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Category Archives: indie novels
Cider Lane at a Sale price on Kindle for the week…
As the title says. My first novel, which was published way back in the dim dark days of 2015, is on at a promotional price on Kindle this week of only 99c/99p. It’s a novel about bullying, self-harm, coping mechanisms, … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, amwriting, blogging, book reviews, books, booksale, cider lane, depression, fiction, goodreads, humour, indie, indie novels, kindlesale, novels, publication, reads, world book day, writes, writing
Tagged blogging, bookblog, bookcovers, bookreview, bookreviews, books, booksale
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A Right Good Spannering…
For the last couple of weeks, I have feverously been writing a short story for a SciFi/ steampunk/ fantasy anthology been put together by Sixth Element Publishing I was asked to submit to. Sixth Element is the home of C … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, amwriting, Esqwiths, fiction, Hannibal Smyth, humour, indie, indie novels, novels, Passing Place, reads, Uncategorized, writes, writing
Tagged #amwriting, amreadingscifi, amwritingscifi, Hannibal Smyth, steampunk, writer
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Pointless list of wonderfulness 2
To reiterate the original of these posts: Like most people who blog, I read a lot of blogs. I probably don’t read as many blogs as I should, as I am forever saving a link to my bookmarks and never quite … Continue reading
Kind words and thanks…
This post is by way of a follow up to ‘The Waiting Room of the Psyche‘ which I posted back at the dying embers of June. To be specific, it relates to a particular part of that post which was … Continue reading
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Cover story…
Whats the old adage about judging a book by its cover? Well with that in mind I am contemplating changing the cover design for Passing Place. The original cover was designed, due to a desire on my part to have … Continue reading
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Valuing your craft… reprised…
How do you value the results of your craft? It’s one of those questions that’s always hard to answer, and harder to answer as a writer than, for example, as a carpenter. You might want to bear with me here for … Continue reading
Posted in amwriting, blogging, indie, indie novels, opinion, politics, rant, self-publishing, writes, writing
Tagged #amwriting, ciderlane, Hannibal Smyth, Passing Place, rants, reading, reads, writer, writers, writerslife, writing, writingtips
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Reading Habits and Old Haunts…
I read a lot, (yes I know this doesn’t come as a shock to anyone). I also tend to have more than one book on the go at any given time. There is a system, there has to be a … Continue reading
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Steampunk and Alan Shaw…
Steampunk is a broad, and occasionally elusive, church. You can, in point of fact, stick a top hat on a story, liberally sprinkle around a few cog-wheels, the odd bit of clockwork, a corset or two and voila, you have … Continue reading
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The page count problem…
Wheather you self-publish or go the traditional route page count is a problem for a writer. The reasons page count matters are different, but the result is the same. But for a writer, unless you’re one of those rare ones … Continue reading
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