Sky Stone Freebie Giveaway!

Recently Sky Stone has undergone a full re-edit (thanking again my lovely editor Vanessa Wells). Now that revised version of Sky Stone is online and available for purchase.

So, with the second edition of Sky Stone now available I thought I would celebrate by offering it to you all for free!
For only 2 weeks, ending on the 12th of September, Sky Stone is available on instaFreebie as a free epub download.
Great opportunity for you readers who haven’t taken the plunge in to the land of Branzia and want to get a taste, but also for you fab people who already had a copy of the previous edition of Sky Stone.

Grab the new Sky Stone here for free:
https://www.instafreebie.com/free/zPtuo

Show, Don’t Tell

Show, Don’t Tell

One of the big rules of writing is to show, don’t tell. Read this blog post on my tips to showing your story to your readers instead of merely telling.

Guest Post: Maggie Best – Reflections on a Writing Journey

Guest post on my blog by Maggie Best. Read her writing journey and how she came to write The God’s Apprentice series. From aspiring author, to having a publishing deal!

Guest Post: Maggie Best – Reflections on a Writing Journey

No Mary Sue

No Mary Sue

No Mary Sue! New blog‬ post. Avoid the overly perfect protagonist at all costs!

New Guest Posts Dec 2015-Jan 2016

Check out these latest guest posts on my blog:

Guest Post: Christine Campbell – #NaNoWriMo and Going With the Flow

Christine Campbell on #NaNoWriMo and what it teaches authors. I have considered participating, perhaps I will try writing a novel in a month one day.

Guest Post: A J Le Roy – Suspension of Disbelief A J Le Roy – Suspension of Disbelief. Interesting article on keeping fiction believable.

Guest Post: Dean Mayes – Going Social Dean Mayes – Going Social. Read his experiences with social media as a marketing tool for his writing.

Guest Post: Caroline Reid – Preparing for Performance Preparig for Performance by Caroline Reid. An interesting article about preparing for a reading of your work. Take the tips of actors!

Guest Post: Drae Box – Should Writers be in Online Writing Communities? Should Writers be in Online Writing Communities? by Drae Box. Read about whether writers should be in online writing communities. What are the benefits and what are the negatives?

Guest Post: Susan Murphy – Why Chick Lit? Why Chick Lit? by Susan Murphy. Fun read about how Susan came to write her humorous chick lit novels, using her experiences as a marriage and funeral celebrant!

Guest Post: Gary Clark – Catching up with Goethe: Some Thoughts on Art and Science Catching up with Goethe: Some Thoughts on Art and Science, and interesting and thought provoking article by Gary Clark.

Finding Time to Write: A Discovery

Blog post about a recent discovery. I used to find it hard to find time to write. Now I’ve discovered one thing that makes finding time easy.

Guest Post: Francis Powell – Publishing and Promotion Dilemmas

Guest post on my blog by Francis Powell. Publishing and Promotion Dilemmas!

​I wonder how many authors there are like me…
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You go through the long haul of finding a publisher to publish your book, in my case a book of 22 short stories.  It’s a euphoric feeling when you have news that your manuscript that you have sweated over, finally has a home, is finally going to see light of day. For me what happened afterwards was perplexing and frustrating…

The Rail Road Walker

A short story I wrote as a part of the Halloween Blog Hop, ‘Share A Scare’. Hope you enjoy my first attempt at a scary story, ‘The Rail Road Walker’.

Guest Post: John Sanders – Why Do I Tell Stories?

Guest post on my blog‬ by John Sanders – Why Do I Tell Stories? Read about what influences his writing and how he came to be the author of two novels with a third out soon!

Guest Post: Basel Dayyani – Some Thoughts on Writing

Guest post on my blog by Basel Dayyani. His thoughts on writing.