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It’s Indie October over at Mark Hayes’ blog, The Passing Place.  It’s not an easy journey for authors. 2020 has seen Covid lockdowns, government budget cuts for the Arts, an apparent paper shortage and print delays. It’s even harder for Indie authors… especially when we aren’t ( Read more... )

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Well, this is interesting.

Last time I published an eBook, via Smashwords and Draft 2 Digital (and listed it on Goodreads and my website bookshop), the entire process took about 3-7 days to sort itself out. With this in mind, and now my Patreon Adventurer Extraordinaire and ( Read more... )

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Okay… the bad news first:
I doubt I will have A Fey Tale polished enough for publication before the end of the year.  Then there’s the beta reader round and final editing…

Yes, blame Covid, if you like. It sucks. Depression and anxiety suck (the words right out of my head). I’m ( Read more... )

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This month, I’m booked to attend an online writing course with Jim Butcher on the 10th (squee), so I’ll be doing my Patreon videochat reward on: Sat 17th, 11.30 am to 12.30 pm - (Adelaide time - ASCT).

Check your time zones, and set your clocks.

I’ll be chatting about ( Read more... )

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It’s come to my attention that book scammers may be selling heavily discounted copies of my first book, Doctor Jack & Other Tales, on Amazon.

The ONLY current edition of Doctor Jack is edition 2.
Look for the title: Doctor Jack & Other Tales, with the SUBTITLE: The Adventures ( Read more... )

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This time last year I was preparing to release my latest steampunk novel, The Department of Curiosities. I was in New Zealand, with my Dearheart, doing Lord of the Rings tours on the North Island, and finishing up at the Oamaru Steampunk Festival, down South. We had a ball. ( Read more... )

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(This post was originally posted on my Patreon page on 25th May, 2018)

Yesterday (last Thursday) was a very difficult day.As many of my readers and followers know, I suffer from workplace anxiety (and recently diagnosed as PTSD).

It was a bad day. I had a major panic attack, ( Read more... )

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12-13 hours writing a day for two weeks and crashing iron levels. I’m exhausted. One. More. Long. Chapter. To. Go.
Then it’s a final rewrite and resolving any persisting sticky notes… and to the beta readers!
I’m cutting it fine but I’ve almost made up for two months of ( Read more... )

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Aunt Enid should be finished later this month. I’ve had to reschedule the official launch to 21st May.  29th May.

I’m still battling the respiratory issues from the burn offs when I was in Melbourne. Regular readers will know I get bronchitis from dust, pollution/smog and smoke ( Read more... )

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This was my first interstate convention trip to sell my books. I’ve been interstate many, many times in the past to attend them (mostly in the 80s/90s for fan cons). So this was an adventure.

The big questions were:

• How to find close accommodation
• How many books, mugs and ( Read more... )