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Part 2 of my Author's Den interview up now

The second part of my interview with Lorna Suzuki over at Author's Den is up now if you're interested in having a read. This part talks more about the process of my writing and my rituals and habits.

You can find the interview here.

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The Esperanto Twitter storm

My friends on Twitter @keikomushi and @IronMan1176 were having a conversation and languages came up. IronMan said he was studying a bit of Spanish before bed. Keiko said: "I tried to learn Esperanto a few times, but I have always had trouble with languages."

I opened my virtual mouth and caused a bit of upset. (Yeah, it happens quite often.)

You see, I've always been mildly amused by Esperanto. Essentially it's a language invented as an attempt at a global standard. Here's some of the Wikipedia en

All spammers are scum

Yooo..

I kno it has nothing to do with what you wrote, but have you ever heard of http://www.scumscumscumbastard/ringto... . They seems to promise free ringtones

PS. Dont be an ass, this is NOT spam

Yes it fucking is, you scumbag.

We all know that spammers are some of the lowest, parasitic, bottom-feeding bastards out there. Literally feeding off the ignorance or confusion of people, particularly those that are most vulnerable like the elderly and less educated. People that are trying to em

Interview at Author's Den

I'm sure most of you have heard enough of me crapping on about writing, books, publishing and so on, especially following the recent blog tour. However, the wonderful Lorna Suzuki is a person not unlike myself – a martial artist and writer. She has a blog over at Author's Den and you can read an interview I did for her there. Part one is up at the moment, with part 2 due to go up on Thursday. If you're interested to read more about my writing and books, then head on over and check out the interv

Blog book tour – the wrap, with stats

Right, so this will be my last post on the blog book tour. I'm sure most of you are sick of reading about it by now. However, quite a few people have asked me to write up how it went, what kind of results I saw from it and so on, so this last post will be an attempt to wrap it all up.

To sum up there were eleven posts overall, but one was a no-show. The tour was scheduled with ten guest spots on ten different blogs, but I was fortunate enough to have Mark Coker, founder of Smashwords.com, intervi

Drag Me To Hell – review

It's no secret (read my books!) that I'm a bit of a horror fan. I like the dark yarns. Regulars will also know that I'm a bit of a Sam Raimi fan. I recently re-watched The Evil Dead and reviewed it briefly here.

So, when I heard about a new Sam Raimi horror film, I was there like a fly on a rotting corpse. I have to say, I really enjoyed it. It's great to see Raimi return to his roots after outings in big Hollywood blockbusters like the recent Spider-Man flicks.

The basic premise behind Drag Me To

Friday guest post – Our Saucy Medieval Heritage by Michael Fridman

For the ever more infrequent Friday Guest Post, here's something very entertaining from Michael Fridman, fellow Blade Red Press author and all-round interesting fellow. In this post he explores the legacy of language derived from our less than prudish past and some stories that are worth checking out for some olden days racy fun. There are loads of very cool links throughout this piece, so be sure to check them out.

Our Saucy Medieval Heritage

Blog book tour Day 10 – The End (for now…)

We've reached Day 10 of the blog book tour. It's been a lot of fun! I noticed this today over at Ruthie's blog:

Sorry for the interruption

I just wanted ot let you all know that I am still here, but due to having my computer down for the next two weeks – I have limited usage and time with a computer until then.

In two weeks, I will be back with Quote of the Days!! and more reviews! So please do not leave me, as I am not leaving you. Stupid computer!!!!

LOL

Anyways, I got a sec to tell everyone this,

Blog book tour Day 9

So the blog tour train rumbles onwards. Today I'm at Musings Of An Aussie Writer, the blog of Aussie horror writer Brenton Tomlinson. At BT's blog I'm talking in a bit more detail about what's involved in indie publishing, what opportunities and pitfalls there are and what I think the future holds.

Blog book tour Day 9 – Indie authors and the future at Musings Of An Aussie Writer

Don't forget that for the duration of the tour (until July 29th) you can get ebook editions of both RealmShift and Mage

Blog book tour Days 7 & 8

Well, the first hiccough in the blog tour strikes today. I haven't heard from Ruthie over at Ruthie's Book Reviews. She was due to post a review of MageSign on Sunday as Day 7 of the tour. She let slip on her blog back on July 20th under the heading "Books I Read Last Week":

MageSign by Alan Baxter – Read and loved it, but you have to wait until July 26th when Alan comes on over for a visit to read the review!

So that's promising. She read and reviewed RealmShift back on June 14th and gave it 4/5.