Two o’clock in Castle Powell was the first thing that sprang to mind for T. It’s the A to Z Challenge, and I’m continuing the illustration theme. I’ve also got at least one of my sketches from my art group
T is for Two o’clock #atoz2025 #booksky
H is for Hattan #atoz2025 #booksky
Week 2 of the A to Z Challenge and I’m continuing the illustration theme, struggling for an H, but settled on Castle Hattan. I’d normally give you flash fiction today, so I might give you a short excerpt too. My
Flashback Fiction: Willow’s Day Off #booksky
I’m giving you a flashback to the early days of the Princelings stories today. Specifically, this belongs to the end of October in the Traveler in Black and White. Hugo is visiting Sowerby, up north, when Willow has to squeeze
Trick or Treat Reads – a Halloween Offer!
Trick or Treat Reads is the brainchild of Patricia Josephine. Several authors are giving away free ebooks today as your Halloween treat! See the link below for more 🙂 Fantasy/epic/older MG/crossover series In honour of my new book, Chronicles of
Yet another new book! Princelings Box Set 2
Another new book follows hard on the heels of Curved Space to Corsair. This time, it’s back to the Princelings series with…. The Princelings of the East Books 4-6 I said I needed to read the earlier books again before
Halloween Trick-or-Treat | Traveler in Black and White
Halloween. It’s tomorrow, or if you’re in Australia or New Zealand, it might even be today, depending on when you read this. No matter. From now till 1st November Pacific time, I’m offering a FREE ebook as your Halloween treat.
#IWSG | Not the NaNoWriMo post
Welcome to this month’s Insecure Writers Support Group post. You can join in by signing up at insecurewriterssupportgroup.com where you’ll also find the long list of people to visit each month. I tend to visit all my ‘follow’ blogs and at
#FlashbackFriday | Rajah of Nilgiri
I’ve been doing Flash Fiction on Fridays for a long time now, and my first reaction on seeing Michael D’Agostini’s Flashback Friday was to think, no – I do flash fiction then. But I need to write and edit my books, and
Book Review | The Rosetta Man … and Cover Wars!
I received an ARC of The Rosetta Man by Claire McCague from LibraryThing as a First-read, and it certainly lived up to my expectations from the description! “What makes The Rosetta Man stand-out? An unusually dense squirrel population for sci-fi.
#IWSG | If in doubt, make a plan
My first Insecure Writers Support Group post of 2016 wraps around my Goodreads Giveaway for the Traveler in Black and White. I was hunting for a place to post the giveaway on the blog, and I thought, well, it’s part
#Fi50 January 15
This is my first attempt at the Bookshelf Gargoyle’s Fiction in 50 (words) Writing Challenge. Each month he posts a writing prompt for us, and in the last week he asks us to link up our offerings. This month’s prompt
Tuesday Read – The Traveler in Black and White
Today is the fourth excerpt leading up to Read Tuesday, and we’ve completed the trilogy, starring Fred, George and Kira in a sequence that took us from the time tunnel to the introduction of a revolutionary new source of energy.
A Little Book News
I was reading Chuck Wendig’s post about self-promotion, and how you should present yourself and your books as the best version of yourself that you can. I realised that anyone reading my blog recently probably wouldn’t know that I write
Traveler in Paperback
The Traveler in Black and White is out in paperback! Available on Amazon worldwide Createspace It’s 190 pages, complete with illustrations. Just like the ebook, in fact, but in a book, with real turnable pages, the same size as the
Friday Flash Fiction: Willow’s Day Off
Ten words – use all of them in your story. That was the challenge from Chuck Wendig in this week’s flash fiction challenge. I went blank to start with, then was tempted to do a little backstory since one of