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Jeannette Towey
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- About Me
- I live in a beautiful town in Southern England and spend most of my time either writing or reading books and stories for kids and young adults (when I'm not looking after the other half and the kids, that is). I've written two full length novels so far and am currently well into my third. I also write short stories and have had more publishing success with these.The first came out in May 2009 and there is another being published in an anthology this November.
- What are you working on at the moment?
- Nihilation, a teen fantasy with an eco message (that's not the usual one!) and its associated blog, an adult thriller set in Renaissance Italy and an assortment of reviews and features for the The Phantom Zone
- If you were asked to recommend just one children's book published this year, what would it be?
- Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld - brilliant idea, superbly carried out and killer illustrations
- What is the most important thing you learned about writing or illustrating this year?
- Make the characters real.
Jeannette Towey's Blog
Another chapter of Nihilation now on the blog
For those few of you who might have been following my Nihilation blog, I've now posted Chapter Four. This one introduces the last of the main four characters (Nate, Jack, Polly and Magya), and the weirdest one, as Magya is not human.
I'd love to have your feedback. The TW crit group liked it, but they're all such nice people I'm not sure they'd be very tough on me. So come on. I can take it (I think)!
Jeannette
Posted on August 30, 2009 at 10:22am — 1 Comment
Nihilation Blog now up and running
Hi all
As many of you will know I have now started a blog on my teen fantasy WIP, Nihilation. I will be posting excerpts, back story, snippets about the writing, etc, etc and would love to have your feedback. So… Continue
Posted on July 24, 2009 at 4:59pm — 2 Comments
Garen Ewing's The Rainbow Orchid
I met the delightful Garen Ewing on Tuesday to chat with him about his soon to be published book The Rainbow Orchid, plus comics, art, writing, and film. I couldn't have possibly written it all up, but I've distilled the essence of our conversation for your delight and delectation and had it posted to The Phantom Zone, along with some super pics that Garen supplied. Garen kindly gave… Continue
Posted on July 3, 2009 at 9:00am — 4 Comments
Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland
I've just had a short piece on Tim Burton's upcoming film of Alice in Wonderland posted on The Phantom Zone. This looks like being a real treat for all the fans of weird and surreal kids stuff. As if Carroll and Burton weren't enticing enough it's also coming from Disney - the same Disney that produced Coraline that is, not the sugar-coated cutesy one!
It's due for release next March. Can we wait?
Jeannett… Continue
Posted on June 23, 2009 at 9:00am — 2 Comments
Invasion of the Not Quite Dead
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Illustration: Michael Foreman's War Boy Exhibition
November 10, 2009 to December 23, 2009 – National Army Museum, Chelsea
Exploring some of the complex themes of the World Wars and the civilian connection with the British Army, War Boy is a unique opportunity to see original artwork by leading children's illustrator Mic…
Organized by National Army Museum | Type: exhibition
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Amazon Breakthrough Novel Competition is open to YA
January 25, 2010 to February 7, 2010 – International
YA is a new category. and previously self published novels are accepted. Read about it here. Submissions are accepted between 25 Jan 2010 and 7 Feb 2010
Organized by amazon in the United States | Type: competition
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FEDERATION OF CHLDREN'S BOOKGROUPS CONFERENCE
April 9, 2010 at 4pm to April 11, 2010 at 4pm – Bradfield College - Reading
READ IT AGAIN!! Conference 2010 The Conference will be opened by Anthony Horowitz, celebrating 10 years of Alex Rider and will be closed by William Nicholson. In between we will be delighted and ente…
Organized by Jackie Marchant | Type: conference
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Festival of Writing, York
April 10, 2010 to April 11, 2010 – York
http://www.festivalofwriting.com/index.shtml Good line up and worth going if anyone is in the area - workshops, one-to-ones, agents, publishers, authors. They're taking bookings from tomorrow - firs…
Organized by The Writer's Workshop | Type: writing, festival
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London Book Fair 2010
April 19, 2010 to April 21, 2010 – Earl's Court, London
The London Book Fair is the global marketplace for rights negotiation and the sale and distribution of content across print, audio, TV, film and digital channels. Taking place every spring in the wo…
Organized by London Book Fair | Type: book fair
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Children's Writers Conference in Italy
June 18, 2010 to June 21, 2010 – Duino, Italy
Do you have an interest in writing for children or young adults? Whether published or unpublished, you are very welcome to join us at an exciting new Conference. The Children’s Writers’ Conference w…
Organized by Ruth Eastham ruth_eastham@yahoo.com | Type: conference
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Sorry, have been on an Arvon writing course this past week and have had no internet access!
It's brilliant that you have almost finished your book. I can't wait to read it. I'm afraid I don't know who Justine is. I did a search for her on google and the only thing that came up was a forum where other writers had received full manuscript requests from her also, so perhaps she is someone who used to work for them and has now left or something. http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=118779
Anyway, good luck with your querying and let me know if anything exciting happens!
I remember you! How are you? Sorry for taking so long to get back to you, am trying to get to grips with this ning thing lol. Hows your book going? I see you have some chapters posted in a blog so I will give it a read when I have some time. It sounds fantastic!
My book is going well thankyou. Have signed the contract with Darley and Anderson now so I am trying harder than ever to get it finished. Only about half way through though so lots more hard work to go...
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Yes there are still places for the fantasy workshop but the deadline has long past for submitting your work to Sara to get a critique. You would still be able to do the workshop and participate on the day- read out some work, participate in discussions and do writing excercises, but Sara wouldn't be able to give you a personal written critique at this stage. If you would still like to do it then email me at maureen@oakeley.freeserve.co.uk . We could do a reduced rate too considering. please let me know asap though- only one or two spots left. The alternate world you talked about in your other message seemed totally fine for the workshop as well.
Ok , hope to hear from you. - Maureen
Looking forward to reading the rest of your short too.
Thanks again.
Good to see you here!