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February 25, 2016
A lovely review of White Wind Rising
Paper Cranes published a lovely review of White Wind Rising: Gunpowder & Alchemy Book 1 today: This book kept me company this past weekend while I was feeling under the weather, and I must say it was a really good…
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February 20, 2016
Vampire Outlaw Cover
I have the first version of the Vampire Outlaw cover now done. I think it will need a few tweaks. The title bevel needs to be reduced. The bloodstain behind the arrowhead needs to be moved so you can see…
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February 19, 2016
Updated Covers Part 3: Gunpowder & Alchemy
Updating my covers and this is the third book in the Gunpowder & Alchemy series: The new cover: The old cover is largely the same design but from this I added the English Civil War pikemen and cavaliers plus the…
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February 18, 2016
Dan Davis: Origins
My sister is moving house and found a load of old photos. Amongst which was this one below. I think one of the reasons why I do not feel such spontaneous joy at pulling a silly face these days is…
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Updated Cover Designs Part 2
The next cover in the Gunpowder & Alchemy series is a bigger change. Here’s the new cover: This is the old Dark Water Breaking cover: I think that it’s clearly better but it is also the hardest cover for me…
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February 17, 2016
Updated Cover! What do you think?
I’ve updated my covers for Gunpowder & Alchemy. Here’s the latest version of book one, White Wind Rising: For reference, here’s the old version: Not massively different but strangely the downloads per day have gone down since I…
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January 27, 2016
Facts About the English Longbow
I’ve been reading a lot about the medieval English longbow and English archers while researching Vampire Outlaw over the last few months. I’ve written a few points I find interesting. Now, there are conflicting opinions about the longbow out there and sometimes…
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January 12, 2016
My Interview on All Kinds of Writing
A few days ago I was interviewed by author Lorna Suzuki for her All Kinds of Writing Blog. It was great fun, Lorna asked a lot of considered questions such as: What do you get when you mix historical fiction…
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I Need Reviews for My Book!
Reviews sell books. It’s that simple. And a lack of reviews actually harms sales. That is why I need reviews for my book Vampire Crusader: the Immortal Knight Chronicles Book 1 and that is why I am giving it away,…
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January 7, 2016
70,000 Words Written in 3 Weeks – Over Christmas!
Vampire Outlaw: the Immortal Knight Chronicles first draft is going well. I’m averaging about 3,000 a day, which is great considering we just had Christmas and New Year. Some days I’ve put in over 6,000 words to keep that average…
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