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February 26, 2013
Fight! Fight! Fight! Excerpt from Ocean of Dust
Anyone want to read another excerpt from Ocean of Dust? Sure you do 
Pop over to The Book Hookup and take a look. A little while ago, Celeste over at The Book Hookup did a review too.
After reading the excerpt, stay there and scroll down for a giveaway, but only if you like winning free stuff!
That scene required help from my writing group to get right. Not being a girl (duh!), I didn’t know how they fought. In my original draft I had them punching each other and all sorts of things. The women...
February 15, 2013
Christine Rains: The 13th Floor novellas
Please give a warm welcome to Christine Rains, author of the paranormal series The 13th Floor (among others). I’ve read the first two in the series:The Marquis and TheAlpha and they’re super reads. Christine writesaboutvery compelling, charismatic characters.The Dragonslayer is out now, andThe Harbinger coming March 13th.
Graeme:How and why did you become an author?
CR:I’ve always been a writer. Ever since I could print, I wrote stories. I write because I love it. It took a long time to gain th...
February 9, 2013
Sign up for my newsletter: Win prizes!
Hello everyone!
I have started a newsletter, which will be a great way for you to stay informed about my upcoming book releases, cover reveals, events, competitions, and well… general news and information. I plan it to be quarterly, but news and events may make its schedule adhoc. Got to keep you on your toes!
I won’t spam you and your email address will not be used for any other nefarious purpose.
You can subscribe via the handy link in the left sidebar of my site, or via the Newsletter tab of...
February 8, 2013
Shipbuilding
Here’s a look at a hobby I picked up a few years ago: Building wooden ships. I’m sure you just imagined all those plastic kits that we boys loved to make as a child, typically of aircraft and spaceships. Although you buy a ship “kit”, it is typically a bundle of wood, cotton and paints with a few manufactured pieces like cannon. The rest of the kit involves laborious use of scalpels, glue, and Dremel tools to actually cut the wood into the right shapes.
In the photo gallery below, you can kic...
February 1, 2013
Movie Cast for Ocean of Dust
Hello everyone. Sorry, but you can’t take the title of this post literally. Alas, Hollywood producers have not come knocking at my door with a movie contract. I wish! Even so, what’s the harm in thinking about who I would pick to play the characters in a movie version of Ocean of Dust? It’s all a bit of fun. I quickly discovered that it’s not as easy as it looks.
The owners of LovLivLife Reviews (That’s tough to spell!) were very kind enough to allow me to create my movie cast on their site to...
January 27, 2013
When the World falls apart
Well, all right, not the real world, just the world I am currently writing about in my second book. “Oh,” you say, disregarding the whole thing, but for an author this is a big deal.
When it comes to planning, there are two types of authors: “Pansters”, so called because they write by the seat of their pants. They have a rough idea of their characters and where the plot is heading, but essentially make it up as they go along. Then there are “outliners” – my camp. We plan everything in advance,...
January 22, 2013
Lovely blog award!
Hello everyone. Whee, I’ve been tagged by the talented Lisa Orchard to receive this blog award! Thanks, Lisa. If you’re into mysteries, drop by Lisa’s site and check out herSuper Spies books.
So, seven random things about me:
1. My favourite star is Sirius, that really bright star below and left of Orion. It’sofficialdesignation is Alpha Canis Majoris. I rarely go out at night without looking for it.
2. My favourite video game or computer game of all time isDefender by Williams. I mis-spent my...
January 20, 2013
Stars get in my Eyes, by M. Pax
Today, I’m excited to feature a post by M. Pax, sci-fi and urban fantasy author, and keen astronomer. OK, over to her.
Pine Mountain Observatory is my favorite place on Earth. Thirty miles east of Bend, OR, it sits near the summit of a 6400-foot mountain which once was either an island or part of the shoreline of the Great Basin. That was a sea that once covered the Western US about 10,000 years ago.
Central Oregon is one of the last great bastions of dark skies in the United States. Even in...
January 12, 2013
Analysis of how people are reading Ocean of Dust
Ocean of Dusthas been out for over 2 months now. Being the nerd and geek that I am, I did some analysis on my sales. No, I’m not ready to give actual numbers so early in the game, but I did analyze what formats readers are choosing. It will be interesting to see if this data holds true after 12 months.
Here is the percentage of sales across every format that I offer:
I was surprised by the percentage of Nook and Paperbacks, particularly because the paperback didn’t arrive until 8th December. I...
Interview with me by Heather Day Gilbert
Recently, I was thrilled to answer some questions posed by a great writer friend of mine, Heather Day Gilbert. Among other projects, she is trying to find a publisher for her fantastic-sounding Viking novel. I can’t wait to read it.
In this interview, we talk about writing YA, world building and Indie publishing. It was a lot of fun. Thanks, Heather!
