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Open Book Blog Hop – Life’s Many Treasures

Welcome back to another Open Book Blog Hop!

Today’s question is: Do you still have a treasure from childhood, can you tell us about it?

And remember to pay a visit to my fellow writers to see what they have come up with. You can find their works here!

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One Black Crow – Short Story

So a little while back an idea began to form in my mind for another short story. I had a feeling it was going to be a touch bleaker than most of my previous writings. It somehow managed to surpass my expectations and become something even darker than I suspected. So what better way to acknowledge that than by releasing it on Halloween! Enjoy!

As ever, please do let me know what you think!

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The wind gusted, whispering its raspy voice through the naked branches of the old oak tree. The...

Where Have You Been?

Well hello there! I have once again left you all waiting with bated breath for my next update. Well, wait no more, avid followers! Despite the deafening silence, I have in fact been really rather busy! First up is something that is pretty small, but felt pretty big to me. I discovered Chasing Shadows on the Barnes & Nobel website! That felt pretty cool to see. If you are after a copy in the US, this offers another option for you now.

What else has been going on? Well, my writing has been ...

Open Book Blog Hop – It’s a Game of Two Halves

Welcome back to another Open Book Blog Hop!

Today’s question is: Are any of your characters fans of a particular sports team?

And remember to pay a visit to my fellow writers to see what they have come up with. You can find their works here!

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Open Book Blog Hop – Too Many Books, Too Little Time

Welcome back to another Open Book Blog Hop!

Today’s question is: What is on your TBR pile?

And remember to pay a visit to my fellow writers to see what they have come up with. You can find their works here!

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Open Book Blog Hop – Show and Tell

Welcome back to another Open Book Blog Hop!

I’m back from a little self-imposed, much needed break and I’m ready to tackle the latest question.

Today’s question is: Does ‘show don’t tell’ ever run up against your personal prohibitions?

And remember to pay a visit to my fellow writers to see what they have come up with. You can find their works here!

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Open Book Blog Hop – Curses!

Welcome back to another Open Book Blog Hop!

Today’s question is: How do you feel about the use of profanity, either in your stories or in what you read?

And remember to pay a visit to my fellow writers to see what they have come up with. You can find their works here!

I’ve seen this question come about quite a bit the last few weeks or so. It’s an interesting subject, too. I know plenty of people don’t like swearing. It’s not a massive stretch then, that they probably aren’t going t...

Open Book Blog Hop – Food, Glorious Food!

Welcome back to another Open Book Blog Hop!

Today’s question is: does food play an important role in your writing? What is a favourite recipe of one of your characters, or yourself?

And remember to pay a visit to my fellow writers to see what they have come up with. You can find their works here!

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Open Book Blog Hop – The Pen is Mightier than the Sword

Welcome back to another Open Book Blog Hop!

Today’s question is: why do you write, and why do you write what you write?

And remember to pay a visit to my fellow writers to see what they have come up with. You can find their works here!

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Here to Help!

So you’ve read the book and thought it actually wasn’t too bad. You’d even consider reading others from the author. But in the meantime, what can you do to support self-published authors? There are a few things that will really help. Self-promotion can be tough for some authors, and time-consuming for many. Certainly for me, writing the book was the easy part. Marketing it doesn’t come naturally to me. The main thing I know about marketing is that “BUY MY BOOK NOW” links aren’t the way to go! Bu...