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Hi,
Eon has a new title in Australia and the UK - The Two Pearls of Wisdom. Check out the beautiful cover at the side of this post.
Cheers,
Alison

Hi All,

Transworld UK have decided to publish Eon in September this year, which means that Eon will be released in Australia, US and UK around the same time. I'm very happy about that.

Also, for anyone in Melbourne who may be interested, I have been invited to speak on a crime writing panel at a Sisters In Crime event on Friday April 11th at Bells Hotel, 157 Moray Street, South Melbourne, 6.30pm onwards (dinner in the pub first and then the panel). The other guests include crime authors Liz Filleul, Dorothy Johnston and Lindy Cameron, and I will be talking about my adult crime novel, Killing the Rabbit. 

Hope to see you there!

Cheers, 
Alison

Hi everybody,

Things are starting to move on my new fantasy novel, Eon,  which is due out mid next year. My US publisher, Sharyn November at Firebird, has just sent me a copy of my cover and it is exquisite. I am totally bowled over by its power and beauty. My Australian publisher, Lisa Berryman at HarperCollins, has shown me the work of a young french artist who may be comissioned to do the Aussie edition, and again, it is magnificent work. I am one lucky gal.
Edits start soon on the manuscript. In the meantime, I have started writing the sequel, Eona, and waiting to hear if the duology will be picked up by a UK publisher. Fingers crossed.
Cheers,
Alison
 

 Wow - I just got a dream review for Killing the Rabbit from EM Sky.  It's like EM reached inside my mind and saw exactly what I was trying to do with the book.
I'm totally thrilled. 
Check it out at www.mindunbound.com/newsletters.html
It is in the Newsletters section.
Thank you EM Sky!
Cheers,
Alison

My publisher just sent me the link to a great review of Killing the Rabbit. 
Check it out at http://darquereviews.blogspot.com/
Whoo Hoo!

I have finished and delivered my fantasy novel! All 140,000 words of it sent to my Australian and US publishers. Whoo Hoo! Writing the end of it was an interesting challenge as I wanted to give a sense of a complete story in this first volume, while still leaving enough interesting questions pending for the sequel. I'm pretty pleased with the result. So, a short breather now, and then I'll start writing book two. Can't wait!

And Killing the Rabbit goes on bookshelf tomorrow (31st July) in the USA. 

Exciting times.

Hi,

There has been some personal life stuff happening that kind of delayed all things creative for a while, but I am back and on track. 

I am STILL writing the last bit of my Y.A. fantasy novel. I only have about 2,000 words to go, but they are really hard work, mainly because it is the end of the first book in a two book series (a duology in publisher speak).  I am not a fan of first-of-series books that don't tie up the first book story adequately, so I am working hard to make this book satisfying as well as piquing the reader's interest in the sequel. Because I am running late, I have delivered two-thirds of the novel to both of my publishers - Sharyn at Firebird in the US and Lisa at HarperCollins in Australia - so covers can be considered and schedules revised. Now is the big push to get the book finished in the next two weeks.

My new thriller for adults, Killing the Rabbit, is out in the U.S. with Bantam Books (Sepctra Impulse) on July 31st. 
I'll be featured in an interview on the Spectra Impulse website so I'll post the address as soon as it is up. My wonderful web designer, CazzaB, is also working up a Killing the Rabbit page and I'll post that address too as soon as it is ready.

My publisher sent advance copies of Rabbit  to some established writers with an invitation to supply a quote for the cover . I am totally stoked that four terrific authors responded with great comments about my book that will appear on the front and inside covers. Many thanks to  Michael Marshall, author of the Straw Men series, Kelley Armstrong author of Bitten, and the soon to come Exit Strategy, Chris Moriarty author of Spin Control, and  Stephen Woodworth author of Through Violet Eyes and With Red Hands.  I really appreciate your support, guys!                        .

Cheers for now,
Alison

To make life easier for my wonderful web designer, Caz, I'll be posting my diary via livejournal rather than taking up Caz's time to post if for me on my official website (www.bssound.com.au/goodman/). Yes, I have entered the 21st Century!
My big news is that I have moved from Melbourne to Brisbane. Our actual journey was horrific with the removals van being hijacked by its own junkie driver (I'm not kidding), our car breaking down only an hour and half out of Melbourne (cactus lamentus), and our dogs going into some kind of shock and deciding that the only sane way to cope with the move would be to constantly attack each other.  Nevertheless, we are here and things are slowly getting back to normal. I am back writing my fantasy novel, and 'Killing the Rabbit", my crime novel, is due to be released in the US on July 31st. I have also just heard that a UK agent loves Rabbit and wants to represent it in Great Britain. Excellent news.
Cheers for now,
Alison