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Stepping outside my comfort zone #1

Before I explain that rather cryptic title, I’d like to share the opening paragraph of a novel with you. “My boots make a sharp tapping sound as I clomp my way home. The loose gravel at the edge of the road jumps away from my anger, skirting ahead of me then tumbling down the steep […]

My first official rejection!

Cast your minds back, if you will, to a couple of posts I wrote almost exactly a year ago! Those posts were about the Harper Voyager open submission. I did not expect to be selected – I mean, c’mon, what major publisher was going to spend money on a book populated with psychopathic hermaphrodites and absolutely […]

How to upload photos for Samsung Galaxy SII, Gingerbread build… I hope.

I’ve been trying to find info for people using the Gingerbread build of Samsung Galaxy SII. Gingerbread is an older build and I’m not sure if the info below applies to it or not, but the post was written a year and a half ago so the timing seems right. I have copy/pasted the info […]

Who is Alex Tang?

At the risk of boring you all silly, I thought I’d post one more, very short post about my mystery character, Alex Tang. It leaves a lot to the imagination, but I’m rather proud of how much I’ve managed to convey with these 400 something words. I hope this answers most of your questions. The […]

Introducing Alex Tang, a new character from Innerscape

I’ve had a great weekend writing, so I thought I’d introduce you to a new character.:) Tragic house fire kills three In local news, the bodies of two men, and a woman were recovered from the burnt out shell of a house on the outskirts of Stradwick. Located in the once green hills of Macedon, […]

Lulu.com has been infested with Author Solutions

I was having a good morning until I read this post on Indies Unlimited. Apparently Lulu – the non-Amazon Print On Demand [POD] company – has teamed up with Author Solutions to offer ridiculously expensive ‘packages’ to new authors. Be warned! This is a barely legal scam that offers the unwary [read new, inexperienced author] […]

I have an evil corporation! Maybe…

If you have been following the saga of my search for a name for my evil corporation, you will know from my last update that an internet search disqualified virtually all of the great names you guys came up with. Since then, I’ve been mulling over some of your more general suggestions – such as […]

Innerscape gains 1,051,920 seconds per year

I’m normally pretty fluid about time. I’m aware of it passing, and I’m even capable of getting to appointments on time, but I don’t normally think too much about the concept itself. Time just is. The only exception to this is when I’m playing MMO’s [multiplayer online games in digital worlds]. As a gamer, I’ve […]

Paddle Trouble

Paddle Trouble is a new game app for mobile phones – not normally the kind of thing I talk about on this blog. However… it just so happens that the creator of the game is an old friend of mine called George. We met about ten years ago on a geeky forum called Guru 3D, […]

Gruel, and The Vintage Egg

I love being one of the Indies Unlimited minions…ah, I mean team members. Not only are the other members fantastic people, and extraordinary writers, the gruel is pretty good too. You might want to bring your own sugar and milk though. Oh and a bowl… and a spoon… and maybe a bib… Ahem, I digress. […]