Nov
11
“Now, Kate, you do realise that we’re going to need some romantic love interest, don’t you?” The film producer uttering these words is someone I respect. I’m surprised, in fact, by how much I respect her, since traditionally the relationship between authors and producers is nothing if not fraught. But, scarily, the lady in question, …
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Oct
28
Things I am doing this week: My tax return. My mother’s tax return. Tidying the flat. Going swimming with my swimming buddy. Playing chess with my swimming buddy. Learning escrima. Playing badminton. Doing play edits. Tinkering with a TV drama outline that may or may not be of some interest perhaps one day somehow possibly. …
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Oct
25
Well, this is a turn up for the books. Obviously my rage, my uncontrollable rage at Kindles not doing columns is still pretty active. But actually, the main source of my rage, the main thrust and cut of my fury, has been suddenly abated by my publisher having a burst of triumphant genius that makes …
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Oct
21
I was beginning to come round to the concept of the Kindle. I was really warming to it. As a writer’s daughter, naturally I love the smell of paper, the feel of it, the sight of books on my shelves, the comfort of curling up at night with a reassuring weight of text and a …
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Oct
14
Ta-da! It’s here! It’s new! It’s shiny! It’s… … well, it’s still all the same actual content… … but it’s the new blog! Oddly enough, I feel I ought to apologise for the lack of narrative tension that preceded this. Usually if change is coming in this sort of manner, I try to heighten the …
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Oct
03
Turns out, I’m a new writer. This information comes as a bit of a surprise to me since, sure, I’m young but really, honest to god, it’s been a lot of novels. Eleven years of writing, in fact, and – who’d have guessed – eleven novels and counting. And while I’m completely open to giving …
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Sep
14
Dull dull dull. I mean obviously, not dull. I’m doing copy edits on Urban Magic 4 (the Minority Council) and am mildly relieved to discover that the book itself, is not dull. There’s a lot of stuff happening, and Swift is definitely having a bad day and things keep cropping up that have a definite …
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Sep
01
Ah, lunch with your editor – that time honoured tradition. Starve yourself for three days in advance, drink nothing but mineral water in the run-up, and then, when you’re actually in the restaurant, order lobster. That is the sacred tradition as passed down from mother to daughter through my family and, I suspect, through all …
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Aug
23
Congratulations to David Cameron, you have broken me. After years of carefully sitting on the fence, of trying to consider every possible angle and, most of all, of refusing to blog in either rage or a too-overt political position, our Prime Minister has pushed me over the edge. I am now officially disgusted by our …
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Aug
20
“Man in a hood,” an editor once remarked. “You can’t go wrong with a man in a hood.” There have been occasional inquiries on this blog about the covers of my books, which I have been classically rubbish at replying to. And while this is my attempt to at least brush the topic down and …
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