Monthly Archives: September 2009

Conflux 6 report #1 – Arrival

by alan • September 30, 2009 • 11 Comments

So, I’ve made the short (by Australian standards) drive to Canberra for Conflux 6. I’ve mentioned previously all the bits and pieces that I’ll be doing here. Here’s the run-down again if you’re interested. I’m staying at the Marque Hotel,…

by alan • September 30, 2009 • 8 Comments

I write about magic and monsters and demons and all that stuff. I love the fantasy, horror and sci fi genre and the ideas it plays with. I’m happy to admit that there’s an awful lot out there that we…

by alan • September 29, 2009 • 0 Comments

Ever wondered how you’re going to get your erotic werewolf scifi mysteries noticed by readers? Following yesterday’s guest post here by MCM about how to make reviews work for writers, today MCM picks up where he left off and talks…

by alan • September 28, 2009 • 9 Comments

Today I’m pleased to present a guest post by MCM. This post explores the difficulties in building a fan base through word of mouth, and talks about how reviewers can help us with that. Recently, I’ve had some conversations with…

by alan • September 24, 2009 • 22 Comments

This is another piece from the archives. I found this short story while looking for something else and thought I might rework it into a little #fridayflash piece. I hope you like it. . Strange Death ‘Remind me again why…

by alan • September 21, 2009 • 13 Comments

My wife and I popped into a cafe yesterday to grab a sandwich while doing things around town. I was rather disturbed by the menu. Given that I’m writing up this post at 2.10 pm perhaps I should actually be…

by alan • September 20, 2009 • 6 Comments

A reader was kind enough to point out to me recently that the epub versions of RealmShift and MageSign had a formatting error. It seems that the font size switched between 10 point and 12 point fairly randomly throughout both…

by alan • September 19, 2009 • 0 Comments

There is nothing better for an author than words of praise from a reader. A reader doesn’t have to say anything about a book they read. If they don’t like any given book, they usually just don’t say anything other…

by alan • September 19, 2009 • 14 Comments

I’m not bitter at the success of Dan Brown. Really, I’m not. I would love to sell one book for every 10,000 books Dan Brown sells and I’d consider myself very sucessful, but I don’t resent his success. Anyone that…

by alan • September 17, 2009 • 21 Comments

I have very little time this week, so I apologise if this little piece is not up to my usual standard. I pretty much wrote it and posted it in a single sitting, which is something I never usually do.…