Incredibly, January 2025 is the 10th anniversary of the publication of my second novel, The Book of Thoth.
In 2023, I missed the 10th anniversary of my first novel, I Am a Muse, because I had mostly stepped back from promoting Arcane and my books. As I attempt to resurrect my much-neglected imprint this year, I couldn't let yet another 10th anniversary pass me by! If I am a Muse was more an experiment than anything else (I just wanted to see whether I had it in me to write a book, something I'd been dreaming of since the age of six!) The Book of Thoth is the book I am the most proud of - and it was an absolute joy to write! It was also hard work, with a lot of research, planning and editing. This is the first book fully designed and typeset by my partner in life and crime Matt ArtPix who had designed the cover for I Am a Muse. As the true design creative he is, he got the idea behind the cover straight away and came up with the perfect cover! I wanted the cover to be the opposite of what people would expect for a Gothic novel, and I also wished to express time-travel, ghostly apparitions with a hint of Ancient Egypt and Art Deco! There are also loads of lovely little design details dotted around the book. The beginning of 2025 is still very slow and we are still half-hibernating here at Arcane/ArtPix towers, BUT plans are afoot! Watch this space (and go to our INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT for music, books, nature, art and more!) 8/1/2025 The Right Place and Abbotsbury: 2025I feel like I have been going on about my third novel The Right Place for ages... which of course I have! The first chapter of The Right Place was written in 2012 during a week-long creative writing Lab (you can read all about it HERE. It's actually heartbreaking to see my picture of the very much missed Christopher Fowler!). This book definitely is the one that seems to never get finished. My first two novels, I Am a Muse and The Book of Thoth got written, edited and published between 2010 and 2015 (I also found the time to launch Arcane Publishing as a proper publishing imprint!) So 2025 is the year that it gets completed and edited - publication in the first half of 2026 (if everything goes to plan). As I start writing again, I needed to revisit one of the main locations of my novel, St Catherine's Chapel in Abbotsbury. Yesterday, the sun was out and the Dorset landscape looked divine, and so this was perfect. As I resurrect my much-neglected blogs and websites, I will post more updates on the writing and publishing process. On this blog (and on INSTAGRAM), you will also find nature, culture, live music and books, books and more books! |
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