced review copy

Congrats on finishkng; just bear in mind paperbacks can cost a bit of money, and 50k words isnt great calue for money.

Bought a copy, won’t be able to read straight away as reading an arc for my publisher before publication

I’d like to clarify the blurb was written by my publisher, it was they who called it ‘masterful’. Most of the blurb was taken from my ‘pitch’ to them I think, certainly it looks familiar. I did submit a blurb for Lord of the Hunt, which the publisher used. 20 reviews, and the non-verified are by review bloggers. Tbh Amazon and Goodreads reviews are the only tangible benefit to getting reviews from small bloggers since few people read their blog. The larger bloggers generally aren’t interested in self-published or small press works.

Not a great market for short stories/anthologies, unless you get a big name involved