Roz Maclaren

Teen Fiction with a Dark Twist

Archives for November 2024

Cover reveal for Fable and Legend!

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Say hello to the cover for Fable and Legend!

Designed by the ultra-talented Ashley of Redbird Designs, this cover was very challenging to brief. Unlike Venom and Blaze and City and Shadow, there aren’t many tangible elements that would make good cover material.

However, Ashley came up with the genius idea of using a mirror to symbolise all the Mirrors. The snake represents betrayal – which is a common theme in this story – and the gold coins also feature within the novel.

Fable and Legend will be out soon and I can’t wait to share it with you. This novel was one of my favourites to write and I feel is one of best I’ve written to date. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it.

I’m glad the cover was designed before YALC as it meant I got the chance to design some lovely merch for the occasion.

If you happen to be in London this weekend, come and see me – and grab yourself some merch!

Event: Roz MacLaren appearing at YALC

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I’m so excited to announce I’ll be appearing at YALC – the UK’s Young Adult Literature Convention. The event takes place on 16-17 November at Olympia.

Along with other awesome indie authors, I’ll be in the #InspiringIndies zone and I’ll have my very own stall (with my very own merch!) on the Saturday. So, if you happen to be in London on Saturday 16 November with nothing to do from 3:15pm to 6pm, come and see me.

I had some very gorgeous specially made bookmarks and flyers (that double as bookmarks) – so come over and grab some swag.

I will also be part of the panel event on Saturday – so if you want to hear from me and some truly inspiring authors, pop over and say hello.

As a Scottish independent author, I’m based primarily in the Inner Hebrides – so getting the chance to head down to London for this event is extremely special and I feel very fortunate to be able to come down and share my books with such an amazing audience – and get to meet new authors. I expect to be very starstruck by Neal Shusterman.

How did it come about?

I was feeling very disheartened in October. A combination of factors had made me quite sad and down. I decided to focus my energy into promoting my book and getting better at my craft. So I Googled book conventions to go to and YALC came up. It was the very last day to apply for their #InspiringIndies zone – and I just managed to get in.

What am I most looking forward to?

I can’t wait to check out the stands of other amazing authors. I can’t wait to meet the indies I’ll be sharing the zone with. I am so excited to see Neal Shusterman. And I can’t wait to have a fabulous time and soak up the atmosphere.

Will you be there?

I’ll be signing books, selling books, giving away books, doing a cover reveal for Fable and Legend and getting the chance to meet and chat with authors and readers. Come over and see me.