I had planned to have finished the first draft of the next book by the 30th of March. To this end, I pulled out all the stops. I was writing day and night, lunch time, after dinner, before going to […]
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What’s next, Jez?
I’ve been quiet since releasing Part 6, I know, and I’m sorry. Don’t think I’m sitting around, twiddling my thumbs, though. Not me, that’s not how I roll. Sure, I had a couple of days of down-time to recuperate, get […]
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Lon Williams
Yeehaw! Saddle up and slip on your bolo tie. I’m currently reading ‘Weird Westerns’, a collection of shorts by Lon Williams. Haven’t heard of him? Neither had I. I took a punt and it paid off. His protagonist, Deputy Marshal […]
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The Struggle of the Artist – Health
I’ve said it before and I’ll keep repeating myself until my lungs don’t work any more: indie artists are nut-bags. Day after day they’ll smash their fingers against the keyboards, drag their paint brush over the canvas, feverishly making order […]
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Release the Beast!
What day is it? The 23rd of December? Why that must mean… Adaptation – Part 6 is out! That’s right! The conclusion to the Adaptation series is finally out and up for your reading pleasure, on Amazon and iTunes and […]
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Adaptation – Part 6 on Pre-release
The wait is over. The time to crack champagne (or a decent Lagavulin whisky) is now! Adaptation – Part 6, the conclusion to the Adaptation Series, is up on Smashwords and Amazon, and shortly it’ll be on Google Play, Barnes […]
Read moreAdaptation – Part 6, Cover Art Sneak Peek
I’ve been quiet lately, I know. I’ve been busting my digits, giving my red pen a serious work out. Actually it ran out of ink. After that I ground my laptop’s CPU into the dirt making corrections and alterations and […]
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Adaptation – Part 6 (The Final)
Well who would have thought they’d see the day, eh? Eh? Adaptation – Part 6 is heading for completion in December. Say whaaaaat? You heard right. The much-anticipated conclusion to the Adaptation series is due for release before Christmas. I’ll […]
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Branding Yourself (Ouch, baby)
Last post I ended with the line “…Why not stick a little of you inside there?” ‘There’ being your work, ‘you’ being you. It’s a vague line. It kind of smells arty-farty or new-age or cliched or something, doesn’t it? […]
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