2011 was the second year of my attempting to turn different novellas into a single braided novel. I’d changed the title from The Mermaid Tower to Watermaidens in 2010 (sometime between then and the first time I sent the book out to an agent, it became Watermyth). Nowhere in the years since I had first … Continue reading The First and the Fifteenth Watermaidens Day
Hello! I have very happy news to share today. Watermyth managed to make it to the British Science Fiction Association Awards Longlist for Best Novel! I saw the nomination information make the rounds on social media rather wistfully but thought it was way out of my league and so did not really pay too much … Continue reading Watermyth is on the BSFA Longlist!
Dear Readers, Happy New Year! Watermyth‘s first publication anniversary was reached on 7th January 2025 after a rather challenging year of learning how to market and promote the book. These were all skillsets which I possessed to a certain limited degree. I had to promote my short stories, poems and Truancy Magazine, after all. However, … Continue reading Watermyth’s 1st Book Birthday Anniversary
Hello, Here’s some information on how to purchase Watermyth. Some of the vendors are on the Books2Read portal but not all of them are listed. Watermyth is a literary revisioning of Cupid and Psyche as seen through the eyes of a memory-wiped siren storyteller who discovers things about herself and the people around her as … Continue reading Places to Purchase Watermyth (ebook)
I’ve been a plotter, I’ve been a pantser. But at the end of the day I realise I am just a plantser and would like to reject binaries. All stories are different. The way you write each one is different. Sometimes the planning comes first. Sometimes the impulse comes first, like an earworm or an … Continue reading Lyceum Notes: On Being a Plantser