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Podcast: My Experience of Publishing and Promoting My First Novel

Again, I owe thanks to the wonderful Joanna Penn of The Creative Penn for showing an interest in TimeSplash, my time travel thriller, and in me and what I’m learning about publishing and promoting my first novel. This time it’s because I had the considerable good fortune to be interviewed by Joanna for her fascinating podcast [...]

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, I’d like [...]

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 and have [...]

The Blog Tour Wrap: Andy Shackcloth reveals the story behind the tour

Andy Shackcloth has been my constant companion during the TimeSplash Blog Tour. He has made something of a case study out of my little adventure in book publicity and has helped me enormously in planning the tour and understanding what can and should be achieved.

As you and I have dotted around the world, visiting some of [...]

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 while you’re [...]

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 end, and [...]

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 electronic (only) publishing [...]

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 the right [...]

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 Kristi’s wry [...]

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 that have [...]