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Some advance praise for Hild... 13 Jul 2013 | 03:14 am
I've been posting chunks of early reviews etc. on the Hild page of my main blog but thought I'd include a few snippets here to whet your appetite: "What a fabulous book! ... I fell into this world co...
Shoutout to favourite bloggers in an interview about writing Hild 26 May 2013 | 11:05 pm
Here's a long and meaty conversation between me and my editor Sean McDonald (VP and Executive Editor at Farrar, Straus and Giroux) about the making of Hild. I talk about going to Whitby for the first ...
Who wants a free reading copy of HILD? 15 Apr 2013 | 10:31 pm
-- This is a cross-post from my personal blog, Ask Nicola -- My box of Hild ARCs* arrived on Friday. Many of them are already spoken for but I have a handful extra. So who wants one? If you're a lo...
The cover of HILD 7 Mar 2013 | 05:54 pm
Coming 11.12.13 This is the cover of my novel, Hild (available for pre-order) which will be published in the US on 12 November 2013 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. (When I know UK and other publication...
Ten questions and answers about Hild 4 Mar 2013 | 05:13 pm
detail from the cover of Hild * This blog began in 2008 with a medievalist blogger's meme game about favourite historical characters. (I was tagged by Michelle of Heavenfield.) I desperately wanted t...
Hild: 11 November 2013 8 Jan 2013 | 11:30 pm
This is the seventh draft of Hild. It is the version you will read (after some copyediting). It will be published in the US on 12th November by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. At this stage I don't know w...
Hild's grave 19 Nov 2012 | 12:19 am
After discovering the Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture I've been playing with Photoshop, imagining what Hild's grave marker might look like. (This is just a first pass. It will end up looking muc...
Old Irish update 12 Sep 2012 | 10:14 pm
I've got all the help I need right now with my pitiful Old Irish, thank you all so much. When I've finalised the passage I'll repost it here.
Can anyone help with some Old Irish vocabulary? 4 Sep 2012 | 01:27 am
In terms of writing fiction, Irish has been the bane of my life. It's my own fault; I'm lazy--or perhaps impatient is a better word--when in the grip of the work. Twenty years ago, when I was writing...
Leeds 6 Jul 2012 | 12:55 am
Just got back from a lightning visit to the UK. I spent a lot of time here: Those of you who travel to conferences will probably recognise it. If I could have delayed my trip by ten days or so, I cou...
