Or how to write a book and get it published at Christmas, be challenged by other writers with more clout, and get lost in an avalanche or cavalcade of books not about Christmas. (Don’t get me started on “Christmas Songs” or we’ll be here all week). My Middle-grade book, now being pitched at 10-12 year …
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All Quiet on the Front
Apologies to all the Adventurers for my absence from the blogosphere, I have been very busy. A quick update then! I have prepared another book for launch, a Middle Grade book I’m fairly happy with, just a question of putting it out for Christmas or not…most popular authors will be competing for the top spot …
Quick PSA
An attack of the Booklins(TM) (another Arronism…) has occurred, and a formatting error with my book has been identified. I have now corrected this, and new versions of The Ares Gambit will be available in e-book, paper and hardcover in 72-ish hours. If you’ve bought the e-book, it will update automatically. Thanks for your patience …
Going Live (Again)
Hello fellow adventurers! Just a note to let you know that the work on The Ares Gambit has now been completed, and it has been a very long time in coming! Everyone in my acknowledgements deserves a big hand for their part in it. Thank you of course to my family for supporting me on …
Cover Me (Part 4)
Here we go again! Proposed Back Cover for The Ares Gambit. Complete with blurb, although that’s not in final finished format yet, as some last minute editing has been done to make the writing tighter. Props to my very patient and clever cover man Ken, as always. Bloody legend mate. A quick note about him …
Cover Me (Part 3)
This is the proposed cover for my Military Sci-fi novel (some would call “Epic” since it’s over 110,000 words) The Ares Gambit. What do you all think? Ken, over at Creative Covers is the wizard behind this, and I have some ideas for the back cover to tie everything in, but any opinions are welcome! …
Progress Report
Rapid fire one today! Had some feedback from a man of the cloth – of all people – on my Middle Grade Low Fantasy book. It’s still under a working title, but I think I might alter it slightly to better meet reader expectation. I’ll be going forward with that and some more feedback I’ve …
Mindworm
I’ve been thinking about how I’ve grown as a writer, and not just that, but as a reader, or viewer of films (after all films are just a book with pictures – I’ve just graduated from Spot Has a Ball, but I digress). It has really affected how I perceive storytelling, and to a degree …
Kybashed
Or a hybrid of key-bashed and kybosh, to mix hesitation and frustration with the act of trying use a keyboard. Yes I made it up, yes I do own a dictionary. So, got Writer’s Inertia a little bit. I’m trying to decide what project to have a poke at next, as I have three that …
Bookends
The fabulous Ken over at Creative Covers has now been hired. Ares Gambit should have its cover very shortly. On another note, I’ve been mulling Taglines for it – the book has strong chess theme, complete with scheming, duplicity and hidden agendas and not very nice people! I’ve settled on this for now (all in …
Mightier Is The Pen 