The feeling of sending a novel off to your editor/publisher is quite euphoric. Having done that last Friday (Tara Sharp 3) I headed off to Supanova feeling light and deserving of a break.  In that frame of mind, how could I fail to have fun at my favourite event!

Many thanks to Ineke for making my stay on the Dymocks stall so pleasant and a big wave to my fellow authors – Ian Irvine, Cory Daniells, Kylie Chan, Tracey O’Hara and Keri Arthur (and Trent Jamieson, who was there on Saturday) for being such good company. It feels like home from home with my Supanova family; Missy, Fel, Q-dog, Bruce, Tiarne, Chris and Dion and Daniel and the Z family. One of the highlights of the weekend was having my photo taken with all of Damien’s Dr Who’s. I also caught up with a bunch of friends including Dinah Saur, Rupert, Allan, Maddy etc and finally got to meet Sean the Bookanaut.

While I was off cavorting, some things popped up on the net, including my interview with Holly Harper at Readings Books and Yunyu and my interview with The Spotlight Report, my favourite entertainment e-zine. I also blogged about Twelfth Planet’s Press’s World Fantasy Award win.

Ryssi made some neat Night Creatures badges for fans – so help yourself:

And I think that’s the current crop of news. I have Tom Taylor coming up in Super Creatives and (I hope) the director of the Gold Coast Film Festival. Stay tuned!

I think I’ve mentioned that I started a YouTube channel a few months ago. Have been a bit slow getting the hang of it, but it’s given me time to learn to appreciate the book vlogging community. The passion for books shared on YT is really quite astounding and I’m loving it. So now I’ve finally had a go at making my own vid and discovered that my laptop’s camera and audio is crap (sync is way off) – watch it and have a laugh! So now, I have to get myself organised to use the video camera.

While I get my head around that, we’ve had a guest vlog from Priscilla at The Readables and an upcoming one from Aura at Aura’s Book Box. There’re also a few reviews uploaded on the MdePierres channel from Jamie Marriage and Belinda Hamilton. We’ll keep developing it with a variety of book related material, so keep an eye out for what transpires. You know me, could be anything …

I have however resisted starting a Tumblr account because I know I would waste far too much time finding pretty images to post. MUST NOT! DO NOT LET ME!

Marcus had completed the latest newsletter which is Peacemaker special. You can download it here:

Marianne de Pierres Newsletter 10.07.2011.

I’ve been deep in edits on Angel Arias (Night Creatures 2) and am having a quick breath before diving down to finish Tara Sharp 3. So apologies if I’ve been a little blog-boring. I have an interesting Super Creatives post for you tomorrow though, and feel free to suggest people you’d like to see interviewed.

I’m speaking at the QUT Alumni tomorrow evening which will be fun and a bit of a break from work, drive kid, sleep.

Webbery news is sparse although I have an upcoming interview at Lyndsey’s Strangemore Blog, and there’s an upcoming review of Peacemaker in Dark Matter fanzine.