The Business of Writing Full-Time

by Olivia Knight�Are you listening?��Yes,� said Tiffany.�Good. Now� if you trust in yourself���Yes?���and believe in your dreams���Yes?���and follow your star�� Miss Tick went on.�Yes?��� you�ll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren�t so lazy. Goodbye.�� The Wee Free Men, Terry PratchettStraight off: hold the tissues. I sodding love my life.

"Mr Black Lace" - an interview with Adam Nevill

by Janine AshblessThis year marks 15 years of Black Lace books, so we decided to get together as a posse and corner the Editor of the imprint, Adam Nevill, for an interview. We should have taken nets. Adam is possibly one of the hardest-working people in publishing (I�ve had e-mails sent from his desk at 7.30 in the morning and 8.00 at night). It�s hard to believe that he manages to write his own

What's Taking You So Long In There?

by Janine Ashbless Okay, so this isn�t actually a picture of me. But if it was, I could tell you exactly what she�s thinking there: "Hey. Wow. What if my heroes START in Damascus and GO to Baghdad? Oh yeah. That means they could visit the House of Wisdom. Cool! And I don�t have to worry about the princess having an actual historical, documented family: I can make it all up! Yes. Yes! Awesome!"