ROSS HARRISON

Writer’s Block Ego

I wrote recently that the hardest thing about being a writer is not succumbing to the allure of the new book ideas that pop into your head pretty much daily. I think I was wrong. It is damn hard to have a lovely, shiny scene from an unrelated, as-yet unplanned book pop into your head… Read more

28 Mar, 2013

Smashwords Formatting Guide

EDIT: It’s 2024, so more than a decade later, although much of this information is still useable to create a clean file for Smashwords, things have changed, and I strongly recommend looking at more up to date guides as well. Ok, it’s not a clever title, but that’s what it is. Quite a lot of… Read more

18 Mar, 2013

The Next Generation

I am going to talk (moan) about something completely unrelated to books – because I’ve never done that before… I want to talk briefly about next gen console gaming. The jump from Xbox to Xbox 360 was very exciting for me. The jump from Playstation 2 to PS3 not so much, in my case, because… Read more

17 Mar, 2013

Giveaway!

Just a quick update to let you all know that I have listed a giveaway on Goodreads. So to be in for a chance of winning a signed paperback copy of Shadow of the Wraith, enter it here! For anyone in Northern Ireland, you can also buy signed copies from Waterstones in Coleraine and Little… Read more

22 Feb, 2013

Long Time No Somethingorother…

I’ve been moving stuff for nearly two weeks, and not doing much else, so I’ve had very little to blog about. Not that I blog much anyway. But I thought I should update a bit. At the weekend, I took up another shipment of books to Waterstones. The manager had me sign them all. That’s… Read more

7 Feb, 2013

Try Kira For Free!

Kira, my steampunk novella will be free on Smashwords for the rest of the week. It is available there for any e-reader, in a variety of formats. Even if you don’t particularly like steampunk, you won’t lose anything by trying it! And you might find you like my writing enough to get my sci fi… Read more

2 Jan, 2013