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My children’s picture book David and the Kingmaker, sequel to David and the Hairy Beast, has finally gone to press! It will be ready for distribution next week.
David and the Kingmaker is the second in the Young David series about the life of the young King David.
I’m wondering how many people are going to get Kindles for Christmas this year? Word on the web is that Amazon will be selling Kindles for under $100 by the end of the year. So are people waiting for the price drop before they buy? If so, does that mean Kindle sales will also plateau for a while? I’m hoping that the big post-Christmas buying rush will result in huge sales of my e-book The Peace Garden – can’t blame a girl for optimism, can you?
I was also wondering what will happen to the book in the stocking now that e-books have taken over print in the novel stakes? I have recently discovered you can buy a Kindle gift card for your e-book loving family member. Still haven’t found out yet if you can actually buy a book, like say, oh I don’t know, The Peace Garden? 🙂 And put it on the card. Otherwise how do you actually buy a book of your choice for someone these days?
Ideas anyone?
Well I’ve finally given in and signed up for a twitter account. It you would like to keep up with all my twitterings, you know what to do … @FionaVeitchSmit
Well, TV anyway … hopefully …
Readers of my ‘old’ website www.thecraftywriter.com will know all about my work as a writer on the Myro the Microlight picture book series. I’m very happy to be working again with the genius creator of the series, Nick Rose, as a screenwriter for a potential TV series. If you’re not familiar with the books they’re about the adventures of a little microlight and his friends Down Under, complete with a singalong CD by talented children’s composer Mike Roberts, why not buy some as Christmas presents?
I’ve been reading my own reviews again. Sorry, bad habit. But this one’s a good’n:
“There’s much to enjoy in Fiona Veitch Smith’s debut adult novel, The Peace Garden, where the hopes and fears of modern South Africa disrupt the
neatly-ordered flowerbeds of suburban Newcastle. Natalie Porter, twelve years old and insatiably curious, starts to uncover the stories that have shaped the adults around her, and progresses from catching a plant thief to beginning to understand some of the complexities of life and love in a post-Apartheid society. The novel ratchets up to thriller pace and with a nice twist on the traditional ‘follow-that-car’scene as Natalie, older but not much wiser, realises she may be the only person who can thwart a potential murderer.The Peace Garden is a cleverly-plotted novel with nice comic touches, and the author’s personal background produces both a convincing setting for the Newcastle characters, and some telling insights into South African life.”
RS Downie is the New York Times bestselling author of the Ruso series of Roman mysteries.
I’ve just had the pleasure of being interviewed by the fabulous women’s fiction writer Tambra Kendall. She is also the publisher of Daughters of Avalon. I chatted to her about my writing in general and the inspiration for my latest book, The Peace Garden. Why not have a mosey over there now then have a look around her site – but be warned: some of the content is for adults only. Not the interview with me of course; the romantic element in The Peace Garden falls far short of Tambra’s own steamy erotic fiction 🙂
Her latest book is called Wicked Temptations and is available on Amazon Kindle.
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