There is a new company on the market that is helping to set up websites for prospective clients.I am one of those clients and I’m giving it a test run before I invest n a professional version. If it works out as I hope it will then I will invest in purchasing a domain name…
Write what you know
The advice many people, who are starting out in a writing career, get from more experienced writers is often, write what you know. This is good advice but for a long time I thought it only referred to those writing non fiction or perhaps writers of contemporary fiction after all, how could it possibly pertain…
Games of Thrones Season 8, disappointing or not?
When the phenomenon Game of Thrones first aired in the UK my partner and I sat down just like millions of other viewers did, to watch season one. Being fans of fantasy and particularly, Lord of the Rings and Conan, we were excited to see this new venture. I had not read any fantasy for…
New release
Jack Cross has had his life turned upside down. His wife and daughter had been killed in front of him by a member of the Hierarchy, Donald Bainbridge had been killed in an abortive attempt on the Prime Ministers life by the same group and finally SI6, the unit he worked for had been disbanded….
Aspire to inspire
As writers I think our primary goal is to tell a good story. When I set out to start writing a book with a serious purpose of trying to get published my motivation was the story. I wanted to write the story I wanted to read. I couldn’t find the book I wanted to read…
Interview, live from New York
Some time last week I received a message from Margaret Daly of Rukia Publishing who is marketing some of my work, which said check out this link, they do author interviews. I dutifully checked this out and is was for Blog Talk Radio which has 15 million listeners. I filled out the short form to…
Sci Fi series that crosses genres
When I am asked what is my Col Sec series about I usually tell them that it is sci fi. When I envisioned the first book I never thought it was going to be sci fi but I had trouble finding any sci fi fiction that I liked, that scratched a certain itch I had…
Milestone achieved
After seven years and fifteen books I have reached, what i consider is a milestone in my writing career. Book ten in my sci fi action adventure space opera, the Col Sec series is about to be published. The book is called Annihilation and it follows closely the adventures of the Wildfire Team which by…
Art as a reflection of reality.
Is anyone else getting bored with these overlong story acs that tv series use nowadays that span an entire series to tell a single story, because I am sick of them. Movies and tv just lately are full of doom and gloom and devoid of hope and the stories they tell are a reflection of…
Exciting development
I recently employed a PR Consultant to help me market my books. The direction he took was to target both myself and my partner Joyce Johnson who writes under the name of Aldrea Johnson as a couple who have shared interests in writing. When we met we learned that we shared interests not only in…
Master of Mayhem 