A Garden Fairy

I'm getting very lazy about blogging these days. Had a great weekend which included the Music Under the Mountains festival in Hollywood, Co. Wicklow (see regular blog) and an outdoor sculpture experience at the Gorse Hill Centre just outside my home town of Bray. See http://www.gorsehill.net/ for more information. Meanwhile, here's a fairy I spotted at Gorse Hill.

WARNING

I am changing the hosting for my website and I could be off the air for a few days. This may or may not affect my blogs. Don't worry, though. All will be sorted shortly!

Movie Trailer (fan-made)

Once again my readers show how talented they are! Here is a magical trailer for The Light-Bearer's Daughter.

Slow Days

Not much to report in the way of work as I am taking it easy after finishing my new book and the copy-edit of The Book of Dreams. Wrote a 3,000 word profile of Susan Juby for the CANSCAIP newsletter called "Funny Girl (Peculiar and Ha Ha)" and now I am finishing up a book review for the Globe & Mail in Canada. Then I am taking a week off to go walkabout, visiting friends and relaxing altogether. Following that, it's back to work - the final draft of my adult book and two film projects. There's NCTE in Texas ahead, also, but that's November.

The Book of Dreams Cover

My American publishers just sent me the cover for The Book of Dreams, due out Spring 2009. I think it's FABULOUS. It will be shiny metallic red ink. That completes the four elements for the books: The Hunter's Moon is air (and mist), The Summer King is water, The Light-Bearer's Daughter is earth, and The Book of Dreams is fire. Each book reflects these elements in a general or specific way: the first has fairies appearing in light and mist and involves a flight through the air sequence; the second involves sea fairies and lots of watery themes; the third is all about mountains and under the earth; the fourth definitely involves a fiery climax as well as dragons! And, yes, that's Dana on the front cover but you will also find Gwen, Laurel, Honor, Findabhair and Finvarra and a host of others in the book.

Ask a Juby

Hah. Two posts in one day. But this is appropriate. I am busily writing up an interview with Susan Juby for the CANSCAIP journal. CANSCAIP is the unnion we both belong to, i.e. the Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators and Performers. I'm a big Juby fan, so she is getting what every author dreams of: twenty minutes of well reasoned praise. (I can't remember who said that, however.) Spent over an hour chatting to her on the telephone today. She's in BC and I'm in Ireland and we have 8 hours, the entire Canadian landmass, and the Atlantic Ocean between us.

Done and Dusted!

Yes, it went off to my agents on Friday - my new young adult fantasy novel based on Celtic mythology. Hurrah! Will say more about it in the future. My brain is exhausted. But I am really happy with it. I think it's fabulous.