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If you would like to check out my adventures, you can tune in via my Instagram account alisongoodmanauthor. For appearances in England, check out my events: Hope to see you there. It was hand made by the lovely Donna Maree Hanson and goes with just about everything in my Regency cos-play wardrobe. I am now starting to think about packing for my trip to Russia, Paris and London. I am then on to Paris to sit in a beautiful apartment window overlooking a pretty park to write, and then on to London as a guest of YALC and to check out my Lady Helen 3 locations in Bath!
Finally, I can tell you what I have been sitting on for so long: I will be appearing on panels, signing books and talking all things Lady Helen, so if you are heading to YALC, do stop by and say hi! There may be some more book signing and meet up opportunities, which I will post here and under my Upcoming Events. I go through a range of tools to help create a strong spine for your story. However, I am back now with some great news. I am beyond excited! You can read the full list of Aurealis Award winners here. This is a one day workshop and tends to sell out rather quickly, so if you are interested in learning some tools for structuring your novel, book asap!
Yes, there was some happy author dancing in the kitchen when that news arrived! Hopefully, I will be able to announce it soon. It is very strong field and I am so chuffed to be a finalist. You can find the full award listing here. I also have some very exciting news brewing. At the moment I am busy writing the third Lady Helen book, but I will be heading up to the wonderful Somerset Festival of Literature on the Gold Coast in March, and appearing at Reading Matters in Melbourne in June, which has a fabulous line up of local and international guest authors talking all things YA.
So here it is, in all its glory: What do you think? Would you cast it differently? Follow the tour at the links below:. Seriously, I think this may be the best review I will ever receive in my life! It is from the HeroesandHeartbreakers. The Dark Days Pact is now available in all good bookstores and online. The deal is for this week only, so hurry to join Lady Helen in Regency London and discover the hidden, deadly world of the demonic Deceivers and the Dark Days Club.
In this second adventure, Lady Helen and Lord Carlston are at the Regency seaside resort of Brighton where, of course, dark happenings are afoot! As you can see from the pic, the U. By the way, did you know that if you preorder books or buy them in the first week they are published, you can really help out your favourite authors?
Preordering can push a book on to a bestseller list, which is very prestigious, plus it creates a healthy first print run which puts the author in the good books haha with their publisher and makes it more likely that their next book or series will be picked up. In other news, I am looking for a new place to live so my future holds a lot of cardboard boxes and me wondering how I managed to collect so much stuff.
Seriously, why do I still have a Sony Walkman…? We had a great time sorting the Dark Days characters into Hogwart Houses Lady Helen is Ravenclaw, Lord Carlston is Slytherin…well, he does have that dark side , played Marry-Kiss-Kill, and I tried to tie a regency cravat on Amie, proving that I would have been a terrible regency valet. I also read a tantalising smidge from the book and hinted that, yes, there may be a serious KISS! If you live in Melbourne and are looking for a signed copy as a Christmas present, the Avenue Bookstore in Albert Park has six in stock with my scrawl upon them.
In other news, I have just renewed the movie option on EON, so fingers crossed that it continues to creep along on that long journey from book to screen! Will you be in Melbourne on Wednesday 14th December? I am thrilled to announce that the wonderful Amie Kaufman , co-author of New York Times bestselling Illuminae and Gemina, will be launching Lady Helen 2 into the world. Pre-release copies will be available to buy on the night, and I will, of course, be very happy to sign them.
All details including RSVP information are on the invitation. The official Australian bookshop release is 19th December …still in time for Christmas. You can, however, now preorder to make sure you get your copy as soon as it is available. I can assure you it will be worth the wait! To whet your appetite for Book 2, here is the back cover blurb: After the scandalous events at her presentation ball in London, Lady Helen is banished from her family and has taken refuge at the fashionable seaside resort of Brighton.
There she is training as a Reclaimer with the covert Dark Days Club and must learn to fight the dangerous energy-wielding Deceivers. As she struggles to put aside her genteel upbringing, Helen realises that her mentor, Lord Carlston, is fighting his own inner battle. Has the foul Deceiver energy poisoned his soul, or is something else driving him towards violent bouts of madness? Either way, Helen is desperate to help the man with whom she shares a deep but forbidden connection. When Mr Pike, the bureaucratic heart of the Dark Days Club, arrives in Brighton, no one is prepared for the ordinary evil he brings in his wake.
He has a grudge against Lord Carlston and a secret mission for Helen. Book 2 is a corker — I can promise you sea-bathing, bawdy houses, deception and deadly Deceiver action! Now HarperCollins is offering you another chance to read it! It is a great introduction to the Lady Helen world. As you can see in the photo, Lord Carlston has arrived and placed his calling card on the silver salver.
In other news, I am heading to Adelaide today for the Supanova Pop Expo to sign books and meet readers. I also have loads of great Lady Helen swag to hand out, so if you are going to the Expo, do come to the signing booth to say hi and pick up some great give-aways. You can also bring along your books for me to sign, or you can buy Lady Helen and the Dark Days Club , Eon , and Eona from the bookshop next door. As promised, here is the mind bogglingly beautiful UK cover for The Dark Days Pact, the second novel in The Lady Helen series, due for release in January , but you can preorder now both hard copy and e-copy.
Also, as promised, below is a preview of the great Lady Helen and the Dark Days Pact swag I will be giving away at Adelaide Supanova this coming weekend. If you can make it to the expo, then I look forward to meeting you and having a chat. Remember to bring along your books to be signed, or you can also buy copies of Lady Helen and the Dark Days Club , Eon and Eona from the Supanova bookshop. Lady Helen and the Dark Days Pact.
It is due out January and available for preorder now it will also be sneaking out into Aussie bookshops on December 19 just in time for Christmas pressies so keep your eyes open! If you already own them, you can bring along those copies to be signed, or you can buy from the bookshop on the day.
In other appearance news, I am also thrilled to announce that I will be a guest at Reading Matters in Melbourne, and also at the Somerset Celebration of Literature in Queensland! Finally, the parade of beautiful covers will continue in the next few days—Walker Books UK have just released their cover for The Dark Days Pact and it is a doozy too.
I am so lucky! If you are an admirer of the beautiful hardback cover of the first novel, The Dark Days Club , then you will have noticed that this one is quite a bit different! Yes, the series has been repackaged. I love, love, love this new cover direction, and what is even more exciting is that the cover for the paperback release of Book 1, The Dark Days Club , is just as gorgeous see below. You can preorder both from your favourite online or trad bookshop. In other news, I will have some Australian festival appearances to announce very soon, and of course, I will be appearing at Adelaide Supanova in November.
Pics of that to come soon. More on that soon. It is a stunner, so stay tuned. It was actually released on my birthday — 18th August — so I call that a fabulous birthday present! Wait to you see the various covers. They are all brilliant. Each country will be doing their own reveal, so stay tuned. Other opportunities to download it or buy it will be coming up in the future.
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The Impostor Queen by Sarah Fine. Don't you just love that cover??? Sixteen-year-old Elli was a small child when the Elders of Kupari chose her to succeed the Valtia, the queen who wields infinitely powerful ice and fire magic. Since then, Elli has lived in the temple, surrounded by luxury and tutored by magical priests, as she prepares for the day when the Valtia perishes and the magic finds a new home in. I am over the moon. And I have written many things since that time, but this book is so special to me.
I adored every minute of writing this book. It's a touch more literary for me, it's not sci-fi like my previous books, and it's more diverse book than I'd done before one of the main charact. Okay, I had to get that over with. It's been almost three years since my last book deal, so yeah.
But also, I guess this needs a little explaining? After all, I've published two YA science fiction novels, and whoa, here I am delving into the world of adult nonfiction. Well, lately I've been thinking of my writing career with a di. National Novel Writing Month. It's that particular November rite of writerly passage in which people feverishly commit to writing 50, words in a single month.
I'm logged in there as LydiaKang: I know, I know. Naysayers often quote the usual things, something involving "art" and "time" and "amateur" and "literary terror" in the mix.
Agents worry about the deluge of barely revised novel submission in December and January. Bud Shaw to discuss how our practice of medicine and surgery affected our writing.
If you're in town, I'd love to see you. This is my first time at the Omaha Lit Fest and I'm excited to see what it's all about! That's one of my favorite songs, by the way. Today, we've got a question from a friend and author, Elle Cosimano. Coming May 3, from HyperionElle asked: Do hospitals still use metal plates for reconstructive surgery, or do they use some other type of material? Assuming his skull was damaged [during an assault], is it reasonable to mention that he h. Last Night in the OR: A Transplant Surgeon's Odyssey, by Dr. I also did my twenty-four years of schooling and training in the East too.
I had to add that up recently when a middle schooler asked me how many years of work it took to be a doctor. I think I scared him out of a future in medicine! What many don't know about Omaha is this: I've been wanting to do a MedMondays on this one for a while.
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But did you know that several countries have chosen to no longer fluoridate t. So excited to be part of this dark YA anthology with some of my favorite authors! The best short stories stick with you, and the stories in this book especially, are meant to cast long shadows. The authors who contributed to this anthology are not onl. So excited that this book is coming out soon! We have lots of blog tour stops scheduled and there will be excerpts from the book at each stop. Read some choice bits from this dark YA anthology--there is something there for every reader.