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July 9, 2018
Plato Crater is Coming
The sequel to the Hills of Mare Imbrium is getting closer. Beta readers are giving me their views on Jonah, Yesha, and my brand new character Holly.
Plato Crater extends the story and takes it in twisty new directions. I even have a working blurb:
Jonah never expected to be back in Houston after his brother died. He would rather have stayed on the Moon with the woman he loves than face his father, or his ex-girlfriend and her drug-dealing brother. The faceless Council of Panamerica might send him back, if he agrees to their terms.
Holly just wanted to steal her breakfast. Now she’s cooking for a crowd of hungry marines and trying hard not to be terrified by the lunar mountains outside the window.
Yesha is struggling to be the Empress of the Moon her people want. The people are restless; everyone is talking about the new European base in Plato Crater; and the droids are behaving even stranger than usual.
Three people’s lives intertwine in a sweeping tale of choices that leave them questioning what it even means to be human.
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April 24, 2018
Local Author
Another advantage of having a paperback available is that you can get listed in the library system
Local Author
Another advantage of having a paperback available is that you can get listed in the library system
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April 22, 2018
Brisbane Writer’s Group Convention
My very first writer’s table, and doesn’t The Hills of Mare Imbrium look good on it?
Many thanks to Gillian Loyd and the Brisbane Writer’s Group Convention for a wonderful morning
April 21, 2018
Brisbane Writer’s Group Convention
My very first writer’s table, and doesn’t The Hills of Mare Imbrium look good on it?
Many thanks to Gillian Loyd and the Brisbane Writer’s Group Convention for a wonderful morning
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April 15, 2018
The Paperback of The Hills of Mare Imbrium is live
Yes! It’s available as a paperback.
I was more than just a little thrilled when this turned up in the mail the other day. There’s something about the implied legitimacy of a real book that you just don’t get from having an ebook published.
The Paperback of The Hills of Mare Imbrium is live
Yes! It’s available as a paperback.
I was more than just a little thrilled when this turned up in the mail the other day. There’s something about the implied legitimacy of a real book that you just don’t get from having an ebook published.
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December 7, 2017
Books I Loved this Year
As the year draws to a close, I’m looking back over the ridiculously large pile of books I read this year and musing on those that really struck me for one reason or another. Of the many, I wanted to share these six with you:
The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss
Is it possible to write a story without dialogue that says so much? Yes, it is. People will either love this or hate it. I’m in the first camp The Slow Regard of Silent Things is an unutterably beautiful picture of one small life.
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1) by N.K. Jemisin
N.K. Jemisin won the 2016 Hugo for this incredible tour de force. She breaks all the rules of writing and produces an enthralling tale of magic that may be science.
Incognolio by Michael Sussman
I had to laugh when I finished reading this. My Kindle brought up a list of “Other books like Incognolio”.
Let me assure you there are no other books like this.
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Billed as a horror, this is really a taught thriller with a particularly nasty ghost as the antagonist.
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor
Come to the Bobiverse, you know you want to. It’s wild crazy, and full of nerd humour.
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
This one is simple, you either love the little book thief or your heart is a shrivelled black lump of lifeless stone.
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October 30, 2017
The NaNoWriMo fun begins
See you in a month.
Keep an eye on this post and you’ll see how far the new novel is coming along
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October 24, 2017
Nanowrimo 2017
Despite having free time on my hands, I’ve been slow to get the second book started. The Nanowrimo challenge is going to provide much needed motivation to write.
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