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 [...]

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 [...]

What does “three sentences” mean? The Knight Agency comp update.

March 27, 2009 in Uncategorized

Finding an agent – how hard can it be?
In truly annoying form, I am going to answer that with another question – how long is a piece of string? For [...]

Writing news and a great new competition

March 25, 2009 in Uncategorized

Book in Progress
After the thrill of completing the first draft (I’ve been blogging about that on the last geek bus home), the editing has gone really well. I’m very pleased [...]