I have a weird name. There’s no denying it. Paige Nick Alright so Paige isn’t SO strange on its own, but when you pair it with my surname, that’s when the confusion sets in. My mum tells a number of different stories of how I came to be called Paige, depending on what mood she’s…
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Are you living up to your name?
Ahhh monday, can you smell it? The sadness, the deadlines, the traffic? Well unfortunately I can’t make it go away entirely, but i can make it fade off into the distance for between 3 to 6 minutes, depending how slow a reader you are. This week’s column comes with visual aids. hope you enjoy. A…
An amuse bouche (funny bush?)
A teeny tiny, little taster of a fun interview I got to do over at The Somersault. These guys rock, and I’m not just saying that because they put a gun to my head and threatened to force-feed me green peppers. I really mean it. Great site, lovely content etc. etc. etc. Consider their horn…
Friday is Pie Day.
Some people make the best word nerds. Kelly Ansara is one of those. She has a blog called It’s A Book Thing, and if you like the odd book, you should check it out. She’s currently running a series on her blog called Author Pie, where she interviews various authors. Her last one was on…
A nice December surprise
One of the perks of having my sister and her hubby, ‘Pliss Man Marc’, and their three incredible kids here from London for the December holidays, besides, of course getting to have them here for the December holidays, was that my sister nicked this mag off the plane: I’m never entirely sure – are you…
Up to no good.
The rational, intelligent, practical side of me knows that books aren’t living, breathing, feeling things. Of course not, that’s ridiculous! But the other part of my brain, the part that loves books like my own family, refuses to believe that. That’s why when I see my book keeping company with some of my favourite author…
This Way Up, now available in paperback.
I have news. November not only sees us one month closer to the end of the year (What? Where did that come from?) But it also sees the launch of my latest novel, This Way Up, in paperback. Sorry, I hope it isn’t terribly boring and gauche of me to bring it up, but I…
To market, to market…
So, do you have any plans for Saturday?I do. I’m going to be joining a bunch of other local authors at the Freeworld Design Market selling and signing copies of our books. The market looks like it’s going to be amazing, with tons of shit-hot local designers, live music, stone carvers (looking forward to seeing…