I visited my web site the other day. I didn’t like it. It was drab. It was grey. It didn’t appeal to me. I mean, there were bits and pieces that looked alright but, really, when I sat back and […]
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Captain Underpants
Had holes in my jocks. It’s a thing, you know, when your undies are old and you’ve worn them so much there’s nothing left in the rear and it looks like a farmer has gone and blasted you with rabbit […]
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Manifesting the Ghost
They hide behind corners, slipping away as you turn your head and stare at the spot where you could have sworn something was. They crawl through the roof spaces, making soft scuffles as they dance over the insulation and under […]
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The Bullet Audiobook
I started the audiobooks off with The Bullet. Why? It’s short. It’s slow. It’s silent. Short I needed, more than anything else, to launch an audiobook off the ground and see how it flies. Unfortunately for The Bullet, it’s my […]
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Publishing That Audio Book
And so the time came to click that little button: Publish. Whether it’s on Smashwords or Amazon’s KDP or Findaway Voices, it’s a bloody hard button to click. The cursor dances around it. The mouse button doesn’t seem to click […]
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The Booth
In the previous post, I explained that I will be undertaking voice overs and presenting some of my books as audiobooks. Great, awesome, let’s get cracking. Not so fast. After a practice run of about five minutes using my phone […]
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My US? No thanks.
A quick update on the whole ‘getting things from Amazon US into Australia because I can’t buy my own book to check if it’s actually properly configured’ thing. I don’t remember just how much of the story I’ve gotten through, […]
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What’s More Important?
When I was a kid, when the world extended as far as my house and school, when the only people who exist were my family and friends, it was easy to make decisions. As I got older and my world […]
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I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead
Me? Sleeping? Anything but. I understand where you’re coming from, though. I mean, it was yonks ago when I said I was cracking on with a sequel to Borobo Reef, right? That’s true, that’s true. I’m still running with that, […]
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Five Rules to Make a Deadline
In the previous post, I explained that Deadlines are a necessary tool to keep yourself on track so as to make your dream a reality. Being honest with yourself is key, but that brings up an important point: The creation […]
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