Have you got your one million words?
How many words do you have in the bank? For writers there is a well known expression, which differs in each telling, but basically says something along the lines of ‘You have to write one million words...
View ArticleWriting Suspense Like Dean Koontz and Lee Childs
As a writer you are always learning. You never stop. And there are so many ways to learn. You can study, you can read, you can do, you can listen to the masters, you can talk to your peers. You can do...
View ArticleCommerce Disruption is Live!
…kind of like this…The Garry Clan is currently live, running commerce disruption in a star system near you! I have started a fiction narrative in the Garry Clan newsletter, the first issue of which...
View ArticleThe quest for covers and heat dissipation
Everyone who has followed the Elite:Dangerous journey will be familiar with the word ‘soon’. Its a word used to describe a variable length of time and that my friends is how far away the cover is for...
View ArticleDid someone order a book cover?
Last week I posted about the book cover, saying that it was ‘super soon’. Three hours after the post went live, I received the cover through email. There’s two ways of looking at that. IF it had come...
View ArticleFantastic Elite Fiction hits the net
ELITE:AND HERE THE WHEEL Elite:And Here The Wheel has been with its backers now for over a week and I’ve already had feedback from a few people who have finished it. The novel has been described as a...
View ArticleMy Elite Journey
I have a confession to make. The first story I ever wrote wasn’t Elite – it was Short Circuit. And my teacher was so impressed she lined the book with wall paper and made me read it out in front of...
View ArticleWhere the heck have I been?
Yes, I’ve been a bit quiet lately, but I’ve been working hard. And Here The Wheel has been out for nearly two months now. It was the last of the five Fantastic Elite Fiction books to receive a major...
View ArticleMapping out the Novel
Cliche time: Every cloud has a silver lining. The rotator cuff has four different muscles in it and one of them has been a bit ‘iffy’ for the last few weeks. I’ve been managing it as I do my gym...
View ArticleAudiobook – And Here The Wheel – Coming Soon
It’s coming! Elite: And Here The Wheel – the audiobook should be ready for purchase by February 2015. But that’s not the good news. The Audiobook was recorded back in February of this year by the...
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