‘Bumper to Bumper’ is finished!

My ticket to an exclusive play performed at our house this Christmas, “Life of the Pokemon

A Writer is…In Print?

Last week Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog: The Book was published that hit a couple of high no

A Writer is….Paid?

Double Rainbow – what does is mean? I sold a play! In August last year I received an ema

 

Exciting developments, blogging on PinkRaygun.com and more

August 30, 2009 in Uncategorized

Well, it’s been an exciting time!
“Query Letters Part 2: What Agents Say They Want” will be up in the next week or so but you’ll have to forgive the delay. [...]

Great review of “Turning Left at Albuquerque” (Back from Summer Break)

August 10, 2009 in Uncategorized

AlwaysGoRight.com reviews “Turning Left at Albuquerque”
Since first starting to podcast “Turning Left…” as an audiobook I’ve received some very encouraging emails and comments.  A few weeks ago* the audiobook podcast [...]

Do you have an ‘elevator pitch’? Write one and enter this comp!

June 15, 2009 in writing

 

The June Agent Contest has been announced this morning on Query Tracker (QT):
Here are the contest details:
* Entries will be accepted by entry form on the main QueryTracker.net site.
* You may [...]

Query letters Part 1- the work of the devil?

June 10, 2009 in Uncategorized

Some might say it’s cruel and unusual and I’m not in the mood to disagree. I have been battling – and I mean battling -  with my query letter for [...]

Finding your writing road map

June 2, 2009 in Uncategorized

 
It seems easy at the start
One day you wake up and think “I’m going to write a book/poem/short story…” and off you toddle to your computer (I know some people [...]

Do you do Social Media?

May 25, 2009 in Uncategorized

 
First off – what is Social Media?
The quick definition is “Social media are primarily Internet-based tools for sharing and discussing information among human beings.” (from Wikipedia). So if you use [...]

Chapters 1 to 3 now available!

May 11, 2009 in writing

Podcasting is fun!
It’s also hard work. But mostly, it’s fun. Today we published Chapter 3 of “Turning Left at Albuquerque” on turningleft.podebean.com. You can either go directly to the podbean [...]

Chapters 1 and 2 now available as audiobook podcast!

May 8, 2009 in Uncategorized

It’s been an exciting week
I published Chapter One of my new novel, “Turning Left at Albuquerque” on Monday, and Chapter Two has been published this morning. The feedback has been [...]

Gearing up for a novel Podcast

April 27, 2009 in writing

Scott Sigler, Seth Harwood, ‘Mighty’ Mur Lafferty, and most recently Phillipa Ballantine: all these people are podcaster authors who have secured publishing deals because of the care, dedication and effort [...]

Finding a Literary Agent

April 14, 2009 in Uncategorized, writing

I am on a mission
Having completed my novel I am now at the painfully delicious stage of deciding what to do with it. There are various options open to me [...]