A Modest Proposal
This morning I was privy to a conversation where people were sharing electronic copies of books and music. Files were being transfered between computers, and the conversation went along the lines of,...
View ArticleThe Cost of Encouraging, or, Thar Be Dragons
I gave a three hour writing workshop recently for the City of Rockingham, called “Need a Little Inspiration?” I had about 40 participants, both published and unpublished, people who wanted to publish...
View ArticleA beautiful zombie book
IDW, the publisher of Zombies vs. Robots: Women on War, commissioned art for each of the stories. I hadn’t known, so it was a surprise, and I was well chuffed with the art for mine. I think it...
View ArticleFirst three titles for sale
I am proud to announce that the first three titles of Shueisha English Edition are for sale as e-books. This is Call Boy‘s first appearance in the English Language, The Stationmaster and Summer,...
View ArticleWhat I learned from giving away my first novel
In 2010 I serialized my first novel The Loving Dead on my website, before giving e-books away on Amazon was a common strategy. The industry belief at the time had been that anyone who read a book for...
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