Writing and reviews with an environmental, science fiction, and fantasy touch
The Quest for Orichalcum: an asteroid miners’ memoir is out today! It’s the prequel to the Viridian System series, explaining what the boys did before they became rich… Read on for some interesting stuff plus a raffle! The Quest for
The Quest for Orichalcum: an asteroid miners’ memoir is coming soon! It’s the prequel to the Viridian System series, explaining what the boys did before they became rich… Find out before the rest of the crowd! You have the opportunity
A bookstore… I’ve always thought standing on the shoulders of giants was just fine. But now I’m thinking of taking my paperbacks inhouse. I’d love to hear of your experiences. PJ Colando, Pat Garcia, Kim Lajevardi, Melisa Maygrove, and Jean Davis The trouble with Distribution
The Viridian System Series Box Set is now available on Smashwords in a pre-sale. The regular price is $11.99, which is a $3 discount on the individual book costs. It launches everywhere else except Amazon on November 10th. Why a
It’s publication day for Zanzibar’s Rings. The final episode of the Viridian System series hits your kindle or iPad or other reader – or your bookshelf if you’ve ordered the paperback. Today I’ve got an exclusive excerpt for you. An
The virtual book tour (blog tour) for Zanzibar’s Rings starts today – and it’s just one week till publication. What’s in the virtual book tour? Guest posts, interviews, reviews, and various other things. I thoroughly enjoyed doing the posts people
Ten years old. It’s the birthday of my first published book, Princelings of the East came out on kindle ten years ago. Soon after that I discovered I could publish to all the other e-readers via Smashwords. The Princelings of
Pre-Sale means you can buy and read it now, before anyone else gets a look-in! I’m not sure how much it means to people, but I’m trying it out again. If you decide to join my email newsletter from that
The paperback version of Snowflakes and Shivers went to my publisher today. I’m hoping to get the proof back in time for the Gift Fair at Romsey Town Hall on Saturday 18th. The ebook versions are also ready and uploaded,
Editing. Yes, it is not the Camp NaNoWriMo round-up, for the simple reason I’m not doing Camp NaNo, although I did in April, when I wrote the current project. I’ve given it up in favour of self-discipline! Although, since we’ve
Greed and Retribution is the second of my Flash Fiction collection to hit the press. Greed and Retribution: The Carruthers Collection and Other Twisty Tales If you’ve been reading my flash fiction long, you’ll have come across Carruthers and his
Zanzibar’s Rings. It was my aim from day one of this year’s A to Z Challenge to finish writing the third book in my Viridian system series. So, what’s the score? I suppose in theory I have until the end
Time and Tinplate is the third of my 2021 Flash Fiction Collections. It’s coming out in June –the 10th to be precise– and features the stories in which time or time travel are of the essence. And it’s my T
The Messenger Misadventures has been out for a week, and I’m very grateful to those people who have already bought it! About the Messenger Misadventures This collection of four short stories for young readers (8+) is set on the Isle
Kaa Birith is the main antagonist of my Viridian System science fiction series. I thought as I’m writing the third book, Zanzibar’s Rings, this month, it might help if I gave you a hint or two about him. My protagonists