Hello, my friends and the occasional relative! Do you, like me, sometimes wonder where the wonder went? Did it disappear in a puff of wonderment? When I decide to watch a random streaming flick, I often look for a ‘space’ movie. Something set out there, big enough to give that sense of wonder you would …
Hello, my friends and the occasional relative! I’ve been doing some thinking recently. (Don’t we all? Don’t we all engage in thinking constantly? What does that phrase really mean, when you think about it?) I’ll start again. I have been engaging in a form of creative introspection recently. Life has been throwing distractions and stresses …
Continue reading What to write next? Time to trust the artistic gut
Hello, my friends and the occasional relative! I had a daydream about a spacefaring story, complete with prolonged dialogue exchange and random bad technological ideas. It was terrible, but fun to go with for a while, comparing Tom Waits' and Nicholas Cage’s Renfields (there was a reason to do with insects and vegetarianism – I …
Hello, my friends and the occasional relative! Strange time to disengage, the week after releasing your book, but that’s what I did. Missed a blog, and a bit more. I’ve been busy. Living life. Losing sleep. Working, and working when not working. There was some all-consuming play in there too. New Orleans is very diverting. …
Hello, my friends and the occasional relative! The Gardener and The Goddess is live for purchase! Ebook, paperback, hardback - the choice, my friends, is yours. A quick note to say thank you thank you to everyone who bought my book, and have allowed me to be the #1 new release in Inspirational Spiritual Fiction! …
Hello, my friends and the occasional relative! Less than two weeks to go until The Gardener and The Goddess is released upon the World! Pre-order here! Don’t want to wait until March 31st? Well with the help of my friends at Booksprout you can claim a free copy now! Claim your free copy right here! …
Continue reading The Gardener and The Goddess: Pre-orders And Free Review Copies Available Today!
Hello, my friends and the occasional relative! I continue preparations for publication of The Gardener and The Goddess. Release date remains Monday March 31st 2025. I was just working to get the book set up for pre-order, and ended up fixing a sentence. Okay, two sentences. Such changes mean a new updated format file for …
Hello, my friends and the occasional relative! Spoiler alert: what follows below is an additional apprentice's report upon the story told by Stahl in The Killer and The Dead. There are seven already present at the end of the novel. Yep, I included commentaries on my story at the end of the story: I thought …
Continue reading The Killer and The Dead: The Jaded Apprentice’s Report
Hello my Friends and the occasional relative! I have been remiss in promoting my use of BookSirens to try to get more reviews for my book The Killer and The Dead, so belatedly I am letting you guys know about the book being available for download courtesy of my friends over at BookSirens. If you …
Hello, my friends and the occasional relative! I have not made much progress this week. My day job has been rather more demanding recently, but that isn’t the excuse. Or if it is, it’s a bit lame. The book is ready. I have progressed with formatting, but not enough. And the fact is I’m not …
Roderick T. Macdonald 