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Thank so much for your support

I just wanted to say a quick thank you to everybody who have been kind enough to support my promo weekend. I’ve been blown by the response. At the time of writing, Second Chance is the no.2 in the amazon.com free science fiction/cyberpunk charts (damn you Rationality Zero and your better sales!) and 318 overall. Also, Absent Souls […]

Second Chance FREE! 12th-14th June

  I’m thrilled to tell you that Second Chance is available as a FREE Ebook, direct from Amazon, from the 12th – 14th June. So what are you waiting for? You can download it today by clicking on one of the links below. To get Second Chance FREE from Amazon.com click here To get Second Chance FREE from Amazon.co.uk click here To get Second […]

Promotion Warning

This is just a little heads up that I’ll be running a free ebook promotion on Second Chance and a 99p/99c offer on Absent Souls for a few days from Friday and may be posting and tweeting about it. For those of you who dislike author promotions, you may want to avoid my blog / […]

A Folder Called ‘Bollocks’ – Why Authors Should NEVER Respond to Reviews

Originally posted on Heather Hill, Author & Comedy Writer:
Regular readers of my blog may recall I celebrated the much anticipated landing of my first one star review as an author, with a light-hearted blog post and a nod to fellow authors to try not to take them too seriously. In the last month I have seen a few…

Recommended Reads: Zero Echo Shadow Prime by Peter Samet

The Blurb CONSCIOUSNESS IS IN THE CODE The year is 2045. 18-year-old Charlie Nobunaga creates the world’s first sentient AI and becomes an overnight sensation. But amid the red carpet galas and TV interviews, Charlie is diagnosed with cancer, and her promising future grinds to a halt. To save her life, an ambitious tech company […]

On Violence in Fiction

Violence is a very seductive tool in a writer’s arsenal. Most good fiction involves some form of conflict and although not all examples lead to an act, or acts, of violence, most do, including mine, but my thoughts on writing violent scenes have changed during the writing process. In the first draft of Second Chance I […]

The Bechdel Test: Does The Fiction You Read Or Watch Pass?

Originally posted on The Write Transition:
True or false: My teenage sons love when I point out gender inequality or lack of diversity in movies to them, especially when I pause the DVD to do so. False. They don’t love that. They roll their eyes and say, “Ugh, Mom, we get it.” ? ? But as…

First (Possibly) Annual Bloggers Bash – It’s On.

Originally posted on Sacha Black:
Seeing as I offered to organise a get together, I should probably put my money��where my mouth is and do some actual organising. Sorry to those across the pond – I’m still working on the technology involved in that part, so this is for the European lot – unless those…

My writing journey on writing.ie

Yesterday I got an email message asking if I’d be interested in writing an 800 – 1000 word piece about my writing journey for writing.ie, the home of Irish writing online. “Sure,” I replied. “I’d love to.” “There’s only one thing. We need it for tomorrow.” I had a million things to do last night […]

Occasional Soulmates free this weekend

If you like intelligent chick-lit with a handsome lead character called Dylan (and who wouldn’t), then I’m happy to tell you that Occasional Soulmates by Kevin Brennan is free to download this weekend. I had the pleasure of reading Yesterday Road by Kevin last year and loved it so much it became one of my […]