Indie Life – The Benefits of Writing a Series

Today I’m participating in Indie Life, a feature run by Indelibles. Basically, everyone posts about something related to indie publishing, and visits everyone else. To see who else is involved, check out the linky list. Since releasing my new book, Reckless...

Cover Reveal – Reckless Recon

This makes it real! Finished the cover for Reckless Recon last night. What do you think? No blurb yet (because the book isn’t written!), but this is my very summary summary of the plot. A carefree surfer leaves everything he’s known for a chance at a new...

4 Suggestions for Dealing with Plot Holes

We all know that feeling. You’re part way through your draft, or even maybe into your edit, when you realise something horrible, awful, terrible. You have no explanation for why the evil baddy is determined to exterminate your character from the face of the...

Are You Planning to do NaNoWriMo this Year?

Sorry, missed yesterday’s SFR Brigade Presents post, because I was at my sister’s working on the cover for Reckless Recon. We’re making progress, but it’s not quite ready to show off yet. Hopefully in the next week or two! Today though,...

Improving your Point of View

One of the most important things, when writing in third person point of view, is to make sure the reader knows who’s head their in, preferably within the first sentence. It’s no use opening a chapter with a big description of the surrounding scene, if the...

The People Who Have Supported Me

I wasn’t going to write a blog post today. I spent the day at the park, chatting with some friends while my daughter played, and I came home sunburnt, and with a headache! But then I went across and read Joel Friedlander’s post on Why You Should be...