(That time I invited Sleep, Thomas Mann, Lucy Ellmann and John Milton to the same blog post and we all hung out. Heaven.) When starting my current book Salt Lick, the inclusion of a chorus was one of the first decisions I made, though it took a while to learn that it would come from... Continue Reading →
Down With Striving (I’m heading upstream)
New marketing strategies for old With drawings done by mouse as my tablet and stylus is not working. An enjoyably (for me) crude way of working! I am in the process of developing a radical new book marketing strategy. It’s so radical it doesn’t involve any book marketing at all. It goes something like this: ... Continue Reading →
Snake Skins and Butterflies – Transformations and the ghosts we leave behind
A snake sheds its skin to leave a ghost of itself, translucent, other-worldly. Waste, if anything that becomes compost on the forest floor can be described as waste. A butterfly emerges from its protective cocoon. A girl becomes a woman with the first spot of blood in the heat and anxiety of puberty. A man... Continue Reading →
Excerpts and influences – Twice the Speed of Dark
"Slowly I began to hold together better, leave less of myself behind." The voice of Caitlin from the dark realms of death, trying to reform herself so that she can account for what happened to her at the hands of her violent boyfriend Ryan. I loved writing these parts of the book, imagining a cosmos... Continue Reading →
Cover Reveal
(swoon) I am so thrilled with the final design for the cover of my book Twice the Speed of Dark. Mark at Mecob Design has found a way to represent subtle aspects of the book really beautifully. I couldn't be more pleased. Because of my background people have often asked if I wanted to do the... Continue Reading →
Lulu Allison, contemporary fiction author 