News from Sarah Painter
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Book News: Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
Eep! I couldn’t be more excited about this book. I first discovered Laini in her capacity as a visual artist via a Cloth Paper Scissors profile of her covetable Laini’s Ladies line. Next, I read the rather wonderful Blackbringer (which my daughter loved, too) and began reading her gorgeous and inspiring blog. Her forthcoming book Daughter…
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Behind the book cover
Anyone who used to read my posts on Trashionista will know that I’m a little bit obsessed with book covers. The good, the bad and the ugly; how they get chosen and designed and how the authors feel about them. And why (oh why) does fiction by women get stuck…
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Typing ‘The End’
Brought up on film, I was led to believe that writing involved bashing at a typewriter or computer keyboard for – ooh, minutes – before triumphantly typing the words ‘The End’ and slugging a stiff drink to celebrate. However, in my sadly non-celluloid world, typing these words just means that…