Zero Sum Game brings us to the end of the A to Z Challenge for another year. Yes, it’s one of those rare posts on a Sunday. But tomorrow is the first of May, and I have blogged all the
Zero Sum Game | #A2ZChallenge23
New ebook Box Set – the complete Viridian System Series
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
Zanzibar’s Rings publication day!
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
Zanzibar’s Rings Virtual Book Tour starts today!
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
Early Purchase for readers of Zanzibar’s Rings!
Early purchase is a way of getting your hands on my ebook before publication – but it is the final version, not an ARC. The ebook of Zanzibar’s Rings is now in your online store You can pre-order it for
Zanzibar’s Rings–the Cover Reveal | #IWSG December 21
A Cover Reveal is a funny thing. I’m not sure whether it really does help marketing your new book, but I do it anyway. It’s all supposed to build hype leading up to the book launch. Well, I’ve chosen to
#IWSG October: update on the book stall + my latest Book Launch!
My latest book–the flash fiction collection Snowflakes and Shivers–comes out tomorrow! Like the collections earlier in the year, it contains short stories that have been here on my blog, this time with a wintry and seasonal theme. But there are
Editing update: Not the Camp Nano Round-up #amediting
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
Book Review | The Saturn System: Through the Eyes of Cassini @NASA
The Saturn System was a free book from NASA at the completion of the Cassini-Huyghens space expedition. I downloaded it like a shot. I chose to look at it now as I needed to do some research on planetary ring
Reflections on the #AtoZChallenge2021, Camp NaNoFinMo, #writephoto and #IWSG
Reflections on an extremely busy month of April! I decided to wrap all my thoughts into one blog post and make it my IWSG post, too. Insecure Writers Support Group Each month there is also an optional question as a
Zanzibar’s Rings (Viridian System 3) #AtoZChallenge2021
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
Y is for Years Events #AtoZChallenge2021
Years events is a term I cobbled together for my penultimate post in this year’s A to Z Challenge. I don’t often do the Road Trip, but since I’ve spent so much of this month just writing, and only commenting
P is for Plot, especially Losing It #AtoZChallenge2021
Losing the plot… something I seemed to be up against over the Easter weekend. And then again the following weekend. And as for last weekend, well I spent a goodly part sorting out important things around the house… As you
A is for the A to Z Challenge 2021 #atozchallenge2021 #amwriting
A to Z Challenge is not for me, I said. I’m not doing it this year. But I am challenging myself this month, so I decided to make it a Writing Challenge. I have to finish Zanzibar’s Rings this month.
FridayFlash Fiction | Ghosts of the Sea Queen
Ghosts of the Sea Queen: With no particular prompt this week I went back to the list of titles Chuck Wendig gave us a few weeks back, and picked out this one, with various Marie Celeste images floating through my