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And it just keeps coming!
Not quite sure why all of this is happening right now, but I’m certainly not complaining! So far – as you no doubt know – I have had a short story accepted for the Grimm and Grimmer anthology by Fringe...
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And on another front – Kindle self-publishing
I have decided that I will try to self-publish a collection of Blaise Maximillian shorts. Regular readers will know that I wrote the majority of the Blaise stories as a way of practicing my flash...
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Raus! Untoten! – Or, social media and how I became an editor
Facebook, social media as a whole is one of the most positive technological developments that I’ve seen so far. Granted, there are some absolute idiots on Facebook, unfortunately they actually mirror...
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If you don’t ask, you don’t get
I’m new to the world of science fiction publishing, although I do have experience in the martial arts journalism side of things – check out my bio – and I seem to have used that to my advantage. As...
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Two Pistols Pariah and his adventures on the Merry Sue
A bit of background. Every night my youngest asks me “What should I dream about?” For the last four years or so, I’ve come up with a dream for her. Most of the dreams centre around the world of...
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Andromeda’s Offspring Anthology – The Enlightened Soldier
Well, a while ago I said that I would write and that I would get published this year. What I was hoping would be published was my novel, Shattered Lands: Torquemaster Rising, which is what I term as a...
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When a restaurant fails to live up to its own hype
I recently went to the new Cosy Club in Exeter with some friends of mine. It was an all-male convivial that will hopefully be held on a monthly basis. Mostly to get together, eat good food, drink good...
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My first short story review! – Warning, it’s short
Grimm & Grimmer Vol 2I’m sat at my desk, negotiating a bit of a tit-for-tat training package for one of my areas, when my phone dings. After the call has ended I look at the message and I see that...
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I’ve been INVITED to submit
Well, I must be doing something write – deliberate pun there, funny n’est ce pas? – because since I said at Christmas “This year I’m going to get published”, I have indeed been published and will in...
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Another positive Grimm & Grimmer 2 Review!
Well, I thought I’d pop along to Amazon to see if anyone had reviewed the Fringe Works anthology, Grimm & Grimmer Volume 2 in which my story Death’s Messengers and lo-and-behold there is indeed...
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Grimm & Grimmer Vol2 – Another awesome review!
For those that are interested, there is another review up for Grimm & Grimmer Volume 2, in which my shorty story Death’s Messenger is featured. Take a look at the review, and hopefully you’ll buy a...
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Bitter Defeat – Blaise Maximillian
Well, I know that I’ve been saying it for a long time, but I’ve finally started to edit all of my Blaise stories so that I can publish them in an anthology of short stories, most like to be know as...
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Author Interview – James Downs
James Downs As part of the Raus! Untoten! PR drive, I have been interviewing the authors, the first is with James Downs, author of Shadows in the East, a story that I believe is truly unique. Unlike...
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Christine Morgan – Raus! Untoten! Author Interview
Social media is a valuable tool if you’re an author and you use it correctly. Incorrectly used, Facebook, Twitter and any number of other sites can suck your creative time into a black hole from which...
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Raus! Untoten! – An update
Raus! Untoten! cover by Jeff Preston Anyone who knows me and either a) actually listens to me b) reads my social media updates, will know that I’m currently editing a four volume series of anthologies...
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The Squats are back! Long live the Squats aka Demiurg
The world is full of companies that are making wargaming miniatures. Many of these are clearly inspired by Games Workshop and their output. Some, such as Chapter House, have been involved in rather...
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I just got rejected and it was AWESOME!
A while ago I wrote my first-ever YA story for publication. It was only a short one, roughly five thousand words or so, but it was the first time I hadn’t written such a story for my kids. I sent it...
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Potatoes – The anthology – Cover Reveal
Potatoes, the anthology, edited by the awesome Stewart Hotston, will soon be released. I don’t have any links just yet, but rest assured that once I have them I shall indeed be letting everyone know....
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Fighting Fantasy Fest – YOU are the hero!
Jonathan Green has announced that tickets for FIGHTING FANTASY FEST 2014 – the world’s first ever convention dedicated to Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks – are on sale now. Guests of Honour Steve Jackson...
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Costa Short Story Awards are here
Not only that, they’re offering a whopping £3500 first place, £1500 second place and £500 third. They’re going to shortlist six authors and then put them through the ringer by making them attend an all...
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