You might have heard that Jessica Khoury (author of Origin) has another novel coming out on 14th January called Vitro. Last night she launched a unique contest called Operation: VITRO-a fun, interactive game where you can complete challenges, unlock exclusive bonus material and enter to win lots of amazing prizes! The contest is quite different […]
[by A V Brown, using stock images. See here for full list of sources.] Today I’m continuing with the Blogging from A-Z Challenge hosted by Arlee Bird and his team of awesome bloggers. My theme is: Elements and features of speculative fiction and entertainment. So throughout April I will be blogging about characters, objects and themes that appear in sci-fi, fantasy […]
If you’re a big fan of Divergent by Veronica Roth, you will have heard that a movie is in the making for 2014 and will have probably put quite a lot of thought into who your ideal cast would be. Fans have suggested actresses such as Saorise Ronan (YES!) and Taissa Farmiga to play Tris, and […]
As you may have heard on twitter or facebook, I’m part of the street team promoting Gennifer Albin’s upcoming YA novel, Crewel. I’m pleased to say that my team, Time Warpers, managed to get through round one and are busy earning more points for round two, which ends on 1st October. Today I did some […]
Today I’m taking part in Brenda Drake’s Redesign a Book Cover Blogfest Contest. I think the blogfest was an awesome idea and I was really excited to take part as I love playing around with Photoshop and I enjoy making my own mock book covers for my WiPs (see here). I must say the prizes […]
Today is the sixteenth day of the A-Z Blogging Challenge. Just to remind you, I’m doing an A-Z of human emotions, feelings and mental states.Today is the letter P and I have chosen Pride. Pride is a feeling of satisfaction that comes from your own achievements. We are accepting of people who are legitimately proud […]
Today is the thirteenth day of the A-Z Blogging Challenge. As you probably know by now, I’m doing an A-Z of human emotions, feelings and mental states.Today is the letter M and I’ve chosen Melancholy. Melancholy is a feeling of sadness, gloominess and pensiveness. I’m pleased to say it’s not an emotion I experience too […]
Here’s a rare thing: me attempting digital art. I did it on 01/04/10 but it’s taken me this long to put it up. It was originally a pencil sketch, but I scanned it into my computer and painted it in photoshop. I’m a leo and lions are my favourite animals, so I love drawing them. […]