New chat on the Lovecraft Ezine

I had a great chat with Mike Davis of the Lovercraft Ezine. We talked about about social media for creators, about small-town horror, about my books, and more! Find it all here: YouTube: https://youtu.be/F-kT3HCfMfI Apple:...

Picking a good tag line

This is something that comes from movies, but I find it really useful for books too. Everyone’s heard of the elevator pitch, right? The idea there is that you explain your book in the time it takes to ride an elevator a few floors. So if you’re at a party...

Pace, Tension, Action!

If you’re in the Wollongong region, I’m teaching a writing workshop on March 30th for the South Coast Writers Centre (the workshop is in Coledale). Pace, Tension, Action! All the details at the link....

Devouring Dark, Eli Carver and Served Cold currently out of print

Just a quick note to let folks know that my novel Devouring Dark, the Eli Carver novella series, and my short story collection Served Cold are all currently out of print. Hopefully this will only be a short-term situation and we’ll see these books available again...

Stepping down as President of the AHWA

It is with some mixed feelings that today at the AGM I stepped down as President of the Australasian Horror Writers Association. I’ve greatly enjoyed my time in the role and feel like I’ve achieved a lot. However, after three years as President (and a year or two...

SERVED COLD published in Taiwan

This is very exciting news! Served Cold is being translated and published in Taiwan! It comes out there next month (November 2023) with this sweet cover. Huge thanks to Alex Adsett for scoring this deal, along with Greyhawk Agency 光磊國際版權公司 and Global Group Publishers....