You’ve seen the banners for a week or so now, so I think it’s time to tell you what I’m up to. Speculative Realm will need some heavy marketing later in the year, when the anthology is published, so I’ve decided to learn about marketing, because I want to see sales for the anthology [...]

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Since the loss of my son in May last year, I haven’t slept well. At first, I would be lucky to get two hours sleep each night, however, now I’m getting around five to six hours sleep. At least this number of hours helps me function…almost. I still have concentration and memory [...]

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On Friday, I told you how much I love Cat’s Eyes. At that stage, I had gone through the printed manuscript and added everything I felt was missing after writing book 2 of the series and learning more about the people and the world. However, I still had to transfer my written notes [...]

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A member of my Email Writers’ Group shared this link and I thought I’d share it here too.
The 36 Plots is written with RPG in mind, but I think the essense of what’s being said can be applied to novel or short story writing too. I hope it helps someone over a stumbling block. [...]

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I found this simple page of Some Dos and Don’ts in writing. Some of the things listed are common sense, but others may not be so well known.
However, one of them I didn’t understand at all and would appreciate some enlightenment. Maybe I’m not fully awake, although I should be it’s [...]

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The end of the month is less than a week away, which is meant to be the deadline for my read through and final edit of Cat’s Eyes. I have to admit to lagging behind on this goal. However, being as today is Australia Day – a public holiday – I decided to [...]

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What is wisdom exactly? The dictionary tells me it’s: The ability to discern or judge what is true, right, or lasting; insight. Some say it is knowledge, but I believe that wisdom and knowledge are different things and that wisdom comes with age and experience. Yet some people never find wisdom.
Then [...]

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Although I promised myself that I would start the read through on Cat’s Eyes on Thursday night. I didn’t. I let worries get to me and distract me. In fact, I let those worries take hold of me on Friday too.
This morning, however, I woke with the birds and sat in bed [...]

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Midnight for Charlie Bone (The Children of the Red King, Book 1) I bought books 1 and 2, brand new, for only $4 on sale, which I thought was a bargain.
First off, I have to admit that I bought these books because I thought (maybe I saw this on the internet somewhere, [...]

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Since returning to work after the Christmas break, I have found that I can no longer reach this blog from work, which is a real pain. I don’t think my workplace has done anything to stop me. I believe it has something to do with the problems I’ve been experiencing on this website [...]

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