Kia ora, Grab a cuppa and settle in! Today we have a former fellow Rebel and all-round lovely person, Lisa Towles in the hot seat. Who are you?I’m a writer and a musician living in northern California with my husband and two cats, Coffee and Marmalade. Most recently I’ve written psychological thrillers and political thrillers, … Continue reading Author Interrogations: Lisa Towles
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You ain’t seen nothing yet.
I had a plan this weekend. It was an ambitious plan but I think it had potential. What my plan didn't take into account was just how cunning my mind is when it's not on board with the plan! Instead of dragging [Indigo Romeo Lima] over the imaginary finish line like I had planned, I … Continue reading You ain’t seen nothing yet.
To write or to have written.
I can tell you right now that my favourite state of being is having a finished first draft sitting there looking like a lump of shite, ready to be formed into a fully fledged story. The joy of knowing the hard part is done and the fun is still to come. I love that. I … Continue reading To write or to have written.
And just like that …
[Foxtrot Mike Lima] is alive and breathing out in the world. Or I guess it probably seems that way to readers. 🙂 :)I am quite pleased to have the launch behind me. I do enjoy them though. I love talking about writing and whatnot, so that bit is pure fun. The lead up though; the … Continue reading And just like that …
The long and the short
As far as book blurbs go, I've tried almost everything. There have been long ones, short ones, the original one from my publisher (a few of them really pissed me off because they gave away too much). I've had blurbs with quotes from other authors. There've been blurbs with a logline or a hook line … Continue reading The long and the short
Oh, you’re a prince …
Why didn't you say? That makes all the difference. Said no one with a brain, ever. The scammers are running rampant in the publishing arena. Yeah, still! You'd think they'd give up, right? I guess there are enough people falling for their nonsense that it's lucrative for them. Currently, it's cold calls from "digital marketers". … Continue reading Oh, you’re a prince …
Crash into Me:
Yes, the blog title is a song. I was scrolling through the playlist for Cryptobyte and Crash into Me got me thinking. We all know that 'every contact leaves a trace', right? That's the underpinning for forensic science. ('Every contact leaves a trace' is also known as 'Locard's exchange principle'.)You don't have to physically crash … Continue reading Crash into Me:
I Got You Babe.
The last week and a bit has been busy. Adding new ISBNs to the FBI-Byte Series paperbacks, reformatting, and creating new covers, then having to create all new graphics to reflect the new covers. The books are also on a new platform and I no longer have to deal with Amazon to get print copies. … Continue reading I Got You Babe.
I don’t know how you do it …
I don't know how you write (if you are a writer), I only know how my process works. I know this because I've been writing the same way for a very long time. Frighteningly long. Thirty years long. My process is simple. I see a scene and write it. I see my characters going about … Continue reading I don’t know how you do it …
Posters, rain, and writing.
Odd blog title but then I often have odd blog titles. 🙂 It's bucketing down here. Full on pouring with rain and parts of the yard are flooding due to the very dry ground. It can't absorb the water fast enough. Anywho, this morning I created the hardback cover for [Foxtrot Mike Lima]. Do you … Continue reading Posters, rain, and writing.
