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The Trouble With Peace – a review

Reading time – 2 mins 27 seconds. The wait for a new book from your favourite author is always a torturous affair. The date lingers in the diary; they reveal the cover, hints from the author on social media, the adverts, the trail of breadcrumbs from advanced readers, and you inwardly curse them for havingContinue reading “The Trouble With Peace – a review”

Semi finalist!

Something exciting happened today. I entered the Self-Published Fantasy Blog Off (SPFBO) – basically an international fantasy book competition – back in June with my debut novel: The Souls Abyss: Book One – The Dark Crown. The first review was good and following additional feedback, I’ve improved the grammar and altered the front cover. TodayContinue reading “Semi finalist!”

September = some surprises

Hello, welcome. Please excuse me for being cryptic – there are some very interesting things that should happen in September. I am being patient and can’t say too much, but – fingers crossed – I will be able to let you know about them soon. Anyway, September has arrived, and I have moved up aContinue reading “September = some surprises”

Summer slowdown

August, wow. Where is 2020 going? This month has been one of slowing the pace, writing-wise. Summer holidays have kicked in, as has the need to concentrate on things like work, exams, and other such stuff – which is much less fun. The fun stuff has been my first two reviews on Amazon for TheContinue reading “Summer slowdown”

First review

It’s been over a month since my last post – sorry about that – and I thought it was about time to update you about what has been happening, and the answer is a lot. Since book one of the Souls Abyss series went on sale at the end of May, it has sold fairlyContinue reading “First review”

A busy week.

First, I hope you are safe and well. Second, it has been a very busy week. There I was, happily putting the finishing touches to book one of the series The Souls’ Abyss when I saw a Facebook notification about the SFPBO. In case you don’t know much about it – and I didn’t untilContinue reading “A busy week.”