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So That Was The Virtual Book Tour That Was

At first, it seemed far, far away in the future. Then it began and seemed to go on forever. Now it is over and it feels just like yesterday. The TimeSplash Virtual Book Tour has come to an end with a spectacular 6 part wrap-up interview with Andy Shackcloth. And, now it is done, [...]

Deep End by Steven Odhner: A great short story based in the TimeSplash 'world'

Something wonderful happened to me today. I looked at the Web and there was a story by Steven Odhner, called ‘The Deep End’, set in the ‘world’ of TimeSplash. And not just any old story. A really good one, with a brilliant premise. Anyone who has read TimeSplash should pop over to Steven’s blog [...]

In Which I Am Interviewed By Sonya Clark

Sonya Clark, author of urban fantasy novella, Bring on the Night, has very kindly joined the blog tour and interviews me today on her blog. Much, of course, is revealed. Sonya has just had a short novel, Mojo Queen, accepted for publication by my old mates, Lyrical Press. You can read all about it [...]

Electronic-Only Publishing for Mainstream Writers

My warts-and-all exposé of electronic-only publishing is up now at Uppington’s blog All Things Good. You’ll be shocked! You’ll be astonished! You’ll run screaming for your mother! And then you’ll realise you were reading the wrong blog and have a look at my pleasant little piece instead.

The TimeSplash Blog Tour is nearing the [...]

TimeSplash Excerpt at Toad’s Corner

Today’s pleasant surprise was to find an excerpt from TimeSplash up at Toad’s Corner – a fascinating site run by writer Nerine Dorman, who is very actively promoting other people’s F/SF/H writing. We need more people like Nerine!

Stay tuned for today’s blog tour stop, where I talk about the perils and pitfalls of [...]

Writing Has Made Me Sexier

Shock revelations on Little Scribbler’s blog today. I stopped there on the TimeSplash Blog Tour as planned just to say how much fun I thought writing was, but in the comments section, the true reason we write is revealed. Consider the two pictures below. On the left is me before TimeSplash was published. On [...]

How Did You Get There? The Blog Tour Takes a Moment to Ponder.

Those of you who have not read Kristi Thompson’s blog ‘How Did You Get There?’ are in for a treat. Kristi describes it as the Internet’s first BlogCom–Part Blog–Part Sitcom. I came across it when the two of us started stalking following each other on Twitter and it is a delight, not only for [...]

Dances With Writing

When Janette Dalgliesh, my blog tour host for today, asked me to do a piece about ‘turning points’, I knew exactly which particular one she had in mind. However, on reflection, even in just the writerly side of my life, there have been so many. Mostly they have stemmed from decisions I have made [...]

Advice on Book Marketing from the Blog Tour

Joanna Penn

Today, the TimeSplash blog tour is the guest of writer and book marketing guru Joanna Penn. And, for the occasion, I have posted about a few of the things I have learned about book promotion, in a piece called, “Marketing Your First Book: 9 Tips For Authors”. Some of them I [...]

The Blog Tour Today is Hosted by Marianne de Pierres

After the fun of having Sniper interviewed at Andy Shack’s blog, and the thrill of being interviewed by Page Readers at BlogTalkRadio, now for something completely different. Today, the TimeSplash blog tour returns to Australia to be hosted by none other than the creator of the Sentients of Orion series and the Parrish Plessis [...]