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July 22, 2015
Where I’ll be in August: Fantasy in the Court and Nine Worlds
August is when genre throws a huge party in London. Here’s what I’ll be doing!
Fantasy in the Court
Thursday 6 August, 6:00pm – 9:00pm at Cecil Court
I’m going to be at SFF author/fan gathering Fantasy in the Court for the first time this year! It’s hosted by Goldsboro Books in association with Hodderscape. I’ve been to Goldsboro Books a couple of times now for book launches and have happy memories talking books with nice people over drinks. Hopefully this will be more of the same!
Where I’ll be in August
August is when genre throws a huge party in London. Here’s what I’ll be doing!
Fantasy in the Court
Thursday 6 August, 6:00pm – 9:00pm at Cecil Court
I’m going to be at SFF author/fan gathering Fantasy in the Court for the first time this year! It’s hosted by Goldsboro Books in association with Hodderscape. I’ve been to Goldsboro Books a couple of times now for book launches and have happy memories talking books with nice people over drinks. Hopefully this will be more of the same!
July 18, 2015
San Diego Comic-Con 2015: a report
I’ve been kind of anxious to bash out a con report for SDCC because I knew it would never happen if I let life get ahead of me. Chuck Wendig did his the day after! Some people are so efficient.
I try to avoid having blog posts publish on weekends because apparently people look at the Internet less during the weekend (why? what are you all out doing??), but SDCC is OLD NEWS now so let’s get it out.
I’d known SDCC would be big and crowded and overwhelming, but I don’t think I’d realised what an...
July 17, 2015
My publishing journey: How I wrote three novels and binned two of them
After I figured out how to write regularly and how to sell short fiction, I decided I wanted to write novels. There was only one minor hitch to the plan. I didn’t actually know how to do it.
It seemed like it should be a straightforward exercise. After all, I’d read enough of the damn things. (It might give you some idea of my childhood when I say I don’t remember any of my classmates from Standard 4, but I remember the books I read. I also don’t remember anything I learnt in Kemahiran Hidup...
July 10, 2015
My publishing journey: Networking, part 2 — thoughts on conventions
I wrote a very earnest post about my feelings about conventions, in the vein of my last Publishing Journey post about social media and community, and then I realised I couldn’t post it, because I haven’t actually worked out my feelings about conventions. So the post had that scattered, evasive quality writing has when you either don’t know how you feel about a subject or don’t want to say it.
So here are a few rather simpler thoughts about conventions, as bulletpoints. They are about science...
July 6, 2015
San Diego Comic-Con
Somewhat to my own bemusement, I am going to be at San Diego Comic-Con this year. Penguin Random House are giving out free galleys of Sorcerer to the Crown and if you swing by booths #1514-1515 at the following times, you can get them signed by me!
Friday, 10 July, 2.00 – 3.00 pm — Del Rey booth signing with Naomi Novik (Booth #1515)
Naomi will be signing His Majesty’s Dragon and I will be nobly refraining from telling her/everyone all my favourite parts of Uprooted.
Saturday, 11 July, 11.00...
July 3, 2015
My publishing journey: Networking, part 1 — social media and connection
I’m getting geared up for the posts in this series that are probably what people areactually interested in, i.e. the bit where I signed with a literary agent and eventually got a book deal. But first I have to talk about everything that went before!
— Well, maybe not EVERYTHING. But let’s talk about a couple of important things. One is social media.
“Make sure you have a social media platform” is now hoary advice for published writers and writers working towards publication. I enjoy social me...
June 30, 2015
Link roundup: SORCERER TO THE CROWN &c.
I was interviewed by Australian fantasy blog Smash Dragons! I talk about Sorcerer to the Crown, explain what measures I’d institute as Empress of the Earth, and quote Diana Wynne Jones and S. I. Rosenbaum on historical novels and writing respectively.
Smash Dragons interview – Zen Cho
A couple of nice mentions of Sorcerer to the Crown in the book press:
It was one of Publishers Weekly’s top 10 SFF picks for Fall 2015, along with such fabulous books as Aliette de Bodard’s The House of Shatte...
June 26, 2015
My publishing journey: Writing with a day job, part 2 — work/work balance
In Part 1 of “Writing with a day job”, I explained why I do it. This post is about the how.
I have a fairly simple rule, which I started when I broke the hold of writer’s block and figured out how to write regularly. I decided I would write a little bit every day — a single sentence would do if I didn’t have time for more — but I would take one day off from writing every week. This was usually Friday, because I’d get to the end of my working week and feel very tired and want to mess around on...
June 19, 2015
SORCERER TO THE CROWN UK cover reveal!
I’m thrilled to be able to share the gorgeous UK cover for SORCERER TO THE CROWN! Here is a teaser:
You can view the whole at the Tor UK post:
Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho – UK Cover Reveal!
It’s so pretty and shiny and ornate. *_*
The UK edition is available for pre-order now at all the usual book retailers:
Pan Macmillan (click on “Other sellers” for links to all major UK retailers, print and digital)
Foyles
Blackwell’s
Waterstones
WH Smith
Book Depository (free shipping worldwide)
Ama...
