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Last month, I wrote a book list for Shepherd Books on some of my favourite British dystopias. It was published today, and it's here if you want to read it: https://shepherd.com/best-books/uniquely-british-dystopias A note for readers in the UK: some of the buy links in the article won't work for you. If you want to buy …
I'm so happy to finally be able to share the cover for #Outcast! I loved writing this sequel to #Inscape: it really raises the stakes and opens up the world of the first book, and this cover captures that perfectly. Outcast will be hitting bookshops on 20th January 2022, and you can pre-order it at …
Isn't it beautiful? I loved this cover art as soon as I saw it - it captures the atmosphere of the book perfectly! I'm very excited to finally be able to share it. Inscape is now available to pre-order!
The recent revelations concerning ChiZine have shocked and saddened us. We’ve collectively decided not to have any dealings with ChiZine going forward, and we’ve refused to renew their licence to publish the two novels we wrote for them, meaning the rights have now reverted to us. For the record, we believe the very credible accusations …
Continue reading "A joint statement from Louise, Linda and Mike Carey on ChiZine Publications"
Working from home means that I am surrounded by distractions all the time and there is no one to tell me to get back to work except my partner (who is usually the one distracting me in the first place). Of all the (many, many) sites, apps and productivity aids I’ve used to try and …
Continue reading "Get More Done: 3 free apps and sites I use to make myself more productive"
This blog is mostly about writing, not politics. I'm saying that now so that you know I'm not going to make a habit of this. There is a pretty important election on tomorrow though (you may have heard about it?), and I wanted to mark the occasion. I'm not going to urge you to go …
"[T]o write is human, to edit is divine." – Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (2000)* The relationship between writers and editors is often a fraught one. Whether you write novels or marketing copy, writing is almost always personal. Oh, you can make a profession out of it, sure. But at the end of …
When I set time aside to actually practise my writing, I consciously try to experiment, to play around with different styles, approaches, genres and tones. It's an attempt to broaden my repertoire, flex my creative muscles, and learn new ways of writing well.
Christmas is upon us once again, that most wonderful time of the year when merriness seems all but mandatory. Yet in spite of- or perhaps because of- the widespread insistence that Christmas is a happy time, there's an awful lot of misery about. In a 2015 Samaritans survey of 1600 adults, 1 in 6 respondents …
Louise Carey 