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May 29, 2015
Dreams and Shadows Paperback now available
Being new to this self-publishing thing, I’ve made a mistake or two. The paperback version of Dreams and Shadows was supposed to be out on the same day as the Kindle version – i.e. 5th June. But as I did something wrong in a tick box somewhere or other, it’s out now! Now, I’ve gone […]
May 27, 2015
My Short Story on CALM
A couple of weeks ago I published a short story – Four Words. It deals with a moment in time, with a depression that suffocates. I also submitted it to the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM), and they have now also published it. CALM is an organisation that focusses on preventing suicide in males. In […]
Review of Dreams and Shadows
Angela has posted a review of Dreams and Shadows over on her blog at booksandopinions.com You can find the full review here Thank you so much Angela. You’ve motivated me to make more progress on book 2, Woven Peril!
May 14, 2015
Four Words
OK, so this (very) short story is dark. Some would say it doesn’t even qualify as a story. But hey, it has a beginning, middle and end, and that’s good enough for me. I wrote this at a very dark time in my life. If you’ve been there, you’ll understand. If you haven’t maybe this […]
May 9, 2015
Dreams and Shadows Excerpt: Chapter Two
Here is Chapter 2 of my new book, Dreams and Shadows. To read the first chapter, click here. I had planned on putting up the first three chapters, but under Amazon’s terms I can only offer about 10% of the novel, and as each chapter is about 6,000 words, two of them just about take […]
May 4, 2015
Dreams and Shadows Excerpt: Chapter One
Finally, the day has come and my new fantasy novel, Dreams and Shadows, is available for pre-order on Amazon. As the Look-Inside feature isn’t yet up and running I’ll be posting the first three chapters here over the next few days. Here is chapter one. For those new to Dreams and Shadows, the description is: […]
April 8, 2015
Dreams and Shadows Excerpt: Stronger than Steel
I had hoped to have Dreams and Shadows ready for pre-order by now, but while I try and get it finalised, here is another short excerpt. “There may come into a man’s life a time when his travails take him beyond despair, into a world past feeling where the numbness of his soul seeks oblivion. […]
April 3, 2015
Author / Novel Spotlight: Pamela Daniell, Revelations
In this post, I talk to Pamela Daniell, author of Revelations. What made you decide to publish a novel? Ever since I was a little girl it was a dream of mine to become a published author. In grade school I had a teacher who would always tell me to ‘Keep on writing’ and […]
March 21, 2015
Dreams and Shadows Excerpt: Corruption of Power
Does power corrupt, or are the corrupted drawn to power? Even those who reach the world’s seats of influence may not be able to tell. For the lies they must tell themselves as they seek the acceptance of their subjects […]
March 17, 2015
Short Story: Shadow’s Poison
I’ve taken a short break from my novels. I’m partway through going through the edits for my fantasy book Dreams and Shadows, and about 40,000 words into Book 2 (tentatively named Woven Peril). There are parts of Aylosia’s history that won’t get explored in my novels, though, and I thought it would be fun to […]
