A few posts back I mentioned that I was into supporting my cohort in SPFBO 8 - the books assigned to the Before We Go Blog. My admittedly strange way of doing this is to read all 29 books, and thus either gain those books kindle page reads, or buy the ebook version. Not a …
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A Promise Fulfilled – TKATD Worldwide ebook Sale!
So I clearly commentator cursed myself, as no sooner had I promised I would put my ebook on sale in all amazon markets outside of the UK and USA after my book was eliminated from the 8th SPFBO, than my book was eliminated! 'Tis the nature of the beast, drat it. My very best wishes …
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The Killer & The Dead On Sale
Hi folks! In the UK and USA my latest novel, The Killer and The Dead, is now on sale, and will be until the 18th of June. Please consder buying the ebook for 99 of your cents or pennies in those countries. The good people at Fantasy Book Critic considered TKATD to be one of …
SPFBO 8
It is happening! Find the fun community on Facebook here! My plan is to read all of the books drawn into my group of 30 before the axe starts to fall. Ok, before the end of phase one. I've read one so far. I liked it, but it was somewhat tonally uneven. There were some …
What happens when you deviate from the process: Collector’s edition edition.
Not the catchiest title, I admit. But I’m here to share how a royal screw up of mine added a gloriously horrific typo to my book AFTER it had been laboriously proofread and judged error free. And I did it as part of the process, not on a whim. Well, okay, there were whims involved, …
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Changes in Perspective
In the month since I released my second book I have realised something. I was afraid of hard work after releasing my first book. I know why, it was because I read advice online, watched videos that said and repeated the message that a book on its own is nothing, that an author must have …
Release Day Is Here! Buy now! (Or later…)
The Killer and The Dead is live on Amazon - go check it out! Paperback and hardback to follow. Though this is officially part of the World Belt series, it is a stand alone novel and can be enjoyed without reading The Thief and The Demon, though if you have you will enjoy some Easter …
The Killer and The Dead eBook Release
Coming to Amazon on Saturday November 13th 2021, paperback and hardback to follow! I am proud to announce the arrival of The Killer and The Dead eBook. Check it out!
One small step at a time.
It is a hard thing to finish a book. Not the hardest thing in the world by a long chalk, but, if you've tried writing a book, and then got feedback, edited, re-edited and then polished beyond editing into obsession, well then maybe you've a small idea of how hard it is to finish a …
A walk in the rain.
I walked in the rain this evening. It reminded me of Scotland: a bracing cold, but invigorating, my memory choosing to omit the reality of Scottish rain, pissing relentlessly down, soaking you through when walks in the rain weren’t for pleasure, but a miserable necessity. I grew up in the rain. I wonder now why …
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