Archive for October, 2009

All right then. Seeing as I’m a writer of all things macabre and occult (among other things) I thought I’d celebrate Halloween. Along with the fantastic joint promotion with Gryphonwood Press, where we’re giving away loads of ebooks for free, I thought I’d post on what Halloween is really all about. Of course, I...
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My independent press, in conjunction with Gryphonwood Press in the US, is running a Halloween special where we’re offering all our books in ebook format for nothing, just for Halloween. Here’s the announcement from the Blade Red Press website: Here at Blade Red Press we’re very pleased to announce a special offer in conjunction...
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A while ago when I did my blog book tour for RealmShift and MageSign one of the people kind enough to host me was Pat Bertram. She hosted the interview with Isiah, the protagonist from the books. I’m very pleased now to return the favour and host a guest post from Pat as she...
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My independent publisher, Blade Red Press, has announced the editor for our first anthology. Many of the regular readers here will be familiar with the AHWA’s own Brenton Tomlinson, and it’s very exciting to have Brenton on board for Dark Pages, Volume 1. Read the full announcement here on the Blade Red website. .
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I’ve been away for the last week, enjoying the peace and quiet of the Bega Valley with Halinka and Penry the Spacklehound. We did all kinds of sight seeing, visited cool little towns and gardens, went horse rising with friends and generally had a ball. It was very relaxing. However, the highlight of the...
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You so need to come to this store in Bega. They have such a great range.
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And by wild, I mean me. I’m going to be off around Brogo and Bega for the next week, with pretty poor and infrequent internet connection. So, don’t be surprised if things go a bit quiet around here and Twitter and Facebook over the next week or so. Of course, I can’t handle being...
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I quite enjoy the little writing exercises that people come up with sometimes. You get these at a lot of creative writing courses and workshops. They’re basically little triggers designed to get you writing. The truth is that when it comes to being a writer, there are six really, REALLY important things that you...
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I’ve downloaded the WordPress app for my iPhone. I’m currently sitting on my couch with my iPhone linked to my home wireless network typing out this test post. Hopefully it works. If it does I’m going to have a little nerdgasm. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I love the future....
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I’ve been copping a bit of (friendly) flak the last couple of weeks because I’ve slipped on the Friday Flash thing. It’s hard to keep up with all the projects that I have going on, especially with people hassling me for the next book and the next Ghost Of The Black novella. Plus I’m...
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