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So It Begins …

Finally, I’ve found the perfect place to hole-up and finish the second book.  After a weekend of walking on moors American backpackers should be wary of, watching five horror movies, almost back-to-back, reading Clive Barker where pretty much everything is hell bound, my iPod shuffles through score upon score from Stephen King movies — MichaelContinue reading “So It Begins …”

Working on the Cover

I’ve put it off for too long. Procrastination. Avoidance. Call it what you will, but we all face it. The deadline for the second book is approaching and it’s about time I started designing the cover. Sometimes you can see an image forming in your head, step-by-step, emerging out of the creative darkness. When thatContinue reading “Working on the Cover”

The Injury of Hope

So I went and did it again. I entered my first novel in another competition. Glutton for punishment or eternal optimist? Am I a fool to blow the tiny marketing budget this way? Or is this a clever move, but only if I win? Am I donating to the not so needy or using opportunitiesContinue reading “The Injury of Hope”

Hello, Is There Anyone Out There?

After an unexpected silence and the terror of how quickly we all forget, here I am testing. One. Two. Three. Trying to remember how I did this website thingie, and the whole ‘posting’ malarky. Oh, of course, since I last played there have been updates. Improvements. And so I am totally confused. But here goes.Continue reading “Hello, Is There Anyone Out There?”