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Don't Mess With The Reader: 5 Plagiarism

This is the final post in this short series. If you’ve come to it late, I’ve been catching up on my fiction reading which, unfortunately, led to an unexpected amount of
eye-rolling. The problems I’m covering should never have made it to an
editor, never mind to print. They should have been noticed by the author
during the writing and corrected. It is the author’s name on the cover;
it is the

Don't Mess With The Reader: 4 Seeding Information

For those coming late to this short series, I’ve been catching up on my fiction reading which, unfortunately, led to an unexpected amount of eye-rolling. The problems I’m covering should never have made it to an editor, never mind to print. They should have been noticed by the author during the writing and corrected. It is the author’s name on the cover; it is the author’s responsibility. If you

Don't Mess With The Reader: 3 Characters

For those coming to this short series here, I’ve been catching up on my fiction reading which, unfortunately, led to an unexpected amount of eye-rolling. The problems
I’m covering should never have made it to the publisher’s editor. They
should have been noticed by the author during the writing and corrected.
It is the author’s name on the cover; it is the author’s
responsibility. 



If you

Don't Mess With The Reader: 2 A Sense of Place

The festive break saw me catching up on my fiction reading, which led to an unexpected amount of eye-rolling and some muttering beneath my breath. The titles were a mix
of mainstream, small press and indie, but it was the mainstream which
made me stare. Were these novels signed off while the editors were on leave?

The problems I focus on in this short series should never have made it as far

Don't Mess With The Reader: 1 Openings

The turn of any year sees me catching up on my reading. Usually I am deep into researching a new project therefore the content tends to be factual. This year, however, I’ve been reading fiction. Against expectations, this has led to an unexpected amount of eye-rolling and some muttering beneath my breath.

Has my reading been indie fiction? Normally it is, but this bunch was a mix of mainstream, small press, and indie - and it was the mainstream which made me stare. Were these novels signed off while the editor was on sick leave?

Happy New Year!

As we embrace a New Year, let us be grateful for what we have, for the people who bring encouragement and smiles into our lives, and for the promise of what might be achieved if we put our minds to a goal. As Charles Dickens wrote:



No one is useless in this world 

who lightens the burdens of another.



I think that an excellent goal for 2019. 



With many thanks to my readers on whichever

All Things Father Christmas, including Santa and NORAD

Here I am, back again, with the third year of running this article. It has definitely become a tradition, because, as with all good
Traditions, it has the right amount of fact while not taking itself too
seriously.



Let it raise a smile as snippets are retold over a glass of something
warming and yet another mince pie.



Wishing all my readers, of this blog and of my books, a wonderful

Torc of Moonlight Trilogy - Christmas Special Price

Seasonal promotions are hitting all the digital stores, including my Torc of Moonlight Trilogy
boxed set. For a very limited period this 900+ page fantasy romance is a
mere £2.99 / €2.99 / $2.99 or equivalent. Go grab it now and feast on more than just turkey this festive season.



The
over-arcing story follows Nick and Alice through three books, three cities skirting the wild lands of the

How A Book Cover Does Its Job

I’ve just re-covered Scent of the Böggel-Mann – yes, me – and I’m told it’s not half bad. But why did I take time out from writing to produce my own cover? Cost.



Scent of the Böggel-Mann is a story of 10,000 words – about a tenth the length of each of my Torc of Moonlight novels. It retails at 99p / 99c and I gain in royalty 29p / 33c per sale. Bespoke ebook covers can cost $300 upwards. You

Scent of the Böggel-Mann - New Cover

Here it is at last: the new cover for my stand-alone short, Scent of the Böggel-Mann.

I’ve also re-worked the ‘product description’ - the blurb:
Some lots are best left in the auction room.

Elaine haunts auctions held in crumbling country mansions, dreaming of a find to make her and Gary rich. A plain wooden shipping trunk has no key to its iron-banded locks but is far heavier than it should