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Sat, 15:38: is going to have to seriously consider braces in time for the next @abingdonconcert band concert… Sat, 23:04: 5-star review for #TheEndOfAllWorlds: “very addictive … its been a very long time since a book got me hooked so…
Continue readingFri, 15:03: Time for Friday’s Missing Words Challenge: “Dalai Lama says: Don’t CRY FOR ME TIBET.” #HIGNFY \via @bbcHIGNFY Fri, 15:04: @bbcHIGNFY Time for Friday’s Missing Words Challenge: “Dalai Lama says: Don’t CRY FOR ME TIBET.” #HIGNFY Fri, 15:20: W/e…
Continue readingYesterday, after a day at work, it was still gloriously sunny (if a bit on the blustery and therefore cool side) and so I headed out into the garden to sit and write. The garden is such a nice place…
Continue readingTechnically, today’s review was the third review, but the first two, however balanced they were (and I think they were), were done by friends and family. Today I received my first review from a complete stranger. It wasn’t unsolicited though…
Continue readingThu, 12:04: INSTALLING SUMMER….. ███████████████████████░░░░░░ 75% DONE. Now configuring settings. Estimated completion: Unknown. Thu, 12:06: RT: @shepline: INSTALLING SUMMER….. ███████████████████████░░░░░░ 75% DONE. Now configuring settings. Estimated completion: 343 days. Thu, 12:35: 5 of 5 stars to Guess How Much I…
Continue readingWed, 12:01: @kindle_promo Thanks for the RT. #TheEndOfAllWorlds #ya #fantasy #kindle Wed, 14:35: I do like it when I can crop a picture down, by eye, and get it to within a gnat’s crochet of the right size/aspect ratio… #amworking…
Continue readingAfter the recent rains today had moments of perfect sunshine. When I for home from work it was too nice to not sit out for a bit. So I did. And I wrote. I wrote something new today. I don't…
Continue readingTue, 16:08: Bored of the football already? 21 C fantasy with an icy twist: norse mythology meets climate science http://t.co/4tsjkGkq #TheEndOfAllWorlds Tue, 21:54: Is it me or does every writer have difficulty deciding how precisely to start a new chapter?…
Continue readingMon, 18:40: has just subbed my novel to its first two reviewers… *shuffles nervously* Did you want to review #TheEndOfAllWorlds? http://t.co/4tsjkGkq Mon, 21:08: 2 legged; FLUTD; hypothyroid; hyperthyroid; obese; tangled & timid; and bullied & mentally deranged… Can we please…
Continue readingSun, 15:06: RT @justified_left: @MichaelRosenYes I’d finished MA and was writing first draft of book before I learned what a complex sentence is. Di … Sun, 16:23: On page 72 of 177 of Ragnarok, by A.S. Byatt http://t.co/qKE1ywbG Sun, 22:13:…
Continue readingSat, 14:54: experienced my first @oxford_brookes and @hss_brookes Open Day today. Absolutely terrified before hand! But actually really enjoyed it! 🙂 Sat, 16:02: On page 58 of 177 of Ragnarok, by A.S. Byatt: Enjoying seeing the relationship between Odin and…
Continue readingI’m not sure if I really realised until recently how much I like re-imagining old stories, but I really do. I’m reading A.S. Byatt’s new book Ragnarok at the moment and loving her take on many of the same myths…
Continue readingFri, 14:01: would like to thank everyone who downloaded #TheEndOfAllWorlds during its #free #kindle promo yesterday. http://t.co/uBYU6581 #ya #fantasy Fri, 18:29: The Long Run: How FROM THE STORM went from 0 – 14,000 in 3 days.: http://t.co/defbYW3p \via @EMTippetts Fri,…
Continue readingThu, 12:37: Second time around… http://t.co/hCzpI0o8 via @aly3008 Thu, 12:59: The Best of Modern Arabian Fantasy: C.A. Suleiman http://t.co/U7RJJUEI via @EmilyMah Thu, 13:21: The Indie Experiment: Kickstarter, Help Me Raise $600.00 in 30 Days http://t.co/EAiX60gk via @EmilyMah Thu, 13:22: Impressive…
Continue readingIn hindsight today’s free promotion on amazon was not the best planned foray into the world of free marketing. Thursdays are apparently a good day to do it, but Thursday’s is also usually band night and so I would have…
Continue readingRhiannon Lassiter asked me today, why shepline? In a follow up to her question she said she rather liked @shepwords and yes, that does seem rather cool, but I am shepline online, and in sorts offline, for longer than I…
Continue readingWed, 18:20: “You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture.Just get people to stop reading them.”RIP Ray Bradbury Wisdom and foresight, a rare combo Wed, 18:51: On page 36 of 177 of Ragnarok, by A.S. Byatt http://t.co/msmtdzCW Wed,…
Continue readingMy debut novel, The End Of All Worlds, will be available for free from midnight to midnight PST on Thursday 7 June 2012. It has been a fantastic three weeks since I published the book, with sales averaging out at…
Continue readingTue, 15:10: If he messes with @thearchers the new editor can expect to be hung, drawn & quartered by listeners http://t.co/440Vwj8Y #Kindle Tue, 18:20: On page 7 of 177 of Ragnarok, by A.S. Byatt http://t.co/gKYfEYE8 Tue, 18:54: On page 16…
Continue readingI’ve started reading Ragnarok by A.S. Byatt. Ragnarok is the final war of the gods, or the end of the world. I use it as the title for the final part of my own novel, The End Of All Worlds….
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