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Category Archives: indie writers
The Indie Christmas List…
Christmas is coming, the annual festival of shiny barbarism and excess, and in theory at least good will and giving. Surprising as I doubt you find it, one of my favourite gifts to give or receive at Christmas are books. … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, book reviews, books, booksale, Canadian steampunk, cider lane, cthulhu, depression, fantasy, fiction, goodnews, goodreads, grathic novels, Hannibal Smyth, Harvey Duckman, horror, humour, indie, indie novels, indie writers, indiewriter, novels, opinion, Passing Place, pointless things of wonderfulness, reads, sci-fi, steampunk, supernatural, writes, writing
Tagged amreadingscifi, bookblog, bookreview, bookreviews, booksale, goodreads, indie, indie publishing, reading, reads, reviews, writer, writerslife, writing
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A taste of Harvey…
Just putting this here…. Okay maybe a little more explanation is needed. As regular readers will be aware I have over the last year been part of the grand undertaking that is the Harvey Duckman Presents… series. The series curated … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, books, Canadian steampunk, cthulhu, dreamlands, dystopia, Esqwiths, fiction, goodnews, goodreads, Goth, Hannibal Smyth, Harvey Duckman, horror, humour, indie, indie novels, indie writers, indiewriter, novels, pointless things of wonderfulness, reads, retro book reviews, rites, sci-fi, steampunk, supernatural
Tagged authors, bookblog, books, booksale, fantasy, horror, sciencefiction, scifiscarbrough, steampunk, writer, writerslife, writing
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The economics of self-publishing
As a subject, I hate economics. Now, to be clear, the reason I hate economics is because I have studied it. A little under ten years ago, at the age of forty, I made the decision to do a degree … Continue reading
Posted in amwriting, books, indie, indie novels, indie writers, indiewriter, publication, rant, self-publishing, writes, writing
Tagged #selfpub, indie, indie publishing, indienovels, publishing, self-publishing, writer, writers, writerslife, writing, writingtip, writingtips
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A brief review…
I don’t always have the time to do long reviews on here, and sometimes long reviews are not whats needed. On other occasions I make a note to do someone a quick review on Amazon and then get distracted… As … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, book reviews, indie, indie writers, steampunk
Tagged amreading, bookblog, bookreview, books, steampunk
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November ‘Hopeless’ reviews#1
New England Gothic By Nimue Brown , illustrated by Tom Brown I am, as some readers may be aware, an unapologetic a fan boy when it comes to Tom Browns art, Nimue Browns writing and the world of Hopeless … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, book reviews, books, Canadian steampunk, cthulhu, dreamlands, fantasy, fiction, goodreads, Goth, grathic novels, horror, indie, indie novels, indie writers, IndieApril, indieoctober, indiewriter, Lovecraft, steampunk
Tagged bookblog, bookreview, bookreviews, books, cthulhu, graphic novels, hopeless, horror, Lovecraft, steampunk, steampunk fantasy
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From whence I write…
The place I write from is not a happy place. This was a lesson learn the hard way, but a lesson learned hard, is a lesson learned well. But all the same it is a bitter kind of lesson. Writing … Continue reading
Posted in amwriting, depression, dystopia, indie, indie writers, indiewriter, quotes, writes, writing
Tagged depression, indiewriter, writers, writerslife, writing
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Nanowrimo and stuff update…
November had been a busy month of writer stuff so far. Not least because its NaNoWriMo and I have been determined form the start to make a fist of it this year. Hence I have been too busy writing to … Continue reading
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Free Harvey Duckman
To celebrate the release of Harvey Duckman Presents Book 3 on Halloween. The Kindle edition of the first book in this wonderful series is available free on Kindle on the 30th and 31st. If you have not yet got a … Continue reading
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NaNoWriMo: planning for the writing fest
‘Its the most wonderful time of the year…’ No not the one in December… NaNoWriMo is almost upon us, and if you are planning to participate this year, you may be plotting already, even if your plotting to take the … Continue reading
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Tagged indie, indiewriter, nanowrimo, nanowrimo2019, writer, writers, writerslife, writing, writingtip, writingtips
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