After The End Comes The Beginning
It’s been a strange week since I got back from Byron Bay. The celebrations about the new book signing are over and done. I made a couple of announcements – here, to a few friends, and to my writers’...
View ArticleOne Giant Step for TimeSplash
Edit, v., to suffer. Contr. of head hit, from the ancient publishing practice of whacking an author about the head with a contract until he or she submits. At last I think – I hope! – the publisher’s...
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The TimeSplash Non-Stop Round-the-World Twitter Tour
With just a month to go before the release of TimeSplash, I’m pleased to say the edits are all behind us and I’ll be seeing the galleys soon. It’s time to get down to some serious promotion. You...
View ArticleSelf-Published vs Commercially-Published: The editor is what matters
In the brave new world of electronic publishing – in which we live right now – picking up an unknown book by an unknown author has become a much bigger risk than it used to be in the old, print-only...
View ArticleProof Reading TimeSplash – Again
I’ve mentioned before, I think, that one of the surprises of having a book published is the number of times you have to read it through. I don’t mean all those times you read it through as you’re...
View ArticleWhat is Advice to Writers Really Worth?
Emma Newman, rising star of the YA science fiction world, has just posted a thoughtful piece on her blog about why she doesn’t like giving writing advice. As with many of Emma’s musings, it got me...
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TimeSplash is Back
Well, after a brief period of unavailability, the ebook version of TimeSplash is finally back – and better than ever. Featuring a new cover, this is actually a second edition of the ebook. Some of the...
View ArticleBackwash,The TimeSplash Sequel, is Complete
It took me four months to write the first draft and another month to revise and edit it, and now Backwash, the sequel to TimeSplash is finished. I just sent the Final Draft manuscript off to the...
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Timesplash is Having Another Great Giveaway
My publisher has decided a Timesplash giveaway is needed to kick sales of the Timesplash series into a higher gear. So, right now, you will find Timesplash – a novel of time travel, terrorism, the...
View ArticleTrue Path Shortlisted for an Aurealis Award
I can hardly believe it myself but True Path, the second book in the Timesplash series, has been shortlisted for an Aurealis Award in the Best Science Fiction Novel category. For those who don’t know...
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