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September 20, 2014
Release Schedule — A Look Ahead
Those of you who’ve read Irradiated and Degenerated may be wondering what’s next? Here’s a li’l run down: I’m working on a Post- Apocalyptic Western called Once Upon a Time at the End of the World. I’m releasing this as a serialized work, in four parts. Part 1 will be available in October. If you […]
September 7, 2014
Weekly Wrap-Up: Brisbane Writer’s Festival, Cover Design, and Middles.
Yesterday I had the pleasure of taking part in Brisbane Writer’s Festival. My writers’ group, Vision Writers, were invited to take part in the shenanigans (do writers have shenanigans?). Turns out that the green room isn’t green, and lights are bright. Action shot: Yes, that’s me… looking suave, bearded, and sophisticated. (Just go along with […]
August 30, 2014
Self-Publishing is Plan A
There is a lot of misinformation about self-publishing and indie authors. For one reason or another, many journalists continue to push the agenda of Legacy Publishers. One myth that often does the rounds is this — people who self-publish do so because they’ve been rejected by traditional publishers. I’m here to tell you that this […]
August 23, 2014
Some quotes: Middlemen and money.
“When any industry fills itself with middle managers, those middle managers will quite naturally work to justify their own existence. The less their own existence is inherently necessary, the harder they will work to appear to be necessary.” – Hamilton Nolan, Gawker. “Amazon has given all authors—not just the big names—a better chance of being […]
August 17, 2014
What’s wrong with Australian bookstores?
I’ve been thinking a lot about bookstores today. The Facebook page for a bookstore in my city posted a link to an article titled “How to quit Amazon and shop in an actual bookstore”. I replied by suggesting that bookstores should actually be looking at Amazon for ways to improve. Here’s the thing: I quite […]
August 15, 2014
Progress Report: What I’m Working on Now.
The launch of Degenerated, and the sale that coincided with it, went really well. Now that the dust has settled, I think it’s a good time for an update. So… what am I working on now? I’m happy to say that work on the third and final book in the tunnel trilogy, Aberrated, is well […]
August 1, 2014
Weekly Wrap-Up: Two Guest Posts and an Interview
In case you haven’t noticed, I’ve been super busy lately. I launched Degenerated, have been organising a bunch of promos for Irradiated, and am trying to keep writing at the same time. Recently, I’ve been given the opportunity to pop-up at various locations across the internet: Guest Post on Michael Patrick Hicks website: It’s not […]
July 30, 2014
July 29, 2014
Degenerated
Flynn, a quiet but determined young man, lives in an underground road tunnel with thousands of others. The world outside is a wasteland, and the radiation of the sun can mutate genes. But Flynn has a secret: he himself has a hidden mutation, an erratic ability to kill with his mind.
When a woman finds Flynn claming there are others like him, with strange and powerful mutations, he must make a choice—does he continue to live in the shadows, or will he risk his life to save his own kind?
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July 21, 2014
Kindle Unlimited — The Apocalypse or the Second Coming?
If you live in the USA, right now you can download Irradiated for free. In fact, you can now download about 650,000 books for free (because you might need something to read once you’ve finished Irradiated). How? Well, Lord Amazon decided to send the literary world into meltdown by unleashing its new Kindle Unlimited program. […]
