Alex Laybourne's Blog, page 49
June 20, 2013
Self-Publishing Is Destroying the WORLD! Oh, nooooooo!
Reblogged from Laura Resnick: A blog called Good eReads posted a piece the other day titled Self-Published Authors Are Destroying Publishing. I'm burning the midnight oil these days to finish an overdue book this month, as well as stalling an editor to whom I've owed a short story for a while, and I recently had […]
June 18, 2013
WhoDunit? Christopher Abbott Did That’s Who!
When Christopher Abbott sat down to pen his debut novel, he had no idea how far his book would go. Nestled comfortably around the top 20,000 mark on Amazon the twisting tale of Sir Laurance Dies has made its mark on readers, and introduced the world to a mystery writer who has broken away from […]
June 17, 2013
Growing Pains and Roadworks on Hell’s Highway
When I first sat down to write Highway to Hell, the words flowed, they came so thick and fast that at times I could not keep up. Sure, it went through many draft opening chapters, but never did I sit there with nothing to say. I just knew it. The same was true when I […]
June 12, 2013
Createspace.co.uk… Where Are You?
Having a publisher in America is the goal of many writers. I am lucky enough to have found one, a good one who accepted my entire trilogy of novels – under the presumption I actually finish writing the third one – and produced a very good package for me. However, living in europe and with […]
June 11, 2013
Kindle is the New Hoover!
I just hate it when a particular brand becomes so popular and common place that the brand name becomes synonymous with the product itself. Years ago it was done with Hoover, everybody had a Hoover at home. This was a lie, everybody had Vacuum Cleaners at home, the rich and well to-do had Hoovers. The […]
Spamalot – The Great Plague
Not much more needs to be said really. Tagged: Alex Laybourne, Author Blog, Blog, Spam, Spam Bloggers, Spam Comments, Spamalot, Spamming
Summer of Zombie 2013 FREE eBook - Nine Authors!
Reblogged from Armand Rosamilia: Bryan Smith. Joe McKinney. Armand Rosamilia. James N. Cook. John O’Brien. Julianne Snow. Mark Tufo. TW Brown. Kirk Allmond. What do these nine authors have in common? First off, they’re all dead sexy! And they all appear in Summer of Zombie 2013! Summer of Zombie 2013 is jam packed with Zombie […]
June 10, 2013
A Few Hours to Play Catch-Up
I am facing a long day of travel now, well… technically two, but thanks to time zones it isn’t as bad as it sounds. I am flying out to Hong Kong on business, staying a whole two days and then flying home. This includes a 6 hour layover in London, Heathrow this afternoon before my flight […]
June 9, 2013
The Colloquialism of Character
I have written a few posts about characters, and character development, and it is a truly fascinating area of writing. One that cannot be underestimated in its importance. The thing that struck me today is in reference to language and dialogue. Living in a non-english speaking country, I have had my fair share of bad […]
June 8, 2013
Getting Back into Character
Well, I started writing the final Highway to Hell the other day. You may have seen the raw first draft I published earlier in the week. It has been a long time since I last wrote anything in the Highway series. It has been a good seven months or so since I finished my edits […]
