This week I’ve been too caught up in promoting the online book launch party for the anthology to do any writing. However, the weekend is here and I refuse to let spare hours in the day not be put to good use.
Let’s talk about writing for a change.
The first draft of Mirror Image is [...]

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It doesn’t take a genius to know what I’ve been up to in recent weeks. Anyone who knows me even slightly well will grumble when they see this post – “No! Not more on the anthology!”
Marketing a book is no easy task. That’s something I have discovered first hand. [...]

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It took me a while to make and even longer to upload to YouTube, but I’m pleased with the results. Enjoy!

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As you know, my short story “Where Strength Lies” has been published in the anthology “Speculative Realms: Where there’s a will, there’s a way”.
My story is a romantic fantasy story and the other stories all fall into the speculative fiction genre, which include fantasy, science fiction and horror. There are 13 stories in [...]

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I’m a writer, but now I’m trying my hand at marketing. I’ve borrowed a number of books from the library, which are giving me ideas to try. All of them talk about the importance of writing and distributing a press release upon publication.
There is a specific format to follow. Here are links [...]

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This is the novel length manuscript I started in November 2007. The whole plot came to me in a flash and because of that I found it easy to write. I recently read through what I had written in November, expecting it to be disjointed, and was surprised to find that it read [...]

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I feel sure that I’ve mentioned this before, but I am unable to find reference to it so I’ll say it again. My focus on this blog has changed over recent months, and I intend to use this space to document my journey as a writer from this point in time. That is [...]

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Today, I had a “first time” experience that felt quite different to what I had imagined it would. Someone asked me to sign their copy of the anthology!
If this had happened through email or a website, I would have been fine about it, but this was a real life experience and it threw me [...]

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The battery on my laptop is about to run out, so I have to be quick.
The new template is finished. The home page has also been replaced. I like it and I hope you do too. Now that it’s done, perhaps I’ll be inspired to write some proper posts. [...]

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I’m happy with the outcome so far. I did experience problems accessing the page earlier, but I have a feeling it had something to do with the widgets. I’ve now customised the sidebars, and no longer use the widgets, so I hope the problem is fixed.
I think I’ve got everything covered, except for [...]

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