The Wishing Bazaar by Sharon Bidwell will be sent out to all subscription
customers, and those who pre-order the forthcoming novel, Blood of Atlantis by Simon A Forward.
Sharon Bidwell was born in London on New Year’s Eve. She has been writing
professionally for many years, with her first short story recieving praise for
being “strong on characterisation, and quite literary, in terms of style”.Her
work has appeared steadily in both print and electronic publications, such
as Midnight Street, Aoife’s Kiss, Night To Dawn,
and Radgepacket. She has written several romance novels under the
name Sharon Maria Bidwell, including Snow
Angel and A Not So Hollow Heart,
as well as dark fiction under the name Sharon Kernow. She was propelled into
the universe of Steampunk as one of the writers for Space: 1899 & Beyond,
winning the approval of series creator and award-winning game designer, Frank
Chadwick. She wrote three books in the series, one of which was co-authored
with editor (and writer) Andy Frankham-Allen.The Wishing Bazaar is her first piece of Doctor Who related fiction.
Range Editor Andy Frankham-Allen says: “I first met Sharon via the
wonderful world of social media back in, I think, 2009. I was very impressed
with her work, and soon enlisted her for my Space:
1889 & Beyond series. Her work ethic was proven to me when a novella
fell through at the last minute and she agreed to co-author a replacement with
me – which we did, in only two weeks! Sharon’s first drafts are often better
than a lot of published works out there, and from the off I told her that I
would get her writing for the Lethbridge-Stewart
series. She resisted for all of five minutes.”
Sharon says: “I've written for and with Andy before with great success, so
I was not entirely surprised when he got in contact about his latest project.
For one thing, he'd been 'hinting' for some time that he wanted to rope me in
and Andy isn't someone who understands no as an answer.Whenever I hear from
Andy, I never know whether to cheer or groan. All those who write novels for
well-known television shows now have my utmost respect. Some find it easy; for
others the experience feels difficult and involves a lot of angst. I'm one of
those worriers. Despite the responsibility, Andy has dragged me into incredible
worlds and stories that are part of history and there's no way not to be
grateful for that.Invariably the experience of writing for Lethbridge-Stewart was,
for me, daunting, exciting, fun, and adventurous…a bit like the character
himself.”
Shaun Russell, head of publishing at Candy Jar, says: “Sharon was an
unknown quantity for me, but I knew that Andy had worked with her before, so I
was more than happy to see what she’d come up with. Having read her short
story, and looked up her other work, I now believe she’s going to be a
wonderful addition to our stable of authors on this series.”
This story is set between Times
Squared and Blood of Atlantis.
Blurb: Back from New York,
Lethbridge-Stewart is investigating one of the strangest cases that has come
across his desk yet. Wishes are coming true, and if there’s one thing
Lethbridge-Stewart still doesn’t believe in it’s magic. But what if he’s wrong?
The cover
of The Wishing Bazaar is by regular
cover artist, Richard Young.Richardsays:“I
adore working with Candy Jar, and their cover briefs are always so specific,
but this one was rather ambiguous as there were several elements that I could
have used on the cover. I decided to concentrate on the alien of the piece.One
passage of the story mentioned its burning eyes. Using a combination of
traditional drawing and then colourisation in Photoshop (to really get the
blazing eyes right), this is what I came up with.And I'm pleased to say
everyone loved it.”
The Wishing Bazaar will be sent out to every person who pre-orders Blood of Atlantis (as a single book, or
as part of our bundle/subscription offers).
Blood
of Atlantis
can be pre-ordered individually, or as part of the Series 3 Bundle (both UK and
overseas), which includes the previous novel, Times Squared by Rick Cross, and the forthcoming novel,Mind of Stone by Iain McLaughlin, or the
subscription deal for those wishing to get six books for the price of five.
Candy Jar is pleased to announce that the
subscription offer is now being extended to international customers. Please see
http://www.candy-jar.co.uk/books/subscriptions.html for more details.
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