Today’s UK blog tour post is a Q&A at Whispering Words. A big thanks to Sarah for hosting!

I have a different kind of Q&A up at Whispering Words Toronto: the Proust Questionnaire. They gave me a choice of formats, but I just couldn’t pass up something with “Proust” in the title. My editor and I have this ongoing comedy routine wherein he informs me that I am not Proust (and therefore should not be writing about madeleines all the time) and I insist that I am Proust, in fact. I think this questionnaire proves it once and for all.

Today’s guest post is a handy guide for your first trip to Seraphina’s homeland, Goredd. Thanks to Once Upon a Time for hosting!

I once did a comic strip along similar lines, although that was more about manners and dress. I should find that and post it sometime.

That means another blog post for you (yes, YOU!) before I force myself to lie in bed and pretend to sleep. I noticed that another guest post I wrote is up at Movellas.com. They asked me what advice I would give to new writers of fantasy, and I told them about one of my favourite concepts: The Weirdness Budget.

And now I really am going to bed. For serious!

Here’s day 2 of my British blog tour, at A Daydreamer’s Thoughts, about my long road to publication. I, uh, hope it doesn’t scare any aspiring writers off. I do kind of see myself as a weird outlier, in terms of how long it took. I don’t think most writers have quite such a bumpy road.

But still, bumps notwithstanding, it’s been scenic! And the journey is what really matters, after all.

And the first post is up. Many thanks to Read 2 Review for hosting me, and to the good folks at Random House Children’s Books UK for setting up the tour!

Here’s the banner for the rest of the tour:

I will be providing links to the guest posts as I can, but there’s a chance I’ll be a bit slow. I’m travelling the rest of this week and am not sure what kind of time I’ll have.

Mark your calendars! This Thursday, July 19th, I will be making a special guest appearance at the “I Didn’t Read the Book Club” with author Kelley Armstrong. The event runs from 6:30-8pm at the Northern District branch of the Toronto Public Library. It will feature some question-and-answer time, a little reading, a writing exercise for teens, and (I am given to understand) popcorn.

POPCORN. Yum.

They’d like people to pre-register, so here’s the place to do it. The program  is aimed at teens, but surely they won’t turn away grown-ups if you’re not too rowdy, ha ha.

I may be appearing one or two other places while I’m in town. I’ll let you know as soon as I know for sure.

Here’s a video interview I did during Comic-Con with a charming fellow from Suvudu, a SF/F website affiliated with Random House. Considering how little sleep I’d had, and that I had just come off a panel and a signing, I’m pleased that I was able to remain relatively coherent.

Thanks again to Matt, my intrepid interviewer, for this opportunity!

One day only! Come see me in the epic fantasy panel at 3:30, where I will be sitting alongside the likes of Brandon Sanderson, Christopher Paolini, and Robin Hobb. I know, right? Everybody’s gonna be like, “Whoa, who’s that lady with the unruly hair, making all the goofy faces??”

In point of fact, I’m writing this from San Francisco the night before. My connecting flight is delayed by at least two hours. I will be getting to San Diego at Extremely Late O’Clock .

But that’s ok! Sometimes I do really well on little sleep. Sometimes I end up singing silly songs. I guess we’ll see!