Buy or Borrow Maya and the Crystal Skull from Amazon Kindle

You can now buy or borrow my new book Maya and the Crystal Skull from Amazon Kindle.

Please click on the following link to Amazon Kindle to preview Maya and the Crystal Skull:

http://www.amazon.com/Maya-Crystal-Skull-ebook/dp/B0069WE3GK#reader_B0069WE3GK

Happy reading.

Love and Light,

Robyn Opie Parnell

http:www.robynopie.com

Another Review of Maya and the Crystal Skull

Maya and the Crystal Skull by Robyn Opie Parnell 

Publisher: R&R Books Film Music

PB RRP: $19.95

ISBN: 9780975609675

Reviewed by Zoya Nojin of Buzz Words Books http://buzzwordsmagazine.blogspot.com/2011/11/maya-and-crystal-skull_21.html

Although Robyn Opie Parnell has had over eighty books published, this is her first foray into a longer novel for middle grade readers and it displays a ‘new direction’ to her writing. Her enthusiasm for her thoughts on the ‘spiritual connectedness with reality’ pervades this story which starts with the main character, Maya learning about ‘universal consciousness’ from a spirit boy as she deals with the loss of her mother.

When Maya discovers that her father is in danger in Mexico, she must travel there with her spirit guide to rescue him while trying to elude a mysterious villain and recover ancient crystal skulls. She soon learns of the skulls’ significance to the future of humankind and that her destiny is intertwined with them.

Written in the first person, Maya’s thoughts and discussions of the spiritual can slow the pace a little while her guide explains how ‘everything in the world is connected’. But the teen voices are realistic, it is easy to read and there is enough action and plenty of dialogue to keep the story moving. Readers will love to hate Sophia, Maya’s minder and enjoy the thrill of the chase through jungles and Mayan ruins.

The cover will whet the appetite for adventure with its gleaming crystal skull staring out over a fiery ancient temple. As this book is the first in a series, one can presume there will be more adventures to come in seeking crystal skulls, with further insights into how Maya’s future is linked to them.

Maya and the Crystal Skull is being marketed as a ‘paranormal thriller for children aged 8+’.

© Zoya Nojin of Buzz Words Books http://buzzwordsmagazine.blogspot.com/2011/11/maya-and-crystal-skull_21.html

Please visit the following websites to purchase Maya and the Crystal Skull:
R & R Books Film Music
http://www.rnrbooksfilmmusic.com.au/maya.html
Amazon Kindle
http://www.amazon.com/Maya-Crystal-Skull-ebook/dp/B0069WE3GK/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1321834871&sr=1-1

Booktopia and other online bookstores
http://www.booktopia.com.au/maya-and-the-crystal-skull/prod9781873671009.html 

Coming in March 2012 Maya and the Ancient Legend - start collecting the series now!

 

A Review of Maya and The Crystal Skull

Review of Maya and the Crystal Skull
Author: Robyn Opie Parnell
Publisher: R&R Books Film Music
ISBN: 978-0-9756096-7-5
http://www.rnrbooksfilmmusic.com.au/maya.html

Maya and the Crystal Skull is the latest book from best-selling children’s author, Robyn Opie Parnell. The book follows the fortunes of fifteen year old Maya King after the death of her mother in a car accident. Maya’s father took the death of his wife hard. In his grief he travels to Mexico in search of the legendary Crystal Skulls. He believed that the Mayan Indians did possess these skulls before their culture vanished. This self exile of her father sees Maya stranded at home with Sophia, a housekeeper hired by him.

Sophia is every child’s nightmare, bossy, grumpy and no sense of fun. Maya has her routine of chores strictly controlled by Sophia. Each of her tasks, of which there are many, must adhere to Sophia’s strict code of practice. The fact that Maya is the child of a client does not deter Sophia. Having the run of Maya’s house and no one to answer to is the perfect world for Sophia to exploit. Maya finds herself no more than a slave in her own house, to a domineering woman.

One ray of light that comes into Maya’s life is Ethan. He is a spirit who has come to warn her that her father is in danger. Ethan also tells Maya that in a past life he was a Shaman priest with the Mayan Indians. Maya finds it hard to accept Ethan at first but then realizes that he is not a product of the stress she is under while living with Sophia.

Maya is quite concerned about her father and contacts her Uncle Peter. She is dismayed to discover that his fear of flying prevents him from going to Mexico. So instead of Uncle Peter, Maya and Sophia take the flight from Sydney to Mexico.

In Mexico she finds her father and discovers the power of the skulls. Kidnapped and in danger of losing her life, Maya finds that life is a precious gift no to be wasted. She also discovers that if you are prepared to help yourself, others will help you too.

I found Robyn Opie Parnell’s book a delight to read. The portrayal of the characters was realistic, and the story flowed quite well. Young readers will find this adventure a riveting read and easily empathise with Maya. Maya’s term for Sophia, witch-dragon, is an apt description of the lady. At times I felt like tearing Sophia from the pages and punishing her severely.

Maya and the Crystal Skull is a book I highly recommend all children read.

Review by Warren Thurston
Children’s Author
http://www.puddlywuddly.com

Maya and the Crystal Skull by Robyn Opie Parnell is available from leading booksellers, on- and off-line and by visiting the publisher - http://www.rnrbooksfilmmusic.com.au/maya.html

Coming Soon - Maya and the Crystal Skull by Robyn Opie Parnell

Move over Indiana Jones...

Maya's life has changed.

Her mother is dead, killed in a car accident; she's befriended by Ethan, a boy who claims he's from the spirit world; and now her father is missing.

What does the legend of the crystal skulls have to do with her father's disappearance? Will Maya travel to Mexico to save him? How can Maya's destiny have anything to do with the future of humankind?

The Mexican jungle, ancient Mayan ruins, dangerous bounty hunters and evil kidnappers...

Yes, Maya's life has changed.

The fate of the world now depends on her.

Coming in November 2011!

Title: Maya and the Crystal Skull
Author: Robyn Opie Parnell
ISBN: 9780975609675
Publisher: R & R Books Film Music
RRP: $19.95
Genre: Paranormal thriller for children aged 8+
Website: http://www.rnrbooksfilmmusic.com.au

An Interview with Sean McMullen to Celebrate the July Release of His Current Book Changing Yesterday

July 1st saw the official release of Sean McMullen's book Changing Yesterday and to celebrate the release, Sean is visiting my blog to participate in an interview. Thanks Sean!

CHANGING YESTERDAY - An Interview with Sean McMullen

• How was your current book, Changing Yesterday, inspired?

I was on a United Airlines flight returning to Australia during the S11 attacks, so terrorism was brought into pretty sharp focus for me. A couple of years later I was looking at a painting of the opening of the first Australian parliament in 1901, and I wondered how history might have changed if someone had bombed the building with so many leaders and royals inside.

Britain would have been pretty annoyed, and declared war on someone. In my novels, this was the aim of the British conspirators, the Lionhearts: they wanted to start a war that would unify the increasingly shaky British Empire. I then imagined a world war that lasted a hundred years, and that was the basis for the novels. I added two idealistic cadets from the future, Liore and Fox, who travel back through time to stop the bombing and so prevent the war.

• What sort of characters are needed to save the world in 1901?

Resourceful characters from diverse backgrounds. Changing Yesterday follows Before the Storm, where Liore and Fox come back through time to stop the bombing of parliament. Four teenages from 1901, Daniel, Emily, Barry and Muriel help them. Fox and Liore are like machines, they are sort of human Terminators with a bit of social responsibility added. Daniel and Emily are from a rich family and are very respectable, but Barry is a school dropout who is sort of training to be a petty criminal. Muriel wants to be an artist, and she does wild and bohemian things like hanging out in coffee shops and posing nude for art classes. Daniel and Muriel fall in love, which scandalises his sister Emily. Emily is that ageless type of character who likes nothing better than ordering other people about.

• So does the world get saved from a century of war?

In this timeline of history, yes. The six teenagers stop the bombing in Before the Storm, but in Changing Yesterday things go seriously wrong. Muriel dumps Daniel and runs off to Paris with Fox to become an artist. Daniel loses interest in life, so his parents send him to an English school to learn a bit of discipline. Barry steals the plasma weapon that Liore brought with her from the future, then boards the same ship as Daniel. He hopes to sell it to the king in return for a knighthood. Liore chases after Barry on another ship. The Lionhearts sail after Barry too. The weapon he has stolen would be ideal for another attempt at starting a war.

• It sounds like a lot of the book is set on ships.

Oh yes, quite a lot of action takes place on ships sailing from Australia to England. Not many authors have used the Australia-England voyage in their novels, which is a pity. It's a wonderful setting, a bit like the movie Titanic, but without the iceberg. The down side was that I had to do a lot of original research to get the details right.

• Changing Yesterday sounds like an exciting adventure, but is it more than that?

Definitely. There are lots of other threads woven into the story. At one level Changing Yesterday is about growing up. While aboard the ship Daniel changes from an awkward, overgrown boy into quite a suave adult over a few weeks. By contrast, Barry is so good at being a streetwise kid that he can't let go of that lifestyle. Liore, the commander from the future, was never really a child, and she remains a machine warrior, neither teenager nor adult. I suppose the book shows teenage readers that they have to leave some of their life behind them as they get older, but also that there are lots of new things to look forward to.

The book is also a cleverly disguised history lesson. A lot of young readers can't really imagine living in a world without iphones, movies, cable television and computer games, but the passenger ships of 1901 didn't even have radios or telegraphs. And it gets worse. Today the trip to London is just a 24 hour flight, but try to imagine six weeks in a floating hotel with a thousand other totally bored people, and you have the 1901 trip to England. I have included a lot of material on the concerts, dances, costume parties and deck games that were meant to amuse the passengers on these voyages, and have also shown how some people just went along in search of romance.

At a deeper level, the characters are faced with a lot of really big issues, like saving the future. Currently, all of us have a few concerns about saving the future. Climate change may not have the drama of a world war, but the two problems have a lot in common. They are both really big issues, seemingly far too big for kids to handle, but by working together it's possible to handle big issues. This is the ultimate message from Changing Yesterday.

Changing Yesterday was released on the 1st of July, and will be distributed by Macmillan for Ford Street.

About Changing Yesterday
It’s 1901, and Battle Commander Liore has travelled back in time to stop a war that will rage for over a hundred years. But time itself is against her. Whenever she changes history, a new beginning to the war emerges and the world once again teeters on the brink of disaster. To make matters worse, Barry the Bag has stolen Liore’s plasma rifle, the most dangerous weapon in the world. The owner is on his trail, and she doesn’t take prisoners. Can anything prevent Liore from risking the world’s future for the sake of revenge?

'... his action sequences splendid, his comic timing impeccable’ Locus
'... fans of Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams will appreciate McMullen’s dry wit ...’ Romantic Times
'... one of the star names of Australian SF’ Interzone

About the Author
Sean McMullen is one of Australia’s leading SF and fantasy authors, with fifteen books and sixty stories published, for which he has won over a dozen awards. His most recent novels are and The Time Engine (2008), The Iron Warlock (2010) and Before the Storm (2007). In the late 1990s he established himself in the American market, and his work has been translated into Polish, French, Japanese and other languages. The settings for Sean’s work range from the Roman Empire, through Medieval Europe, to cities of the distant future. His work is a mixture of romance, invention and adventure, while populated by dynamic, strange and often hilarious characters. When not writing he is a computer training manager, and when not at a keyboard he is a karate instructor.

Also by Sean McMullen
Souls in the Great Machine
The Miocene Arrow
Eyes of the Calculor
Voyage of the Shadowmoon
The Ancient Hero (The Quentaris Chronicles)
Glass Dragons
Voidfarer

Ian Irvine and The Calamitous Queen Blog Tour

Welcome to Ian Irvine. Thank you Ian for agreeing to this interview. And welcome and thank you to visitors to this blog. Ian has been busy with a blog tour for The Calamitous Queen, which is book 4 in Ian's Grim and Grimmer series, and I'm grateful that Ian has time to answer the following questions. I hope everyone finds Ian's answers as interesting and fascinating as I do. So, without further ado...

Q. As an introduction, what would you like to tell us about yourself and your books?

I never considered becoming a writer when I was young, though I loved books and reading even before I went to school. I don’t recall what my early ambitions were (I imagine being some kind of adventurer featured heavily, e.g., space explorer, fighter pilot). I’d always been fascinated by science, however, and by the age of 13 I’d decided I wanted to become a scientist.

My first interest in being a writer came when I was at uni studying geology and chemistry, though I haven’t kept anything I wrote from those days; it was a load of old rubbish. I was also reading a lot of SF and fantasy then and, while doing my doctoral research (30+ years ago), I began to amuse myself by making door-sized maps of a great fantasy world, developing thousands of years of history, societies, ecosystems, etc, as one does, and writing disconnected scenes based on the history and characters I’d sketched out. It was around that time that I decided I wanted to become a writer. But what with little children, renovating one of the most decrepit Victorian houses in inner Sydney, and setting up my consulting business doing marine pollution studies, there was no time in the next decade.

In 1987 the creative urge became overpowering, and I began A Shadow on the Glass, the first book of my Three Worlds epic fantasy series, http://www.ian-irvine.com/threeworlds.html, which has since grown to 11 books and more than 7,000 pages. And more books to come.

A Shadow on the Glass was first published in 1998, with the remaining books of The View from the Mirror quartet following at 6-month intervals. The quartet became rather successful, both in Australia and internationally, and still reprints regularly both here and in the UK. I’ve now written 27 books in a variety of genres, including a trilogy of thrillers set in our world during catastrophic climate change (Human Rites, http://www.ian-irvine.com/humanrites.html), plus 12 books for YA readers and children. I’m having the time of my life writing, and never plan to stop.

Though I still do some of my consulting work, too. In fact I’ll be wading through a sand-fly infested mangrove swamp next week, collecting pollution samples. It adds to the variety of life and writerly inspiration.

Q. The Calamitous Queen is the fourth book in the Grim and Grimmer series. Do you prefer writing a single, stand-alone book or a series of books about the same characters?

I’ve never written a stand-alone book. All my books are part of trilogies or quartets. I guess I’m a long-winded kind of guy. Although it’s also true that I mostly write fantasy, and fantasy readers prefer long books that are a part of a series – I know this because of the overall state of the market and also because it’s what my readers keep telling me. In fact I’ve just asked the question on my Facebook author site; you can see the responses here, http://www.facebook.com/ianirvine.author.

I am considering writing some stand-alone books in future, though, partly for variety, and partly because writing such long series represents an enormous commitment of time and creativity. I love doing series, but it would also be nice to have a break and just work on a project that has a definite beginning and ending.

Q. What inspired the Grim and Grimmer series? And how did you develop this series?

It wasn’t inspired by any particular idea or character, but rather by the urge to write more stories for a particular age group. I particularly enjoyed writing my little Sorcerer’s Tower books, http://www.ian-irvine.com/sorcererstower.html, and librarians have frequently said that these books, which are only 10,000 words each, are ideal for reluctant readers in mid-primary schools because the books have driving plots and strong heroes and heroines. One librarian said that reluctant readers often end up with what they regard as ‘books for dummies’ and the kids would sooner read nothing than be seen reading such books.

I wanted to write more books for these readers, though for slightly older ones, say 9-14. I wanted the books to have clearly drawn, extravagant characters and powerful, exciting plots. I also wanted them to be funny, because I’d never written humour before and wanted to have a go at it. And also because, while there are lots of fantasy novels for this age group, and lots of humorous novels, not many books successfully combine both.

I developed the series by creating a character, Ike, who was different to other characters I’ve written about because at the beginning he’s a failure at almost everything. Useless Ike. I wanted to show how a failure can become a hero. Then the series title, Grim and Grimmer (my all-time favourite title; it took many, many hours to come up with it), and the descriptive titles of the books – The Grasping Goblin, The Desperate Dwarf etc. Then I plotted out the first book, The Headless Highwayman, constantly analysing the plot events and the characters, and rewriting so as to overturn clichés and change the familiar into the unusual. That was the extent of my planning. I didn’t plot the remaining three books at all until I was ready to write each of them, though I always had in my head how the story would end.

Even so, when I was writing the final book, The Calamitous Queen late last year, the ending did surprise me (favourably). Every one of the many characters gets their just desserts (in good ways or bad, and nearly always humorously). Poor Ike, though. I still shudder at his humiliation with the troll-bum door, just at the moment that’s supposed to be his greatest triumph.

Q. How does writing a series differ from writing a single, stand-alone book?

I can only speak from the series viewpoint. It’s a major undertaking, both in time, perspiration, hair-tearing and creativity. And sometimes, when a book is not going well (which occurs in the early drafts of all my books) I rage to the heavens, ‘Why am I doing this to myself, why?’

But it’s also pleasant to come back to familiar and much-loved characters, and to take them in new directions, or even overturn their lives and everything they stand for.

Q. Is selling a series to a publisher different from selling a single, stand-alone book? In what ways?

It can be easier, or it can be harder. For instance with my first series, The View from the Mirror. I sent this to Penguin in 1996, and it was read and favourably received by several people, including a free-lance editor who had been a former publisher at Penguin. Kay recommended that Penguin buy the series, though she was not confident that they would, because they would have to buy four long books and at the time Penguin had not published fantasy for the adult market. If the first book failed, the others must fail as well, which would be costly. But Penguin did buy the series and it went very well for them.

On the other hand, because most fantasy readers are looking for series, it can be easier to sell a strong series than a good single work.

Q. What advice would you give to writers who wish to write and sell a series?

The advice is generally the same as for writers who write single books: create an engaging, clearly drawn protagonist who wants something desperately; an equally engaging and well drawn antagonist (this doesn’t have to be a person, it can be a force of nature, society or group) who wants to stop the protagonist at all costs; show their struggle in a series of conflicts and reversals; and write a powerful resolution which also shows how the protagonist has changed at the end. Create empathy for the protagonist by showing his or her emotions, feelings, hopes, fears and conflicts in every scene. Finally, create a unique and clearly visualised story world that’s based on the observation of small, unusual details, rather than being a clichéd version of another writer’s story world.

But with a series, the story and the characters have to be big enough to last and grow and change through a series of books. Well, most characters. Despite what books on writing tell you, not all characters have to grow and change. The charm of many series characters (e.g. Stephanie Plum in the Janet Evanovitch crime novels, or James Bond, etc) is that they never change. And readers don’t want them to: they like these characters just the way they are.

Once again, thank you Ian for sharing your insights in regards to writing and, in particular, in writing a series. Good luck with The Calamitous Queen, the Grim and Grimmer series, all of your other books, new ventures and, well, life in general. I wish you every success, as I do to everyone reading this blog. I wish you all every success!

To read more about Ian Irvine, The Calamitous Queen, the Grim and Grimmer series and plenty of fascinating stuff, here are the details of Ian's blog tour. Enjoy!

Blog Tour Dates:

6 June 2011
Ian Irvine http://bloggingwithianirvine.blogspot.com
Introducing The Calamitous Queen blog tour

7 June 2011
Nords Wharf Public School https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/blog/437508-nordswharfschoollibraryboard/
Questions from students

8 June 2011
Susan Stephenson, The Book Chook http://www.thebookchook.com
Literacy and writing

9 June 2011
Catriona Hoy http://catrionahoy.blogspot.com/
Humour and writing

10 June 2011
Kid’s Book Capers – Dee White http://content.boomerangbooks.com.au/kids-book-capers-blog/
Review of book and interview

11 June 2011
Sally Murphy http://www.sallymurphy.blogspot.com
The exciting (or otherwise) life of a writer

12 June 2011
Claire Saxby http://www.letshavewords.blogspot.com
Fun, fantasy, fiction: mix and stire (or how it all comes together)

13 June 2011
Alison Reynolds http://www.alisonreynolds.com.au/
Why Ian wrote this book...

14 June 2011
Dee White (deescribewriting blog) Tuesday Writing Tips http://deescribewriting.wordpress.com
Tips on how to finish a series

15 June 2011
St Joseph’s Primary School http://stjyear52011.blogspot.com
Questions from students

16 June 2011
Sheryl Gwyther http://sherylgwyther4kids.wordpress.com
The 10 best things about writing 'Grim and Grimmer' + things that almost drove you nuts!

17 June 2011

Braemar College, Christine Wilson http://cawilsontl.edublogs.org.virtural-blog-tour/
Questions from students

18 June 2011
Writing Children's Books with Robyn Opie http://www.robynopie.blogspot.com
The how-to's of writing a series

19 June 2011
Angela Sunde http://angelasunde.blogspot.com/
Where Ian's ideas for the series came from and how he knew there would be four books in it

June 2011

Hysterical horror, hopeless heroes -

Grim and Grimmer 4

The Calamitous Queen

Publisher: Scholastic Australia
Paperback, 280 pages

Emajicka is marching on Grimmery with an army of a million Fey. Can things possibly get worse?

Yes, they can, for Ike is all alone. Mellie has gone, attempting to pull off the perfect crime. Lord Monty is at war with his reattached head. The beautiful sprite Mothooliel wants to steal Ike’s eyeballs, and Grogire the firewyrm plans to kill him in the most disgusting way.

Can Pook and Ike free the Collected children? Will Ike discover the secret of the Gate Guardians and clear his parents’ names in time to save Grimmery? Or will Spleen and Nuckl finally feast on Ike’s innards?

Brace yourselves for a wild ride.

• "Fast and furious and very funny." Reading Time
• "The funniest horror story you'll read in a long while." Good Reading
• "Very funny, as well as dangerous, gory and grotty." www.aussiereviews.com
• "Funny and fast paced. Recommended." Bookseller and Publisher.
• "The fun explodes off every page." Richard Harland, international bestselling author of Worldshaker, www.richardharland.net
• "A wonderful tale. Delightfully dark and delicious." Jacq Ellem, www.hittheroadjacq.com
• "I gasped and laughed my way through these three books." Dee White, Kids' Book Capers.

The Calamitous Queen Blog Tour With Ian Irvine

June 2011

Hysterical horror, hopeless heroes -

Grim and Grimmer 4

The Calamitous Queen

Publisher: Scholastic Australia
Paperback, 280 pages

Emajicka is marching on Grimmery with an army of a million Fey. Can things possibly get worse?

Yes, they can, for Ike is all alone. Mellie has gone, attempting to pull off the perfect crime. Lord Monty is at war with his reattached head. The beautiful sprite Mothooliel wants to steal Ike’s eyeballs, and Grogire the firewyrm plans to kill him in the most disgusting way.

Can Pook and Ike free the Collected children? Will Ike discover the secret of the Gate Guardians and clear his parents’ names in time to save Grimmery? Or will Spleen and Nuckl finally feast on Ike’s innards?

Brace yourselves for a wild ride.

• "Fast and furious and very funny." Reading Time
• "The funniest horror story you'll read in a long while." Good Reading
• "Very funny, as well as dangerous, gory and grotty." www.aussiereviews.com
• "Funny and fast paced. Recommended." Bookseller and Publisher.
• "The fun explodes off every page." Richard Harland, international bestselling author of Worldshaker, www.richardharland.net
• "A wonderful tale. Delightfully dark and delicious." Jacq Ellem, www.hittheroadjacq.com
• "I gasped and laughed my way through these three books." Dee White, Kids' Book Capers.
  
  

Blog Tour Dates:

6 June 2011
Ian Irvine http://bloggingwithianirvine.blogspot.com
Introducing The Calamitous Queen blog tour

7 June 2011
Nords Wharf Public School https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/blog/437508-nordswharfschoollibraryboard/
Questions from students

8 June 2011
Susan Stephenson, The Book Chook http://www.thebookchook.com
Literacy and writing

9 June 2011
Catriona Hoy http://catrionahoy.blogspot.com/
Humour and writing

10 June 2011
Kid’s Book Capers – Dee White http://content.boomerangbooks.com.au/kids-book-capers-blog/
Review of book and interview

11 June 2011
Sally Murphy http://www.sallymurphy.blogspot.com
The exciting (or otherwise) life of a writer

12 June 2011
Claire Saxby http://www.letshavewords.blogspot.com
Fun, fantasy, fiction: mix and stire (or how it all comes together)

13 June 2011
Alison Reynolds http://www.alisonreynolds.com.au/
Why Ian wrote this book...

14 June 2011
Dee White (deescribewriting blog) Tuesday Writing Tips http://deescribewriting.wordpress.com
Tips on how to finish a series

15 June 2011
St Joseph’s Primary School http://stjyear52011.blogspot.com
Questions from students

16 June 2011
Sheryl Gwyther http://sherylgwyther4kids.wordpress.com
The 10 best things about writing 'Grim and Grimmer' + things that almost drove you nuts!

17 June 2011

Braemar College, Christine Wilson http://cawilsontl.edublogs.org.virtural-blog-tour/
Questions from students

18 June 2011
Writing Children's Books with Robyn Opie http://www.robynopie.blogspot.com
The how-to's of writing a series

19 June 2011
Angela Sunde http://angelasunde.blogspot.com/
Where Ian's ideas for the series came from and how he knew there would be four books in it