As authors we are constantly thinking about word count. We want more, always more, and so do Publishers, as they will often specify a word count in their application process – some ones I have seen will take no less than 80,000 which does qualify as full novel length according to some metrics. So it …
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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 …
Trouble An’ Strife
If you use a colloquialism or a slang word or phrase, simply use it; do not draw attention to it by enclosing it in quotation marks. To do so is to put on airs, as though you were inviting the reader to join you in a select society of those who know better. – William Strunk Jr A scathing introduction and cautionary word …
In A Flash
Just thought I’d pop up an excerpt from The Jovian Counter, (Book Two of the Nine Worlds series) since I’m working on it and need content for the blog. ;p Enjoy! Libertine jinked and dived, but the flak-load shells streaked out in front of her, slamming into rocks, obliterating the smaller ones entirely. The objective …
Proof’s In The Reading
So there it is. Twenty years later and it’s actually a book of sorts. The Ares Gambit started life as something totally different, but this, I think was the way it was always meant to be. Perhaps a diamond in the rough, polished and cut, into this. It’s not fully finished yet, just like everything …
Double Up
Twice in one day! Aren’t we all lucky? Just an update after speaking to a couple of the Dauntless Crew (my long suffering and supportive backing group) and thought it was fair to update you all on a couple of things. The first is, I’ve never really been comfortable with the title “Rebellion of Mars” …
Mightier Is The Pen 