The Ares Gambit is out on Kindle/Paperback now! I use Amazon.co.uk as my main storefront, probably not the wisest move, as most marketing stuff only works for US storefront, but hey-ho, I never seem to do things the easy way! Anyway, you can get it here (UK) or here (US)! Have a good day Adventurers! …
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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 …
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 …
Publeashing
Not some kind of small dog that drinks beer – although I am aware of one that did, along with a sheep of all things, which liked nothing more than to pass out after a pint. But I digress. Publeashing – an ArronismTM, which means “chained up on hold waiting to be sent to somebody …
Short Crust
Or maybe the thin end of the wedge! Hello fellow adventurers, and thank you for your time – which I intend to save with today’s short epistle. I don’t think The Ares Gambit will be coming out via a publisher. I queried them, but it has been 9 weeks and I’ve sent a follow-up email …
34 Million Miles
I’m not just a navel gazer – occasionally my attention turns outwards to the cosmos at large. This is a trait most science fiction authors should have perhaps, yet I’m such an amateur at it, I had to check three websites and make my own observations to establish exactly what I was looking at and …
Bringer of Jollity
No, afraid it isn’t a party – that’s the title of Holst’s Jupiter, from his famous ‘Planets’ suite. There will be rambling below – be warned! This is appropriate, because I have finally worked out what to do and happier now I have a bit of direction. I’ll be hammering out the burrs in my …
Two-For-One!
One for sorrow, Two for mirth, Three for a funeral, And four for a birth… John Brand’s Observations on Popular Antiquities in Lincolnshire (Circa 1780, the first recorded iteration of the ‘Magpies’ nursery rhyme). Another day, another blog post and this one is a (fast) doozy. Finished the first draft of Only Bloody Money and it has …
Tighten Up
Got the Blurb for The Ares Gambit into shape. It sits at 150 exactly. That’s bingo from where I’m sitting. Just a couple of tweaks here and there… 3025. The Protectorate is on the brink of economic collapse. In this fractious time, Captain Sean Egan is a disgraced soldier, chasing pirates out on the fringes …
Mightier Is The Pen 