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An Unstoppable Juggernaut

We live in troubling times. We all know this. Which makes it especially important to stay inside, to work on what makes us happy. Except it doesn’t always work out like that. I’ve been without work for four weeks now and at the start I was very productive in the sure knowledge my situation was temporary. It has become evident over the last two weeks that this will… Read More

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QoS: Awakening on Pre-order!

I wrote a book four year ago when a man told me that if I was writing I should write sex because it sells. The angry protagonist that came about from that one encounter was not about to put up with that sort of behaviour and I wrote an action fueled scifi romance in sixty days. But this romance wasn’t about a hero who comes in and makes demands, assumptions or uses… Read More

Category: Uncategorized Tags: #action, #amwritingromance, #ebook, #newrelease, #preorder, #psychic, #romance, #scifi, #selfpub, #series, #slowburn, #writingcommunity, amwriting, author

Patreon Page Shenanigans

Yep. I’m doing it. I’ve had a Patreon page set up for over month now I haven’t launched. I have been planning it now for about a year. I didn’t do it because asking people to support me in my writing journey from a financial point of view felt crap. But after spending a year doing nothing but give I’ve come to a point where I need to… Read More

Category: On Writing Tags: #authors, #creativity, #dreams, #inspiration, #novel, #patreon, #publishing, #wordcount, #writingcommunity, amwriting, goals, writerslife, writing

Wolf at the Door

I’m having a rant. Want to know why? Because people are being bullied. Being threatened. Being made to feel unwelcome and unwanted in the #WritingCommunity. I wish this wasn’t the first time I’ve spoken about how I’ve seen or been guilted in the #WritingCommunity about what I do with my Twitter, Facebook and Instagram pages, but I’d be a damn liar. Anyone who’s followed me would know I have… Read More

Category: Social Media Tags: #authors, #blackmail, #book, #books, #bullied, #bullying, #community, #dreams, #ebook, #F4F, #followers, #indieauthors, #marketing, #Publishers, #reading, #selfpub, #SocialMedia, #Twitter, #writers, #writingcommunity, amwriting, indie, writing

Riding the Ripples

We talk a lot about writers block and what to do about it. All the different tips and tricks, and outright clownish tom-foolery in order to just sit down and shuffle twenty six letters until we can finally finish the fugly dumpster fire we somehow have to convince people to love as much as we do. Anyone who’s written more than a few pieces, or those *naughty*… Read More

Category: On Writing Tags: #amediting, #authors, #editing, #editors, #writers, #writingcommunity, amwriting, writing

How I F*cked Up

Rather than respond directly to a series of tweets that were recently hurled at me about why I would need editors, critique partners or beta readers before selling my novel to unassuming readers, I’m going to explain why I do in great detail. And to do this I have gotten up at 5am to trawl through notes made to me about my work over years of novels to show you all… Read More

Category: Uncategorized Tags: #amediting, #betareader, #critiquepartner, #edit, #editing, #feedback, #mistakes, #read, #reading, #reviewing, #writingcommunity, amwriting, writing

My Mother Kills Fairytales

My mother kills fairy tales. She read us Lord of the Rings twice. The Nargun under the Stars, though it gave us nightmares. She dredged up British classic and found swamp ridden Australian delights to amaze and frighten us. Day of the Triffords, Watership Down, The Dark is Rising, The Hobbit, and forever our minds were fed. And with it all came a grain of salt. We sat watching Victor Victoria…. Read More

Category: Uncategorized Tags: #fairytales, #feminism, #lies, #lying, #storyteller, #writingcommunity, amwriting, storytelling

Ten Books Too!

This was meant to be a delightful post I wrote several days ago about my accomplishments this year. I’ve not had time to go over it, given the NSW fire issues but wanted to post it anyway because despite everything it doesn’t take away my accomplishments of this year. I wrote a story in this blogpost to help relay what its been like. You have to find ways to remember all you’ve… Read More

Category: Uncategorized Tags: #book, #inspiration, #novel, #story, #wordcount, #writingcommunity, amwriting

Trademark & You

There has been a lot of talk lately about the #darkgate incident closely resembling #cockygate and some of you are already looking at me thinking… what? Okay rehash in a few simple lines for a subject that is anything but; Feleena Hopkins, tried to trademark the word “Cocky” in the US for her cowboy themed books. Subsequently she threatened and scared many authors into yanking titles offline, but the backlash against… Read More

Category: Uncategorized Tags: #authors, #cockygate, #copyright, #darkgate, #selfpub, #selfpublishing, #trademark, #writingcommunity, writerslife, writing

The Monster… WRITERS BLOCK!

Welcome one and all to my blog! For All Hallows Eve (look, if you haven’t figured out I’m Australian by now here is you’re cue), I wish to present to those on the cusp and preparing for the dreaded thirty days of mayhem, trauma, and soul crushing despair, faced during the course of Nanowrimo, the kind of foe which every writer has come to know… WRITERS BLOCK! Scary, yeah?… Read More

Category: Uncategorized Tags: #authors, #book, #books, #community, #creativity, #dream, #ebook, #inspiration, #nanowrimo, #Nanowrimo19, #novel, #series, #story, #support, #writingcommunity, #writingsprints, amwriting, rpg, storytelling, writing

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