I’ve been a software engineer for years and I’m well aware of (and have experience in) the effects of caffeine and alcohol when it comes to coding. There’s an established notion that writing code after imbibing brew has its positives, […]
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An Octopus of a Different Colour
Books. They need a cover. That’s where a lot of my time is spent when writing new books. I enjoy the work, but it does take a good portion of my free time. Now that I’ve done a few, it’s […]
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Zombie Cat Wants Love
Isn’t that all a zombie cat ever wants? Why won’t anyone give her a hug and a scruffle, apart from the fact that her fur might come off completely? There’s a bit of a story behind this. You know those […]
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Cooper Alley Ghost Cover – Pt 4
I’ve used the same general layout for the Paranormology series – Two thirds picture at the top, one third writing at the bottom. The top is of the haunted building. The bottom contains the title and author upon a close […]
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Cooper Alley Cover – Pt 2
I really needed a picture of this house for the front cover. But taking the photo is only the first part of the job. Next was turning this rather old looking piece into something one might consider haunted. The house, […]
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Cooper Alley Ghost Cover – Pt 3
In the story, it is winter. It is cold. It is snowing. The problem I faced is that this photograph is in Melbourne, in Summer, when it’s hot and definitely does not snow. I could think about, say, grabbing a […]
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Cooper Alley Cover – Pt 1
It’s getting harder and harder to find houses that fit the front covers for my stories. The latest, Cooper Alley Ghost, needed to be old, craggy, two storey and squishy. Why? Because it’s in an alley, not a street or […]
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Smoking Bullets
Ha, now there’s a vision. Once I’d finished with the front cover of Adaptation, I had a look at some of my other titles. Yep, you guessed it, I wasn’t happy with them. I mean, the Paranormology series ain’t so […]
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Did Someone Let in a Draft?
It’s wintertime. It’s cold. It’s fireplaces and curled up cats and cups of tea on the couch. I like winter. I like being able to rug up in jumpers and wear hats and gloves. Most of the time, even when […]
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Self-Imposed Deadlines
The deadline to get Portsmouth Avenue Ghost up on pre-release was the 21st of November. I hit that deadline. Great. Yay me. Well, I didn’t hit it as much as I flopped messily against it, exhausted, frustrated and strung-out. With […]
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