Ruth Frances Long's Blog, page 22

It’s the 10th. And oh my goodness have we been having fun this week. Mars, Katie Taylor, and my friend Maria Duffy’s booklaunch for The Terrace! The booklaunch was a hoot, and something like a wedding in that people kept saying “It’ll be you next!” The Itching For Books Blog Tour is ongoing, with some [...]

so in the run up to the launch of The Treachery of Beautiful Things on the 16th August, there’s a lot going on all over the webs, or so it seems. Not least here where I’ve been making author videos explaining some of the inspirations behind the story. The first one is here today – [...]

So much going on today in all areas of life. We woke up to watch the Mars Curiosity landing, we’re watching Katie Taylor in the Olympics as I type (so I may be distracted) and its 9 days until The Treachery of Beautiful Things comes out. Everything kicks off today, it seems. And it’s so [...]

Who doesn’t dream of meeting a hero? Jack is over on the Dark Faerie Tales site today as part of Fifty Shades of YA Boys – their last guest. (Saving the best until last, naturally!) We caught him in a less surly mood. So pop over and see what Mr Grumpy has to say for [...]

Back home again after my library conference in Prague which went very well. Although I do appear to be the one person to visit Prague and come away without seeing the Charles Bridge or the Astronomical clock. But hey, there are at least two reasons to go back. Actually I have LOTS of reasons to [...]

Look what we found while out walking in the woods yesterday. Half a greenman mask perhaps? It must be a SIGN. Da dah Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! *drumroll* The winner of the Last ARC and all its associated swag (as selected by 10yo & 7yo by virtue of lots of numbers written on pieces of paper & sleected at [...]

Hi all. I’m fresh back from the Romantic Novelists Association Conference in Penrith. Where, among many many other things we met our very own Greenman. No really! He saluted us and everything. Or maybe he’s scratching his head. And when I got home I found out about a Greenman Conference in Dublin this weekend. (I [...]

One of the recurring themes in The Treachery of Beautiful Things is the traditional tune “Haste to the Wedding”. It is the tune with which Tom first wakes the trees, and the tune which lures Jenny into the Realm seven years later. This is one of my favourite versions of it, as it captures all [...]

So this is a brief update*. Just had a very busy week and about to head into a very busy month. This has involved getting costumes ready for a fancy dress party where the theme was Pride and PreJEDIs (Regency, Star Wars and a few zombies for good measure). I rediscovered dressmaking. My mum trained [...]

Still ticking over at the moment. Not a lot to report, but pretty soon there will be. Interviews, guestposts, giveaways, and a booktrailer. Did I mention the booktrailer? Some teasing images… The last two were taken on the day we did our filming on Killiney Hill. Fabulous, isn’t it? In other news I was doing [...]