That was an exercise in pain. It took almost a year. In between were colds and school holidays and car accidents and emergency late-night server deployments. The raw audio alone was killer. Too many nights I’d sneak out to get […]
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Win a copy of ‘Iris of the Shadows’
No, your eyes haven’t deceived you – leave that up to Iris. From now until Christmas day, 25th of December, 2021, you can enter a GoodReads for your chance to win a copy of Iris of the Shadows! Goodreads Book […]
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Shh… it just got real!
eBooks are great. Really, they are. I’ve got a Kobo reader next to my bed and I use it every night – currently a Lovecraft inspired collection, including Call of Cthulu and Innsmouth. The convenience of having where I’m up […]
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The Officially Unofficial Release!
Iris. Of. The. Shadows. Today, the 21st of July, 2021, marks the actual, official, bona fide, genuine, you-beaut, true-dinks, honest-and-for-realsies-this-time release of Iris of the Shadows. You know, because I stuffed up. Because Jez and dates are two things that […]
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I Stuffed Up
Me and dates, we don’t get along. Not dates as in the fruit. They’re alright. And prunes, I’m a fan of prunes. Dried apricots, sultanas, raisins, currants, yeah, they’re all good. But that’s not what I’m on about. I’m talking […]
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Iris of the Shadows – Synopsis
To say that publishers and literary agents are pressed for time is to say that cats have a predilection for sleep. If there was some way, Matrix style, to compress and download the experience of reading a book into their […]
Read moreEmotions Running Hot
What a journey! There’s always a sense of sadness when I come to the end of writing a book. That’s not the only emotion, mind you. There’s fear, lots of that. Fear that it isn’t enough. Fear that there are […]
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Another Draft
How many drafts does it take to write a book? More than one, for sure. So two? Three? Five? How many sweeps must one do? When doing the books in the Paranormology Series, I settled on three as the magic […]
Read moreIris of the Shadows – Front Cover
Second draft of Iris of the Shadows is complete. I’ve printed it out and sent it off to my paternal editor to have a good going over with a red pen with lashings of criticism. I need to have a […]
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