Tag: books
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Writer’s
BlockEgoI 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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Witty & Clever Christmassy Title
Yes, my post titles are getting worse. I think ten days was enough of a break. Now that Temple of the Sixth is out, I have started work on the third novel of the NEXUS series – with the working title of Rise of the Fallen. Yes, it appears every…
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Temple of the Sixth
The second book in the NEXUS science fantasy series is now available! I might even give a second exclamation mark to it -> ! Presently it is available for Kindle on Amazon (UK and US) and for all other E-formats on Smashwords. Over the coming days, it will become available…
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A Quickie
Let’s see how many people that title brings in! I haven’t posted for a while, so I thought I would make a quick one to update everyone. Shadow of the Wraith is now sitting on the shelves of both Eason in Derry and Waterstones in Coleraine (both Northern Ireland). Although…
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Meet Juni
This is Juni: She does not like long walks on beaches, but she does like romantic candlelight dinners, because it’s that much easier to vanish into the shadows. She also likes long, sharp knives. This portrait comes from the scene in Shadow of the Wraith, where Travis Archer goes to…
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Updates and Peanuts
Disclaimer: There are no peanuts involved in this post. I can’t think of much to write about, so I’ll just update y’all – to be momentarily American – on stuff and whatnot. First off, I am in Underground Book Review’s Self-Published Author Awards, and I joined late, so I have…
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