The Daily Rot
STARTING MARCH 1ST I’M EMBARKING on an ambitious project which, in equal measures both excites and terrifies me. Some background: Last Summer I enrolled in a Coding Course to reskill as a full stack software developer. As I near the end of the course, I’m finding it quite difficult to land my first developer job […]
Code Read
The title sums up my absence from the blogosphere in the past four months. I’m changing career and have enrolled in a course which will lead to (hopefully) opportunities to become a full stack web developer, something which I’ve been really enjoying in recent months. My spare time outside of creating buggy websites and novelty […]
Hotter than Hell
I’m writing this post from a hostel in Cartagena. Temperatures hit 32°C (90°F) today which is just about the point where my pale skin begins to bubble. Fortunately, I’ve found shade (and cover from the dodgy street sellers) and figured it was about time I wrote a blog post with the latest news.
How To Get Amazon Reviews For Your First Book
I REALIZE IT’S BEEN A WHILE since I wrote anything remotely related to authoring. Yeah. It’s a word. So, I wanted to take a moment to explain what I do to get reviews for my books. What triggered this particular post was reading the RTE best reads of the year by Sinead Crowley. Some of […]
What are you reading?
FAMINE OR A FEAST. Or as Mr. Miyagi from the Karate Kid would put it, “Wax On. Wax Off.” Specifically I’m talking about my bookish habits. In recent weeks I’ve been positively chomping through the pages of my ‘to-be-read’ list.
ROT and the Spin-off
THE FIRST FOUR STORIES from the ROT universe are free to download on Amazon. At least, for the next 48 hours. Get them while they’re ROT. Ahem… ROT Series Later this year, I hope to eventually release a spin-off from the series, featuring one of the main characters, Ian. To those who haven’t read ROT, […]
ROT's a Wrap
FOR THE PAST 5 months I’ve lived a double life. My alter-ego was a six-inch tooth-fairy that straddled the human world and the Fairy Kingdom. And I’ve enjoyed every single minute of it. Last week I released the final part – ROT 6: Filling Time. You can read more about the series here. It’s a […]
Rot 4 – Plaque to the Future
I’VE GOT ROT ON THE BRAIN. A tooth fairy has burrowed its way into my my head and I’m stringing out pieces of him onto the page. This was a little series I decided to create having been inspired by something similar by sci-fi author Hugh Howey with his Beacon 23 series. Howey released a […]
The ROT Revolution will not be televised
I’VE HAD SO MUCH fun writing the ROT series. What was going to be a standalone short-story has now taken on a life of its own and spawned three sequels. It will eventually be a collection of six stories and then rolled into ROT: The Novel, this Summer. I want to make the story available […]
Ramping Up
IT’S BEEN A BUSY eight weeks since I quit my job. I started a series called ‘The ROT Collection‘ which follows the exploits of a rogue tooth fairy who rips teeth out of kids mouths. It’s a dark comedy, and my plan is to release a new part every month.
Releasing ROT
THIS WEEKEND I launched the first part of what will be a collection of stories which I’ve called ‘ROT’. It’s a dark comedy short story and has so far gotten really good reviews which I’m delighted about! It sure can feel like an echo chamber sometimes in the indie publishing world, so any feedback is great.
The Review Team
I’VE BEEN BLOGGING since February 2014 with one primary motivator: Use it as a platform to promote my books. Almost four years on, I now feel like I have enough followers/subscribers to try something a little different. So, I’ve created a ‘Review Team‘ group.
Introducing…The ROT Collection
WHILE I WAIT for my editor to provide feedback on my third novel (Raising Lazarus), I decided to work on a little side project. This will be my third short story. I had a lot of fun with this one! It is Part 1 of what will be a collection of dark short stories which […]
No Tricks. Just Treats
For the past two weeks I’ve been working myself into a frenzy, cleaning up the manuscript for my third book, Raising Lazarus. Now, it’s in the capable hands of my editor (please be gentle, Gary!), so for the next few weeks I’m going to be working on a couple of short stories.
A Short Story Feast (plus a novel treat)
I’M CURRENTLY HOSTING a short-story promotion in association with the guys over at Instafreebie. There are over 150 free titles to choose from across virtually all genres – something for even the most picky of readers.
Endurance
WHAT LENGTH THE sentence to endure, how deep the suffering, silent, sure Incumbents bound in moral plight, that’s love in a loveless marriage Silent suffering, keeping face, public blackmail, the disgrace In breaking up this pointless juncture, that’s love in a loveless marriage