• A different approach

    05 April 2010
    I did a re-edit of the first book of what will hopefully be my next long series after The Saga of Larten Crepsley. Even though I haven’t revealed what the series will be about (and won’t for quite...
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  • Step carefully

    04 April 2010
    A fan called Lily sent me the following question today: When you were sending stuff out to agents (like a query), how did you go about saying you wanted to have a series? I’ve heard several people...
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  • To film or not to film?

    02 April 2010

    I read an interesting letter from a 70 year old film and book fan in the San Francisco Chronicle today (isn’t the internet incredible?!?). He wrote: Author Pat Conroy (“Prince of Tides”) once...

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  • Obviously!!

    30 March 2010
    I finished my latest edit of what will hopefully be my next adult book today. I can’t say anything about it yet, except I’ve got a very good feeling about this one! I think it’s my most mainstream...
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  • It could be YOU!!!

    27 March 2010
    Had a nice, relaxing Saturday. We went to the Milk Market in Limerick in the morning, an outdoors market which sells everything from local produce to second-hand drills!! We enjoyed the food stalls...
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  • Shan’s gone to WordPress!!!

    13 August 2009
    After a number of happy years here at BlogDrive, I have decided to switch my blog over to WordPress. Partly it's because it's a bit of a snazzier option. Mostly it's because I've been having...
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