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RealmShift
A race against time and the Devil
"RealmShift is phenomenal. If it’s not already on your bookshelf it should be."
MageSign
Believe in the blood 
"a gritty tale of blood rituals, mystery, and mysticism… grabs hold of the reader and doesn’t let go"
The Darkest Shade Of Grey
You can tell the story.
"...stunning supernatural noir..."
Ghost Of The Black
"Everything about it is bang on"
Write The Fight Right
“The best way for a writer to learn what’s really involved in brawling, short of going down the pub and starting something.”
A few times now I’ve run a workshop at conventions which is all about writing realistic fight scenes. Writers are constantly told to “write what you know” and good writers will research things they don’t know very well. More accurately, writers should “write what you know, or have gone and found out about”. I’m...
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Just a quick reminder that as part of the promotion for Helen Lowe’s awesome new book, Heir Of Night, I was invited to write a guest post for her blog. The subject is why writing F&SF rocks my world. So read all about my writing history and where I developed my love of F&SF...
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At Worldcon I was lucky enough to be asked to do a reading of my work. I was also lucky in that I was able to share that reading session with Helen Lowe. Helen is an awesome author from New Zealand and she read from her forthcoming book The Heir Of Night. Well, that...
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Baggage is a new anthology of short stories, published by Eneit Press and edited by Gillian Polack. You may remember Gillian being mentioned on here before – she was kind enough to officiate for me at the book launch of MageSign late last year. This anthology that she’s put together is a pretty awesome...
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You may remember a little while ago that I hosted a day of Kate Forsyth’s blog book tour for The Puzzle Ring. Well, Kate is far from the only talented writer in the family. Her sister, Belinda Murrell, is also a talented and prolific writer in her own right. Seriously, these two are enough...
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I was interviewed recently by Joanna Penn, of The Creative Penn website, for a podcast. Joanna blogs, podcasts and video blogs on all aspects writing, publishing and promotion. In this podcast she asks me about all kinds of things, from the nature of writing with religious mythology and the trouble it can cause, to...
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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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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 about how to make use of the long tail and work your way up...
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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 very smart people about the future of publishing, specifically about how readers and writers...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Today sees us at the halfway point of the book tour and so far it’s all going swimmingly. Thanks to everyone that’s been following along and those that are hosting me along the way. Some of the timing is a bit up and down, but that’s what happens when you have posts hosted in...
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The blog tour rumbles ever onwards and today you can find me over at Publetariat.com. Publetariat is is an online community and news hub built specifically for indie authors and small, independent imprints. I’m a regular contributor over there myself and this time around site founder April Hamilton interviews me about why I chose...
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Welcome to the website of author Alan Baxter.
I write dark fantasy, sci fi and horror, ride a motorcycle and love my dog. I also teach Kung Fu, hence the Warrior Scribe tag above. A friend once referred to me that way and I liked it, so it stuck. Learn all about me and my work by clicking About Alan just below the header.
Our world is built on language and storytelling. Without stories, we are nothing.
The Word is a place to learn more about me, my stories and the words of others. Click the links along the top for all kinds of stuff, search the sidebars for loads of other stuff, click on book covers for reviews and previews, enjoy the blog and don't be shy to share your words, in comments or send me an email:
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