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Dec.04.2009
I really enjoyed reading at Manchester Central Library on Wednesday (pics here). Of course I had my usual panic beforehand: would enough people turn up to make it worth the time and trouble of Libby Tempest, our lovely library host? As usual she had done masses of publicity (thank you, Libby!)...
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Nov.27.2009
I've had a lovely review for Too Many Magpies from Lisa Glass on Vulpes Libris. It's one of a series of mini-reviews she has written on her 'favourite books of the autumn'. She says: 'I read most of this book in one sitting as I could not drag myself away from its eerie storytelling' and '...
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Nov.13.2009
Today is the last day to enter a competition to win a copy of the fabulous Short Circuit, the guide to the art of short story writing just out from Salt. Head on over to Salt's blog and get your entry in - it's a nice easy quiz for literary types! Here's Salt's information about the book: Short...
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Nov.13.2009
Today is the last day to enter a competition to win a copy of the fabulous Short Circuit, the guide to the art of short story writing just out from Salt. Head on over to Salt's blog and get your entry in - it's a nice easy quiz for literary types! Here's Salt's information about the book: Short...
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Oct.26.2009
I've had a lovely review for Too Many Magpies on Goodreads by a member called 'Bookscout'. It's a long review which ends like this: It's a gripping tale that is not without its surprises. Leaving the reader with a satisfied ending.
Baines achieves all of this with the most enigmatic prose; at...
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Oct.22.2009
First review for Too Many Magpies comes from Adele Geras on her newsletter. As many of you will know, Adele is my friend ('Full disclosure', as Adele herself says in the review), but even friends don't need to be this positive:
...terrific ... At the end, everything becomes clear in the most...
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Oct.07.2009
My novel Too Many Mapies is now published, and I have made podcasts of two extracts, which can be listened to on the Salt blog. Technically it turned out to be easier than I expected, but it was very hard I found to read while stage-managing my own recording! Anyway, I'd be interested in your...
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Jul.05.2009
I've just come back from another few days in Wales, and I'll tell you something: I can really write there! Peace and quiet, all the pressures of the normal routine removed, and the mobile internet so slow that I never stay online for longer than I have to. I sat down the first morning to a story...
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Jun.21.2009
It was my birthday this week, and I have had some wonderful birthday week treats, writing-wise. To start with of course there were the first proofs of my novel Too Many Magpies. This is such a magical moment, and for me has been even more magical since I was a typesetter myself, for the short-...
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Jun.19.2009
Eco-Libris, who are planting a tree for every copy printed of my forthcoming novel Too Many Magpies, are running a summer-long series on summer reading. Every Thursday an author or publisher with whom they are working will recommend their favourite summer reads. This week is the turn of two of...
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Jun.16.2009
First proofs! I have just printed off these - my first proofs for Too Many Magpies, and they look lovely. I don't know how Jen does it!
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Jun.15.2009
Not sure why I haven't been blogging much in the last few days - ah, yes, I remember, I was writing a story. On Friday I was so immersed in it and tensely intent on getting it finished I typed from nine in the morning until six in the evening and ended up with a hideous RSI shoulder to add to my...
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Jun.09.2009
I am so, so thrilled be able to tell you that, as a result of the wonderful response so far to the Salt Just One Book campaign, my novel, Too Many Magpies, is going ahead - and on schedule, the beginning of October! (Which is such a marvellous relief, as I already have readings set up for it at...
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Jun.05.2009
Whoever said that short stories are easier than novels has no bloomin' idea, I say.
As far as I'm concerned, the real work of writing is done not at the desk, but beforehand, inside your head (well, mine, anyway): you need to start dreaming a piece of fiction before you can put it into words on...
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May.24.2009
Latest in the Salt Just One Book campaign: the website hits have gone through the roof and 643 new orders are in process.
My own order arrived yesterday, and it's hard to describe the relish when those beautifully produced books emerge from the jiffy bag. I'd ordered Chrissie Gittins' newly-...
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About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Baines is a writer of prose fiction and plays. Her latest novel is Too Many Magpies (Salt, 2009). 'Moving and compelling' - Sarah Salway.'Terrific... There's a definite air of menace... It’s very clever indeed and finally, very moving...
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