Shadow Song Re-issued

Shadow Song has now been reissued with a fabulous new cover and interior design, under my own imprint, Five Rivers Chapmanry. It will start appearing with online booksellers worldwide within the next two weeks, and is available now through my website. I’m also negotiating with Indigo about having the book stocked in-store. Hope to have Shadow Song at the launch of my new anthology of short, speculative fiction, And the Angels Sang, at Coles, Orangeville,…

Tuesday’s Musings

Yesterday’s mail brought me yet another royalty cheque from the Marion Zimmer Bradley Trust for the short story, Smile of the Goddess, which appeared in MZB’s Sword and Sorceress X, and which also appears in my anthology, And the Angels Sang. This cheque was for my pro-rata share of Italian sales. Yep, definitely the life of a writer is financially rewarding. This cheque is for $1.09US, which will garner me $1.14CDN today. Hot damn. On…

And the Angels Sang Here!

Just received my first shipment of my new anthology of speculative fiction, And the Angels Sang. It’s a beautiful book, if I do say so myself. Was a bit worried because, as with any new experience, there is a learning curve attendant with mistakes. My mistake was to inadvertently cancel the order for my proof copy; however, having been assured by my printing rep at Lightning Source that the book was ‘beautiful’, I took her…

And the Angels Sang, Hitting Online Booksellers

Data is beginning to feed out to the booksellers; And the Angels Sang is available at Target.com and Amazon.com . In the days and weeks ahead you’ll be able to purchase from more online booksellers as data is uploaded. I’m also working on getting the title carried in-store by Indigo. More about that as developments occur.

Review: Conceit, by Mary Novik

Mary Novik’s 17th century novel, Conceit is a beautifully written story about the daughter of the famed poet, John Donne. Almost tragic in her obsession with her parent’s legendary love-affair, the protagonist, Pegge Donne, explores the depths of passion, betrayal, sexuality and her own attempt to navigate a confusing and perilous era in England, not only politically, but socially. Novik’s handling of the subject matter is with a cool authorial voice, almost clinical, a striking,…