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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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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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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Portsmouth Avenue – Third Draft complete
You know when your eyes are burning and your fingers and cramped and up come up for a gulp of air and realise, ‘Heck, almost there!’ That’s me. The fifth episode of Paranormology is only a hop, skip and a […]
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Next in Paranormology – Portsmouth Avenue Ghost
It’s official: the next in Paranormology sees our protagonist accompany the Professor to Exeter, following up on a potential lead involving a wealthy widow and a mysterious medium. I finished the second draft just now – coffee down, have a […]
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Man, I hoped that worked…
I moved from wordpress.com to wordpress.org over the last few weeks. The transition wasn’t all that hairy, just took a while. What with all the other duties I must perform, I hardly had two minutes to rub together. There was […]
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KDP – The End Result
After doing all the setup and tweaking and uploading and tweaking again, I got to the point where I could actually submit the book for publishing. As I’ve already explained, while CreateSpace does allow Author copies, Amazon does not. No […]
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KDP – The Cover Pt II
Last post I uploaded the front cover to the KDP creator. I had blundered in that the DPI or dots per inch setting was at a default of 72, rather than the required 300. Changing the DPI to 300, re-exporting […]
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What’s got 2 eyes, 7 legs…?
And is set to splash its way all across your e-reader? Tedrick! That’s right, everyone’s favourite octopus detective is due for release tomorrow, 1st of June! OMG! I’ll be holding my own little celebration, but I can’t celebrate for too […]
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Borobo Reef – Nearly There!
Tedrick has come a long way. I had the 20th of April marked down as the cut-off for the second draft and I’m chuffed to say that I’ve hit it! I’d pop a champagne but instead I’ve popped a few […]
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