A Year in Books – 2016

Philip HarrisBooks

Following on from my end of year wrap up, here’s the 101 books I read last year (thanks to Goodreads for the massive image) That’s a lot of books and almost … Read More

I Have Hugh Howey’s DNA

Philip HarrisAuthors, Books, Chatter

Nautically inclined indie author, Hugh Howey, is taking to the seas to live the life of a pirate or something. Sadly, the catamaran Hugh is having built doesn’t have space for all the books he collected … Read More

The Truth About David Gatewood

Philip HarrisFree Fiction

This blog post could end my indie career. I don’t normally write about political or other emotionally charged subjects, but I can no longer stay silent on the subject of … Read More

The Dark Age by Jason Gurley

Philip HarrisBooks, Reviews

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

AuthorEarnings.com

Philip HarrisChatter, Publishing

Hugh Howey, author of the Wool series and darling of the indie publishing world, has fired another salvo at traditional publishing. In fact, he appears to have launched a fully … Read More

Inbetween Days

Philip HarrisWriting, Writing Process

So, with first draft of The Ghost Smuggler written and filed away for a few weeks before I start revising it, what’s next? Well, first up, I don’t want to stop writing. … Read More

Dust

Philip HarrisAuthors, Books

Dust by Hugh Howey

The third book in Hugh Howey’s Silo Series, Dust, was released today. The first book in the series, Wool, began life as a fantastic short story that Hugh self-published at … Read More

Forward Progress

Philip HarrisThe Ghost Smuggler, Writing

When we left our hero (that’s me), he was knocking on the door of the 70,000 word mark of his novel, The Ghost Smuggler. Yesterday, after some back and forth as … Read More