This Friday’s Flash Fiction challenge (c 1000 words), courtesy of Chuck Wendig at terribleminds.com, is a randomly generated character and situation: a glum empress is trying to kill a dragon to acquire its treasure. “Your imperial majesty…” the courtier bowed deep before the throne. “Well,” she scowled, “has Sir Woebegone returned?” “Er, no, your most […]
It’s here! The Talent Seekers has arrived. It’s now available on Amazon worldwide at http://www.amazon.com/Talent-Seekers-Princelings-East-ebook/dp/B00CWKBIN4/ Change the .com to your country store code if you’re in UK, Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Japan or Brazil. Humphrey is on the run. He has no friends, no past, no purpose, and no future. He’s just a guinea pig […]
This week’s haiku celebrates the publication of The Talent Seekers. It should be online and available for purchase on Thursday! Unnatural skills Cause distrust and banishment. White Horse seeks talent. ~~~ The WordPress Family Award The WordPress Family Award is reserved for folks in Cyberspace who are unceasingly kind, sympathetic, encouraging, and open to laughter—and who […]
Mark Coker, founder of Smashwords, is good at looking at trends in the publishing (and epublishing) world. He speaks at important conferences on the subject. He is a champion of indie publishing, and not surprisingly, since Smashwords is founded on the demand for distribution of indie published ebooks. But I like the way he drills […]
Imagine the ladybirds (ladybugs) or other beetles that you see scurrying around in trees. Is their whole existence their tree? Do they spend their whole lives in just one part of it? How does their society run? Does it have a Council, a bureaucracy, and university… and sneaky business bugs? Well, Jonathan Gould’s Flidderbugs’ society […]
Today’s Flash Fiction Friday is probably ok for today’s tweens, but given the challenge by Chuck Wendig to produce a mash up story of the genres ‘new weird’ and ‘superhero’, it’s not my normal story. I had to look up what new weird was. I hope this is a reasonable fit. I took as my […]
The second of my haikus celebrates Children’s Book Week. In case you hadn’t spotted it, there’s a Giveaway happening on the official website all this week, along with lots of other information, discussion and activities. After you’ve finished here, why not nip over and take a look? Many people will read, Share and give-away stories […]
First there was The Golden Scarab Then there was The Cursed Nile Now there is the third book in the Quest series: The Fallen Pharaoh by SW Lothian Tragedy sends a shockwave across the land, and rumours begin to surface and spread. Has the very thing that protects the Pharaoh gone missing? An ancient Egyptian […]
It’s ready! The Advance Review Copy of The Talent Seekers is now available as a pdf file. The idea is that you read and review it ready for the launch date – or soon after it launches – in a couple of weeks. So please don’t ask for a copy if it’s going to go […]
JJ is absolutely ordinary. His friend Linc is pretty normal, especially with his love of food and adventure, probably in that order! So how come a statue in a museum starts talking to them? This is a time travel adventure, where JJ and his friend are invited to go on a Quest and are magically […]
The professor and the portrait cat is my first contribution to Chuck Wendig’s Flash Fiction Friday at terribleminds.com. My stories are child friendly, but terribleminds has an adult content warning. There is a key phrase included which is the prompt for this week’s flash fiction. Professor Saku lay on his bed in his den at […]
The Princelings of the East has been reviewed on Mother Daughter Book Reviews and received a wonderful 4.5 stars (5 stars on Amazon, Goodreads and B&N). Princelings is also now appearing in their Pinterest Book Spotlight feature until early June. Fred and George would be so proud! There’s a Kid Lit Blog Hop coming up […]
It’s taken me nearly a week to work out what my daily schedule is. Monday – News and promotions Tuesday – haiku Wednesday – flexible, possibly free Thursday – interviews & serials; sometimes characters interviews, sometimes authors, sometimes a Princelings related story Friday – Flash Fiction Day, using Chuck Wendig‘s theme (Adult Content blog, but […]
The Talent Seekers – the fifth book in the Princelings series – will be released later this month. Humphrey is on the run. He has no friends, no past, no purpose, and no future. He’s just a guinea pig trying to find his way west in a world of dark forests, wild hills, strong castles, […]
The winners of the Princelings A to Z Giveaway are now finalised and published here http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/af859d2/ Congratulations to Tizzy, Lynda, Tonja, Susan, Heather, Dan, Julie, SW,Wanda and Autumn. If you received an email but your name is not on this list, I’m afraid your prize was withdrawn since you did not claim it within the […]
