Great writer and thoroughly good chap, R.N. Morris’ latest Porfiry Petrovich novel, A Razor Wrapped in Silk, is published on Thursday, and he’s here to talk about it.
Category: Roger sometimes N Morris
The Danger of the Single Story and a Clean Office
A Couple of Places to Go
My ol’ chum Roger (mostly N nowadays) Morris is running an exciting free books competition to celebrate the release of A Vengeful Longing paperback.
Spreading the Word
Rosy Barnes has tagged me with this rather useful little meme. Basically it’s this: you get tagged by someone who’s mentioned, on their blog, three to five books they think should be given more attention. Then you post something on your blog, mentioning these, along with three to five of your own.
Rosy’s are:
Wisdom of Whores by Elisabeth Pisani
Prince Rupert’s Teardrop. Lisa Glass
Borderliners by Peter Hoeg
and mine are:
Love that Dog, by Sharon Creech
Willful Creatures, by Aimee Bender
Taking Comfort, by Roger Morris
Something Beginning With, by Sarah Salway
I’m not going to tag anyone specifically because I’d like as many people to do it as possible. It’s a terrific idea. So, come on people – SPREAD THE WORD!
More Things to Read
Definitely this – Sarah Salway guest blogging over at Tania’s blog.
(And keep your eyes peeled for some Sarah activity on my little blog soon too…)
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Forgetful
Honestly, I’ve a memory like a sieve at the moment.
The two books I’ve mentioned recently (Willful Creatures and Out of a Clear Sky) were not discovered by accident. No sir. Out of a Clear Sky, I found, via Roger and Vulpes Libris; and Willful Creatures came to me courtesy of the Short Review.
I meant to mention that before. I forgot.
So now you know. Anyway, what was I doing…?
The Inspiration Machine
See details here. I have already told Mr Morris that I want one. And I trust its inventor because she provided me with a rather super quote for my world book day promotional posters earlier in the year. I think she’ll go a long way.
Oh, and I can just about feel my face again.
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Also, for those of you interested in children’s literature, may I direct you in the direction of the ever-fab http://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/ please? They’re having a children’s themed week or two, starting on July 5th, which will even feature a certain Julia Donaldson.
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And if any of you have a slightly evil sense of humour, maybe you should have a look here, or here.
What Do YOU Think?
I think this post over at the fabulous Short Review is an incredibly interesting and relevant one. It’s about self published books being reviewed.
I’m curious, what do you think? You can leave your thoughts here, or more helpfully over at the Short Review.
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Also, The Chigaco Tribune’s paragraph of the month is one of Roger’s. Woo! Now that is cool.
One for The Children, and One for The Adults.
Children first.
I think I must have first read Derek Keilty’s, Alien Science Bus, in some form or other, a couple of years ago. It was, if memory serves, around the time when I was writing, or had just written, I Met a Roman. I remember thinking then how much I liked it and how I thought it deserved to be a book.
Well today, ladies and gentlemen, it is.
Congrats, Derek!
Less About Me
So, a post that’s not about me for a change.
It’s an interview with top author, and top bloke, Roger (sometimes N) Morris, whose third book, A Vengeful Longing (Faber and Faber) was released earlier in the month.
So, over to Roger…