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Writing stop 30-09-2017

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Today I drove west from Bridge of Cally, through some small villages including the world famous Dull, then found myself not lost, but not quite sure where I was -- but when it looks like this, who cares.
I didn't get much written, but it was a spectacular place to stop and have a cuppa and catch my breath for a half-hour.
Onward to Oban tomorrow, and a lunch of UK's best fish & chips.

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Writing On the Road

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I know Jack Kerouac did that, but ...

I'm two weeks into an extended road trip in northern England and south Scotland to find us a suitable place to relocate. There's no end date for this journey, just the condition that I need to cover and learn about the areas we've short-listed. get a feel for how life would be there as a resident, not as a tourist. 

Northumberland, and Galloway, both have a great deal to offer people like us who want a more rural life with space for gar...

Cerise Noire The latest novel by A.J. Sendall

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Cerise Noire was published today.

It's been a while since you've heard from me, in fact it's been a long while since anyone has heard from me. The reason is that I've been head down writing another book which I sincerely hope you'll read and enjoy. Cerise Noire is a mystery/suspense novel that will keep you guessing until the last few pages.
Read the blurb here.

In the past couple of months I've re-branded The Sydney Quartet with new covers and some slight textural changes t...

Indie Author and the Ford Cortina

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What’s an indie author got to do with a recalcitrant Ford Cortina? More than you might imagine! I suppose we all remember firsts. The first job, the first car, the first kiss…

I wasn’t an indie author in the summer 1974, but it was when I bought my first car. It was a ten-year-old Mk1 Ford Cortina, bottle green, the Deluxe version, and 1500cc. That first day of ownership, while driving home sticking to the hot vinyl seats, and fiddling with the radio, I almost stacked it...

Cerise Noire

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Cerise Noire - Completion of The Sydney Quartet

Cerise Noire is due for release in May 2017 on all major retail sights, and is currently available for pre-order on Kobo, Nook, Google Play, and Apple. (Links below.)

Winter is a great time for writing - sitting by a log fire, pots of tea, and a snow covered landscape to gaze at in between scenes.
It seems to have been a long winter this year, but the yearning for spring is offset by the satisfaction of having completed a 95...

Dark Minds!

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Dark Minds... Coming Soon! [image error]

I’m thrilled to say thatmy short story The Sydney Dahlia will be included in the first volume of the charity anthology, Dark Minds (ed. by Betsy Reavley) to be published in mid-December.

Due to the amazing generosity of the authors, and the hard work of Betsy and her team at Bloodhound Books,there’ll be an impressivethirty-nine stories in this first collection by crime and dark fiction authors, including some ‘big’ namessuch as Lucy V Hay,...

Guest Post

A guest post with a few characters from the Sydney underworld

Hosting a guest post, and choosing who to invite today wasn't easy. Getting the mix right took a while, and of course consideration had to be given to who would want to come and who might be pissed if left out.

Carol was easy (she always was), she's garrulous, fun and easy on the eye. She has occasionally referred to a friend called Heather, and I've never known if it was Heather Todd, or someone else. Anyway, I asked Heather to...

Free Kindle Fire and eBook Competition Giveaway

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Launch Celebration for Meet Me at Harry'sYou guys all like free stuff, right?

As part of the launch celebration,I'm giving away 20 free copies of Shadow House... plus one lucky winner will receive a FREE Kindle Fire!

To enter for a chance to win the free Kindle Fire, all you have to do is share this post onFacebook, Twitter, or Pinterest using the share buttons below.

A tweet, or sharing on Pinterest earns you one entry. Sharing on FB earns you two entries. So...

New Release – The Sydney Quartet

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New Release - Meet Me at Harry’s

Dear Readers,
The next new release inThe Sydney Quartet collection is now available for pre-order, with an official release date of May 6.
I hope you enjoyed reading 'Shadow House' and 'Flank Street', and will go on to enjoy 'Meet Me at Harry’s'. For those of you who are not familiar with Harry's Cafe de Wheels, it is an iconic pie cart situated in the Sydney suburb of Woolloomooloo. (Woolloomooloo — what a great name.) Harry’s has been servi...

Are you over writing blog posts getting zero comments?

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I know the pain. You work for weeks on a new blog post: researching, writing, editing, rewriting, finding the perfect images, formatting, etc.You hit publish. You wait. You refresh. Nothing.

It’s enough to want you make you quit this whole blogging thing…why isn’t anyone reading your stuff?

Your content isn’t the problem, but maybe your headline is…

Did you know you only have 2.6 seconds to win a new visitor over. If you fail, they leave and will likely never return.This...