Plug!
Hiya to any new readers from the Grumpy Old Bookman blog, nice to see you. 
Thanks as well to Michael for chatting with me, and being surprisingly friendly. Evidently I got him on one of his Amicable Old Bookman days.
As Mr. Allen said, this place isn't updated regularly, but I have a reason - it's for specifically work/writing-related news. I have a more personal/daily life Livejournal that's been updated almost daily since 2005-01-21, but it's more for friends, and I'm sure if you've followed the link here you're not too interested in emo outpourings. 
However, I am active in plenty more places. The links from this blog occasionally mess up, so if they don't work for you, please copy-and-paste them. :]
Dragontamers.net is the site for the series that got me a mention in the blogs, but the main place to go there is the forum, the Writer's Block, which has a load of amazing, friendly people to hang about and chat with. You don't need to have read the books, or even like me, just as long as you're friendly enough and want to be a part of the community.
It's currently having technical difficulties right now, and support's being a git and not really helping, but I promise I'll have it up as soon as possible.
Used-Goods.net, the site you're currently on a sub-directory of (aka, you're reading the blog on it), is for all my personal work, a sort of portfolio site. It's in need of a few updates, so I'll put some new stuff up there soon, I just want to get the forum up and running first.
DeathByAbsynthe.net, and for the moment the more important MySpace site, is for my newest project, the melodramatic rock band Absynthe. If you're into a fairly dark style of lyrics with innuendo in buckets, catchy choruses and some nice metal-inspired guitarwork, you should like us. I'm doing lyrics/management for now, my boyfriend's co-writing the lyrics (between you and me, he's better), and our slightly unstable line-up consists of far too many people. Add us, comment us, we're all chatty and want to hear your views.
I could always post a sample of the lyrics up here some time too. 
Thanks for visiting, feel free to keep looking around.
Urq<3
xoxo
DT.net Back Online
Hey .netters, we're back in action. Sorry about the downtime - long and short of it is, I do not like asking people for money. To the extent where I ended up with 3 due invoices, 2 of which were overdue, for the dragontamers.net.
There are still a few odd things going on, the forum isn't working for me, for one, but I'm seeing to all of it.
Both the DT.net and Used-Goods.net need updated. I'll see to it soon.
Sorry about the downtime, guys. I love you, but alas, I am a mother who cannot afford to feed, clothe or house her children. It's still love, just not of a very fair kind.
EDIT: The DT.net is having some errors - the news script is messed up, and the forum seems to have corrupted something. I can't fix any of this because the FTP details aren't working. ><;; Sorry, I'll sort it soon, but I've been coding up to 3am and I have to get some rest now.
The good news is, DeathByAbsynthe.net has gotten some updates. Anyone want to test the waters and take a look at the place? Might not look very good in IE, haven't tested it there, only on Firefox and Safari.
Wake Up, kthnx
Hey, how is everyone? I'm doing better than I have in a while, thankfully.
Anyway, there seems to be some ruckus kicking up over Aultbea Publishing. Let me be blunt:
- Yes, they are a vanity publishers. They request money for publishing and promise high royalties in return.
- No, I was not aware of it. As I am under 16, I was left in the dark in regards to this. If I'd known I would not have signed to them.
- Yes, I did leave as soon as I found out.
- I had the contract terminated and the rights have been reliquished to me. I am now the sole owner of the "Dragon Tamers" novels and all related UK publishing rights.
- Foreign rights are still ongoing. They bought the rights through the normal methods, albeit through Aultbea - therefore, the foreign editions are not vanity-published.
Lastly, please be aware that despite being publisher under a 'vanity publisher', advertising, touring, signing, writing, all of that took massive amounts of time and effort and should never be discounted. If this book was anything, if all the hype and rumours, the offered movie deals, the foreign rights, the trips abroad... if they show anything, then it's what can be achieved when you put effort and work hard on something.
While sales figures have been reported as various numbers, I can confirm that they were definately in five-figures for both novels. I'll be providing more exact figures when necessary.
I am doing nothing commercial for a while. Enjoy '07.