Fresh Blood for Halloween

Today I released a dark short story called My Mate Mark. Apart from the occasional flash fiction I share with my newsletter readers, this is the first thing of any significant length that should hold your attention longer than a commercial break, since…well… my last novel probably. This is good news. At least for me.

There’s a (writing) storm comin’

A CERTAIN PRIEST has been bugging me again. Fr. Tom Regan to be precise. Fresh off the back of his travails in the jungles of Peru, he wants to be let off the leash again. I’ve been relatively quiet on the writing front so I was as surprised as anyone to hear him chirp up […]

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 […]

Oh Yeah. That Marketing Thing.

SO, I RELEASED A NEW NOVEL TODAY. My fifth. Can you believe that? I haven’t done too much in the way of promotion, because, well…I’ve done that in the past, thrown a lot of money at it, and didn’t get much return on the old investment of either time or energy. Instead, I’m employing a […]