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Ida & Lilly’s Reading Group Questions for ALEX

WARNING: Though every care was taken to remove spoilers, the following could lessen your enjoyment of Alex. I would therefore recommend consuming the novel before you read on. As promised in my previous ... Continue reading >>

A Big, Big Thank You to Two ALEX Readers

Recently a couple of my readers, Ida and Lilly, emailed in to point out something I had forgotten to include at the back of Alex: Reading Group Questions. And they were absolutely right – I had forgotten all about writing ... Continue reading >>

A Short Word About New Novel…& Snow

Forgive me, but I just couldn’t help posting a photo of this beautiful white stuff – something of a rarity in England – which has blanketed much of the country in the space of just a few hours. This is currently the view from my ... Continue reading >>

ALEX Available on 26th January from Apple, Barnes & Noble, Sony, Kobo, & More…

Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all enjoyed the holidays, festivities, and are looking forward to the year ahead as I am. To get things started, here’s a bit of good news for any readers who haven’t yet read Alex. For a long time ... Continue reading >>

Accidental Email Deletion…

Yes, unfortunately I did this… About a week ago I accidentally deleted my whole inbox, and since my email provider doesn’t have a trash can, it looks like I won’t ever be seeing those messages again. Following the tragedy, I invested ... Continue reading >>

A Good Start to the Day for ALEX

After knocking back a cup of coffee this morning to kick-start my motor, I made my way to my usual 6:30am haunt: the study. After firing up my laptop and guzzling down the last lonely biscuit from the pack, I was pleasantly surprised ... Continue reading >>

A Quick ‘In-between-Articles’ Article

I will begin by admitting once again that, yes, I am terrible when it comes to getting around to updating this blog. I seem to find myself either writing or doing research for my new book most of the time, and so often seem ... Continue reading >>

Before Distribution…5 Final eBook Preparation Tips

This e-publishing article will provide you with a list you need to have ready before you climactically hit the button that will upload your work – finally! – into the world of self-publishing. (I’d recommend getting your ... Continue reading >>

eBook Conversion

This part of my ebook publishing guide focuses on getting your work from Word to its final state as an e-reader file. If you aren’t at this stage and would like some advice on how to get here, please check out the last few ... Continue reading >>

eBook Formatting: Part 2

Right, so I’ve already covered ebook text formatting and paragraphing, among a few other things, in the previous article titled eBook Formatting: Part 1. If you haven’t yet consumed it and would like to catch up, you can check ... Continue reading >>