Okay, technically I think these are things I’ve learned over the last two weeks but I was too tired after the marathon to post any of these last week. Hopefully you’ll … Read More
Metrics Monday – 5th May 2014
This book just keeps getting longer. I wrote another 5,046 words last week and the majority of that was new content for The Ghost Smuggler. I’m happy with that word count – … Read More
The Dark Age by Jason Gurley
I first came across Jason Gurley on the writers’ cafe forums on kboards. He’d just lost his job and was selling some very impressive premade book covers. Since then he’s become one of … Read More
#WeNeedDiverseBooks
I’m pretty much the opposite of diversity (in fact, I’m pretty sure I’m one of the old white guys mentioned here) but even I recognise that the lack of diversity in … Read More
“I don’t love you but I always will”
The Civil Wars are best known for their hit Barton Hollow, and deservedly so. But I also really like Poison & Wine. Probably because Johnny Depp is in the video.* They … Read More
Pennsylvania Book Bomb
Today is Pennsylvania book bomb day. That’s nice. What’s a book bomb? Well, it’s a concerted effort to sell as many copies of a book as possible in a single day – usually launch … Read More
Metrics Monday – 28th April 2014
A total of 3,506 words of fiction this week. I spent the whole week working on the second draft of The Ghost Smuggler – inching towards the end. I realised yesterday I … Read More
Five Things I Learned Last Week
It’s Sunday so it’s time for this week’s lessons. I have a newsletter and you can sign up here (or in the bar on the right). There’s a Short Fiction Writers … Read More
Into the Final Week
In seven days time, I will be running the BMO Vancouver Marathon. It will be my fifth marathon and the third time I’ve run the Vancouver course but I have no idea how … Read More