When I first started writing the job of an author was to write, period. Everything else was left up to the publisher. Now, if you are lucky enough and luck has a massive amount to do with this side of the business, luck and already having a reputation or something to sell means more to…
Category: writing
Good news
To commemorate the new book’s release, here is the cover for it. Resurrection is the latest installment in the thrilling Col Sec series of sci fi action novels. Along with the cover reveal I have been working on something else for the fans of the series. Within a few short weeks there will be some…
New title coming soon.
When a new book is about to be published one of the things I look forward to most is the cover art. My publisher is about to publish Resurrection the fifth book in the Col Sec series. I’ve seen the cover for this book and it’s awesome and I can’t wait for you to see…
I just want to write.
I just want to write, that’s all, I love to write. I have so many ideas for books yet to be written to go along with the almost twenty books I’ve already written that I hardly have time to breath let alone market them. That’s not what a writer has to do though, nowadays in…
Lessons learned the hard way.
I think I’ve always wanted to write, ever since I was a small child I would lose myself in a book or comic which inspired me to do something of my own. I first began with making my own super hero comics but the time it took to do all the artwork meant that other…
Developing a Brand
Writing nowadays is just like anything else in the world. If you want to become noticed you have to regard yourself as a manufacturer of product, that product being whatever you write, whether its a short story, a novella or a full blown book. It is a product and to get that product into the…
Raine of Terror
Duncan Pryde is about to face a threat that could have catastrophic results for the entire galaxy. Raine of Terror is the title of Book Two in the Duncan Pryde series and no, that’s not a typo or spelling mistake because the antagonist in the book goes by the surname of Raine. Marcus Raine is…
Moving in the right direction
As a full time writer the hardest part of the process for me has always been how to market said work. I’m sure other writers have the same feeling toward this as I do, that it is a task best left to the experts. I first learned how hard it is when I first started…
What do you get…
What do you get if you have an operative tasked with upholding the security of the Coalition, who appears to have no emotions? What do you get, if that operative displays no empathy towards anyone? What do you get if that operative can execute his duties without remorse or guilt? What do you get if…
Inspired by an old school hero
Bond, James Bond, that immortal introduction has been copied, parodied and loved for over fifty years, but it’s one that everyone recognises. My love for the character began when I was nine years old when as a family we went to the cinema to see Goldfinger, and I have been a fan since that day….
Master of Mayhem 