It's Friday.[Lure the lie] launches tomorrow. Worldwide. More importantly, the paperbacks launch here tomorrow. About that ... there were a few hiccups in Auckland and the books left the printer yesterday on Aramex. FFS. I can track them and they're nearly in Wellington ... but it's Aramex and they give zero fucks about hitting their … Continue reading Bring me some water.
Tech
Scream giveaway: Ends TONIGHT!
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The singer sang his song …
It's been quite a week! The final changes were made to Raidbyte, after I waded through the proof. Kinda fun to be honest. And there is something particularly awesome about a hardback. I do love it. At some stage I will update the info on Amazon because it says nothing ... but they make the … Continue reading The singer sang his song …
Meet Virginia
There was a blog post forming when I woke up ... but then it slipped away. Probably a good thing.Anyway, next weekend my class is all about POV, characters, and dialogue. Hence the title of this blog. It's a Train song that describes a woman, called Virginia. We learn a lot about her from the … Continue reading Meet Virginia
Blindspot cross-over
Howdy. I've been binge watching Blindspot on Neon. I knew I'd love it. It's 100% up my alley. What I didn't realise was how much would be familiar to me, tech and also story wise. Clearly the writers had some serious fun with this series. Anyway, I was watching the other day and someone said … Continue reading Blindspot cross-over
The shitasticness of creativity.
I was talking about how writers minds work the other day, and how trusting yourself is important. How much a writer needs to trust their own brain to do what needs to be done. Some days are infinitely better than others in the trust department! Thing is, anything creative requires a certain amount of trust. … Continue reading The shitasticness of creativity.
Walls
Today, I was writing (imagine?). It's pretty fun, not gonna lie. Really enjoying Lure the Lie and getting inside Crockett and Ronnie's heads. It really is fascinating finding out what makes these two tick. My characters needed to secure something today. Something small but in the wrong hands it would get people killed. The more … Continue reading Walls
Do What You Can
Thanks for the blog title, Bon Jovi. :)And the week begins. It started well with a coffee and meeting someone new at the bookshop. Last week was old soldiers, today, a considerably younger random coffee purchaser. 🙂 Good people are still out there.This morning was sales email morning so once that job was complete I … Continue reading Do What You Can
Welcome Back
To welcome the Byte Series back to Smashwords (and Apple, Nook, Kobo, etc) we have a wee coupon for you. Redeemable via Smashwords. 50% off All the Byte Series novels and boxed sets. The coupon is automatically applied at the checkout but just in case here is it: FN39Z You can download Mobi (Kindle) and … Continue reading Welcome Back
Fire and Ice
Howdy, how is everyone?This is my caring face, sorry if you thought it wasn't. 🙂 So, some changes ... we got some shit happening guys. First up: The physical launch for Vaporbyte is postponed indefinitely and replaced with ... are you ready? A VIRTUAL launch party. I think this will be fun.Of course I think … Continue reading Fire and Ice
