It’s sale time! To celebrate the launch of the third book in the Serial Killer Z series, Shadows, I’m running a sale on most of my books. These prices only run until December 12th so if you’ve got gaps in your collection, now is the time to pick them up. After all, no one wants gaps in their collection! Glitch Mitchell Action Packed Science Fiction Adventure Glitch Mitchell and the Unseen Planet Normally $3.99 Sale Price $0.99 Amazon Kobo iTunes Nook The Leah King Trilogy Dystopian Science Fiction Complete Collection Normally $4.99 Sale Price $2.99 Amazon The Girl in the City Only $0.99 Amazon The Girl in the Wilderness Normally $2.99 Sale Price $0.99 Amazon The Girl in the Machine Normally $2.99 Sale Price $0.99 Amazon Serial Killer Z Dark Zombie Horror Serial Killer Z: Infection (Prequel) Free Download Serial Killer Z Normally $2.99 Sale Price $0.99 Amazon Serial Killer Z: Sanctuary Normally $2.99 Sale Price $0.99 Amazon Serial Killer Z: Shadows Normally $2.99 Sale Price $0.99 Amazon [Not a Black Friday Sale by Philip Harris first appeared on Solitary Mindset on 10th December 2017]
Looking Forward, 2017
After posting my belated end of year wrap up, I figured I’d better also look forward to what’s ahead in 2017… I talked about setting goals on New Year’s Day and mentioned my big personal goal – running a marathon in under four hours. That goal has actually been in the back of my mind for a few years but 2017 is the year I’m really going to focus on my speed and fitness (and weight) and try to hit that. My wife and I recently worked out which races we’re going to take part in this year and it’s a fairly long list, but a lot of them will be used as training runs for my main goal of that sub-four hour marathon. Time will tell whether it will pan out but I’m looking forward to trying. I’ll probably make the odd post here about my progress for those who are interested in how a moderately unfit, middle aged guy prepares for a marathon. I also mentioned my eight book publishing schedule. That’s pretty aggressive, even though I have a couple of the books complete and two more in draft form. I’ve laid out the schedule for the first half of the year and this is what it … Read More
Farewell, 2016
Continuing my tradition of posting end of year wrap ups late… 2016 was a mixed year for me, personally. We lost a lot of great people including some of my idols (I’m listening to David Bowie’s new EP right now) and people close to me. The internet seems to be getting more and more toxic by the day, and the less said about Brexit and the US election the better. But there was plenty of ups to offset the downs. I moved into a new apartment that doesn’t turn into an oven in the summer, and a new role on a very exciting project in my day job. It means I’ll be busier than I’ve been recently, but the work will be much more fulfilling. My writing went very well, too. I hit 282,441 words over the whole year which is a new record (I wrote 275,872 words in 2014 and 255,470 in 2015). There was plenty of editing in there as well so I’m happy with that. I’ve got ambitious plans for this year, so I’m hoping to break 300,000 words. We’ll see. I worked on several new projects during that time including the second and third Leah King books, The … Read More
One Year with Glitch Mitchell
On August 22nd 2015 I clicked published on my first full length indie title – Glitch Mitchell and the Unseen Planet. Three days later, I officially launched the book. The Unseen Planet is a science fiction novel inspired by the old Flash Gordon serials that I used to watch on TV when I was young. It’s fast paced, over the top, and doesn’t take itself too seriously. I originally planned the idea as side project that would be posted here on the blog. The goal was to produce ten 1,000 word chapters and post one every Saturday morning. That idea grew into twenty-six 1,000 word chapters, but when I started writing they ended up coming in at 2-3,000 words. The end result was a full length novel that I didn’t quite know what to do with. The book sat on my hard drive for quite a while until I read a post by some guy called Hugh Howey. He was talking about his new cover designer-M.S. Corley. I was very impressed with Mike’s portfolio, one thing led to another, and I ended up commissioning a cover for The Unseen Planet. Now I had a cover, I had to publish the book. It took a while, plus the tender ministrations of two editors and three … Read More