Toast Rat

Well we have a new print only interview this time with YA author Alyxandra Harvey.
http://hagelrat.blogspot.com/2009/12/alyxandra-harvey-interview.html

On the rest of the site I have updated the interviews page http://www.unboundblogzine.com/interviews.htm

and the books received has been updated http://www.unboundblogzine.com/recieved.htm

The archives will be updated this weekend too.

You can enjoy photos from the various face to face interviews on flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/hageltoast/sets/72157607952654142/

and of course we have audio interviews and our first group podcast up at podbean http://unboundblogzine.podbean.com/

go browse, enjoy. Send any comments or thoughts about the site to me at unbound (@) unboundblogzine.com

I had an awesome time at the Phoenix and there is a full post, a podcast with some very cool people and a contest where you can win a signed copy of Zompoc (how to survive a zombie apocalypse) and a resident evil t shirt which I was given expressly to give away to a reader, even thought I reeeally want one, over on Un:Bound http://hagelrat.blogspot.com/2009/11/day-of-undead-podcast.html
come and join in.

Amber Austin is on unbound talking about reading and writing in a bad economy because wednesday is ravenous romance day at unbound.
http://hagelrat.blogspot.com/2009/08/ravenous-romance-day-with-amber-austin.html

Awesome time had in London interviewing Andrew (author of Hell Bent on Success) and giggling with him and Stray Taoist who is an old online pal i've never met before.
They were a joy to hang out with and the interview will be posted as an audio file on Un:Bound. In the mean time I typed up some notes here. Excellent choice of pub btw guys. And here is Andrew looking terribly serious with his book.

well Un:Bound is now well past it's 200th post we have done a round up of the interviews we have done in our first year, including a face 2 face with Matt Curran, posted some book trailers and been part of a book tour. Next week (and this is an exclusive) I am heading to London to interview AMP Mills, which I am hoping to post as a podcast.

Pop over to www.unboundblogzine.com to see what we are up to and check out our reviews.

Well, married life is good, actually it's not much different except my name has changed. Work is manic, a lot is changing it's been a tense time in many ways at the office, i'm working on the "it'll all work out in the wash" prinicipal for the moment.

I still blog a little over on typepad http://hageltoast.typepad.com/seeking_xanadu/
but mostly i'm tied up with Un:Bound www.unboundblogzine.com reviewing books and we've done some more interviews, updated the main pages. It's a lot of fun and keeping that up to date, as well as keeping up with everyone else is keeping me busy.

I am also getting involved in Book Blog Con, we are trying to get a convention up and running.
http://bookbloggerconvention.ning.com/

We have now added Dana Fredsti author of Murder for Hire the Peruvian Pigeon to our interviewees and Jennifer Rardin has agreed to be our Halloween interviewee.
http://hagelrat.blogspot.com/
We also got a new logo and look thanks to an awesome Graphic Designer who's details I can pass on to anyone who wants them. :)



Come and visit us, we've got some great reviews.

A few of us have got together to start unbound, a book review blog. It's a bit skewed to sci fi fantasy at the moment, but not entirely. We also have our first author mini interview with K Bannerman author of The Tattooed Wolf.
Come and pay us a visit at
http://hagelrat.blogspot.com/

is slipping away, I get married in four months now! EEEP.
Still blogging away on typepad and book blogging on blogger.
http://hageltoast.typepad.com/seeking_xanadu/
http://hagelrat.blogspot.com/
come and visit.

Life is good!! We are off to see Walsall play footy today. It's for M's bday. Not really a football fan but should be fun today.