What did you blog about today?

[HareBrain]

Thanks Jo. It's my non-Chrons blogging debut!

 

[Juliana]

@HareBrain nice blog post! Now I can see exactly where TGP and Red Silence came from...

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Thanks Jo. It's my non-Chrons blogging debut!

I am much honoured, then.

 

[Jo Zebedee]

And a run of guest posts for me (I'm working on a blog hop coming up so am beavering and glad of all these people filling the gap for me)

Amy Cook, who is on her second book, ran a signing event and I thought stealing some tips would be cool:

http://jozebwrites.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/book-signings-big-events-that-can-leave.html

 

[Juliana]

Nice tips from Amy! I'll pass it along to my friend Carrie, who is planning no less then 3 separate launch parties for her 2016 novel (some of which may include conga lines).

 

[Juliana]

I blogged about Jim Butcher's new steampunk series...
http://jspinkmills.com/2015/10/07/the-aeronauts-windlass-by-jim-butcher/

 

[ratsy]

I should be seeing this book tomorrow (along with Julian Knight's new one, and Sanderson's new one!) It will be a fantasypalooza

 

[Juliana]

I should be seeing this book tomorrow (along with Julian Knight's new one, and Sanderson's new one!) It will be a fantasypalooza

Someone's going to be busy this weekend!

I ordered KMQ's new book, too (finding it odd to call her Julia!!). Still need to get the Sanderson one though.

 

[ratsy]

Yeah...Francis, KMQ, or Julia???I don't know!

 

[thaddeus6th]

A ramble about the Battle of Kleidion, which was more notable for what happened after the battle than during it:
http://thaddeusthesixth.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/the-battle-of-kleidion.html

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Here, I talk about something I do a lot... Blagging:

http://jozebwrites.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/on-noble-art-of-blagging-one-question.html

 

[ratsy]

Good post Jo. Yes I'm beginning to see the value of just asking politely. What can it hurt? Worst case: 'No' Best case 'Yes' Pretty simple!

Now get back to writing that next book!

 

[thaddeus6th]

I think blagging's probably one of my weakest points. Being fairly quiet isn't a bad thing most of the time, but for marketing/promotion it undoubtedly is. Have plans to try and bang on about Sir Edric [in the appropriate places] much more as the date approaches.

Anyway, Basil II had an odd childhood, to the extent that if someone put it in a medievalish fantasy, a beta reader might well point out how unrealistic it is: http://thaddeusthesixth.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/basil-iis-odd-childhood.html

 

[Juliana]

Loving your historical posts, Thad.

 

[thaddeus6th]

Juliana, after reading John Julius Norwich's Byzantium history trilogy [NB if anyone decides to buy that, make sure it's the trilogy, not an abridged one volume nonsense] my total ignorance of the Eastern Empire afterwards felt bizarre to recall. It's the equivalent of being unaware of the existence of Asia in the modern world, yet somehow the general historical knowledge we have in this country completely skips over the Eastern Empire.

Edited extra bit: and thanks

 

[thaddeus6th]

Not really news to people here, but I put up a piece about the three open windows (each already has a thread on Chrons):
http://thaddeusthesixth.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/three-open-windows.html

Next blog will probably be about a trio of historical ladies.

 

[Stephen Palmer]

A photo.

 

[Jo Zebedee]

About taking it all too seriously and needing to go off and build a hedgehog house

http://jozebwrites.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/this-is-not-sprint.html

Edit - sorry @stephenpalmer - we crossed.

 

[Stephen Palmer]

News of short stories.

 

[Juliana]

Congratulations on the short stories, @Stephen Palmer! "mad as a badger's frootloop'???