FLY SOUP

This anthology launches today, and I'm very happy to be a part of it. Behind the Mask is getting some great press around the place and I have high hopes that people will really love the book in its entirety. I'll also point out that for the first time ever I made the cut as one of the named authors on the back, instead of being lumped into "and others..." (see below). A small thing perhaps but YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!! *fist pumps* And yes, I'm not blind. I can see that all the authors are named on the back, and rightly so because everyone did a bloody marvellous job.

With twenty three novels under her belt, including the recently released The Lyre Thief , Jennifer Fallon is one of Australia’s best-loved fantasy authors. After moving to New Zealand one might be forgiven for thinking she’d switched to the slow-lane. Nothing could be further from the truth. Between her day job as an IT consultant to Antarctica New Zealand, her writing, the Christchurch earthquakes, and working on her porn name, Jennifer’s life has been anything dull. I had a few questions jotted down for her, but before I could even open my mouth she destroyed that idea completely…   I used to write full time you know. You used to write full-time? Yeah, but the GFC came along and that was the end of that! The GFC has significantly affected the amount of money you earn from your writing? Oh absolutely! I’ve lost probably fifty to sixty percent of my income. I was earning a comfortable wage, then the GFC came along and all the bookshops closed.