Blog Tour – Review – Alliance, by Aubrie Dionne

by | J Mar, 2014

I recently had the honour of being asked for a cover quote for Aubrie Dionne’s new sci-fi romance, Alliance. You can click on the cover here to get a larger picture, so you can read it. And today, I’m sharing this awesome story with you. Aubrie Dionne is...

World Building – is Simple ever Better?

by | J Mar, 2014

As a sci-fi and fantasy writer, I don’t write stories set in our world. Instead, my stories exist in worlds that I’ve made up inside my head. I’m not bound by the constraints of reality, or the technology that currently exists. I don’t even...

Jessica Dall – Author Interview

by | J Feb, 2014

Today I have author Jessica Dall here to talk about her new book, The Copper Witch, and her inspiration for writing. First up, I have to say, I have cover envy. Look at that beautiful cover. The colours are just gorgeous. It certainly inspired me to take a closer...

The Structure of a Novel

by | J Feb, 2014

While it may seem that each novel is completely different, most of them have an underlying structure that has a surprising number of similarities. This is the basic structure I use for my novels, so I’m going to demonstrate it using those. I’m willing to...

Deleted Scenes

by | J Feb, 2014

Last week, I took my daughter to see the new Disney movie, Frozen, and a new fan was born. Since then, everything has been about Frozen. We’ve sewn an Elsa dress, and the latest fun was to download the album from the movie. We paid extra for the extended album,...

Series vs Standalones – Which Sell Better?

by | J Feb, 2014

In early December, I released my third book, Twin Curse. Unlike my last novel, Reckless Rebellion, this novel wasn’t part of my current series, or at this stage, any series at all. It was a standalone fantasy romance, so a slightly different genre even. So how...