Writing and reviews with an environmental, science fiction, and fantasy touch
We start week 3 of the A to Z Challenge with a trip to Laurel-Eye Castle. I’m continuing the illustration theme, and focusing on Victor the First’s trip to the Rhinelands in book 6, Bravo Victor, where he gets embroiled
Castles…The A to Z Challenge started on Monday, but you can still join if you wish! Today I’m continuing the illustration theme with a discussion of the castles in my Princelings books. I’m Jemima Pett, author, blogger, illustrator and guinea
Bring Up the Bodies by the late Hilary Mantel is my featured book for the A to Z Challenge today. Featured: Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel I read Bring Up The Bodies one winter (Jan 14, by the
Victor. I meant to use the post I did for the NATO Alphabet in 2014, but it was an excerpt about the storm in his book, Bravo Victor, where he hides under his bed. I’m sure I’ve used that recently,
Bravo, Victor. In fact the title of my sixth book is Bravo Victor without any punctuation. My theme for this year’s anniversary A to Z Challenge is Flashbacks. I’m picking posts from my previous seven A to Zs. In 2014
Another new book follows hard on the heels of Curved Space to Corsair. This time, it’s back to the Princelings series with…. The Princelings of the East Books 4-6 I said I needed to read the earlier books again before
Flashback Friday is a monthly meme where you revisit a post you think deserves to be seen again (and again…). You can sign up to post in the Flashback Friday linky, but put a link to your blog there, so
Lord Colman is one of the antagonists of the Princelings of the East series. He’s also Prince Kevin’s uncle. Colman is the reason why Kevin is not yet king of Castle Deeping. Since my new book The Princelings of the
Victor has appeared on the A to Z several times – in 2015 when I was about to launch his book Bravo Victor (Book 6 of the Princelings of the East), my theme was the phonetic alphabet. That gave me ample
In my gallop through extracts from my books leading up to Read Tuesday, we have reached the most recently published one, Bravo Victor, number 6 in the Princelings series. Next week I have an exclusive for you, a discussion of
I was reading Chuck Wendig’s post about self-promotion, and how you should present yourself and your books as the best version of yourself that you can. I realised that anyone reading my blog recently probably wouldn’t know that I write
Bravo Victor is the sixth in The Princelings of the East series, and stars Victor, keeper of the Inn of the Seventh Happiness, a much-loved character in four of the previous books. On Wednesday 9th and Thursday 10th July, from
Across the ocean Or travelling to join me, Friends are always here. One of my lamer attempts, but in honour of a visit from some Stateside friends. They’ve really come to see my guinea pigs. The picture is at Sandringham,
There are times in a blogger’s life when you just run out of things to talk about. Bloggers’ Block, perhaps? Funny, since I can always write something, even if it’s rubbish. Ah, there you have it – blogs are open
After the lunacy of the April A to Z Challenge, it was time for a rest. Except that I was launching Bravo Victor, my sixth book. No rest, then. After the lunacy of the A to Z Challenge and the