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The River
Before moving here, I’ve only ever visited Hebden Bridge in the summer. The Hebden Water river I saw was a gentle stream, a few inches of water tumbling gently over its rocky bed, frequently braiding into rivulets that left much of the channel free of water. When people talked about the town being vulnerable to…
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A Belated Announcement of a Geographical Nature
I have news, that news being that I’m not in Brighton anymore, but am in fact… well actually I’m currently in a hotel room in Mumbai on a trip with the day job, which is why I’ve found myself with the time to type this announcement, an announcement I’m making a shockingly bad fist of. Let…
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Feedback Of The Nicest Kind
Yesterday, a reader tweeted to say that she’d enjoyed If Pigs Could Fly, and hoped there would be a sequel. I RTed that with a replying comment and was really happy to then find the Dublin 2019 Worldcon bid account RTing that to its followers: And to complete my day, the Irish Discworld Convention account…
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Dragonmeet 2015
Just a quick post to say that I will be at Dragonmeet 2015 on Saturday 5th December selling my books Game Night and If Pigs Could Fly. Dragonmeet’s a one day, London gaming convention. It’s a great con, that I’d strongly recommend. And if you do come, please drop by my table and say hi.
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I Know I’m Biased, But…
So I was playing Lego Duplo with the little one the other day and I made her a twin-jet, medium bomber, as you do. She was very happy with it, and was playing “flying” with it, and then she picked up a discarded piece of assembly from a previous build, and announced that she was going…
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To KDP Select, Or Not To KDP Select… That Is The Awful Moral Choice
Below emphases in all quotes, mine: What is KDP Select? KDP Select is an optional program for you to reach even more readers and gives you the opportunity to earn more money. If you choose to make a book exclusive to the Kindle Store, which is a requirement during your book’s enrollment in KDP Select,…
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The Road to Publication: Part II
Previous Post: << The Road to Publication: Part I In my previous post, I described the journey that had led to my decision to self-publish my second novel, If Pigs Could Fly. In this post, I’m going to talk a little about the nuts and bolts details that the process involved, mainly in the hope that…
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The Road to Publication: Part I
Tomorrow, Tuesday 6th October 2015, sees the publication of my second novel If Pigs Could Fly (Buy on Amazon UK | Buy on Amazon US), by my own imprint Wild Jester Press. It’s been a long journey and I thought now might be a good moment to share some of what I’ve experienced along that journey,…
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IDWCon 2015: Sunday Morning Progress Report
It’s day three now of the Irish Discworld Convention 2015, and I’m sitting in the Plaza of Broken Moons (a.k.a. the lobby) typing this. For those of you who don’t know, IDWCon (as it’s typically referred to) is an Irish version of the International Discworld convention held in the UK. Since it’s held on those years…
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To Specify Date or Not To Specify Date
A choice faced by novelists when starting a novel is whether to set it in specific time period, or “in the now”, where in the now means to write the novel in such a way that a reader will assume that it is set in the time that the reader currently lives in. So if…
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