My February: brilliant books and writer perks

Hi everyone,

It’s my first monthly mini-blog of the year, which begs the question: what happened to January’s? Well, for one reason and another it didn’t happen, but as it was January I’m telling myself it doesn’t really count. February is my birthday month, however, so I couldn’t let this one slide. Onwards!

The perks of being a writer:

The other day I had the absolute privilege of seeing a glimpse of something very special - the latest version of the cover of my upcoming book. It is an absolute beaut and I can’t wait for you to see it, too! Draft three is in, so I’m in that lovely limbo state where I’ve had no feedback yet, and everything is all floaty and great. I’m sure I’ll have more news and updates for you very soon…

Best books to take you on an epic journey:

The fantastic people over at Shepherd.com (a website that does a brilliant job of supporting authors and their books - do check it out, whether you’re a writer, reader or both) asked me to do a ‘5 Best Books’ list. So here’s my offering: “The five best books to take you on a truly epic journey”. I hope you enjoy reading the list as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Making authors talk to you about strange things while you get your books signed:

Finally, I went to an event yesterday at my brilliant local bookshop, Storysmith. Max Porter (author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers, Lanny, and The Death of Francis Bacon) was talking to Simon Moreton (Zine creator, writer and artist) about his recent book, WHERE?, which I’m very excited to read. I had a lovely chat about writing, mark making and art with Max Porter while getting my copy of Grief is the Thing signed, then for some reason told Simon Moreton all about a real life survival stories programme I once watched (it was terrible but I used to LOVE it) while he signed WHERE? Why? Who knows.

Have you ever chatted to an author about something incredibly random? If you could ask any author any question, what would it be?