Self-Publishing Emotions, Hyper-Supportive Communities and the Pitfalls of Grimdark
In a word, my personal experience of self-publishing was… complicated. Not because the work is hard, not because I had to learn about algorithms and ad copy and ISBNs, but because of the how every moment of joy and hope was too often balanced ten-fold by the trauma of...
The Vengeance Trilogy Cover Reveal!
So, while WE RIDE THE STORM is getting all the attention in the lead up to its release in June, it's time to make everyone aware that in addition to the four books of THE REBORN EMPIRE series, Orbit also bought the rights to my earlier books, THE VENGEANCE TRILOGY....
BOOK DEEEAAALL!
I have been slack updating this space with my news, but now I'm through the worst of the EDITING LANDSLIDE, I hope to be more on top of it. SO, better late than never. A bit over a year ago, I was preparing for the release of the second book in my Reborn Empire series...
WorldCon 2019!
From the 15th to the 19th of August this year I am going to be in Dublin for WorldCon and I AM SO EXCITED THAT THERE WILL BE LOTS OF EXCLAMATION MARKS IN THIS POST! (Sorry not sorry) This will be the first WorldCon I have properly attended, though I managed a few...
SPFBO 2018 Highlights
Carrying on from our open letter last week, we SPFBO finalists are taking a day each to talk about SPFBO and to highlight some of our favourite books amongst those that were cut in earlier stages. Cut they might have been, but there's still a wealth of fantastic...
SPFBO 2018 Open Letter
An open letter to fantasy fans everywhere We are the finalists of the 2018 Self Published Fantasy Blog Off, also known as SPFBO 2018. The contest has brought us together from across the globe and the far-flung corners of our favorite genre to celebrate...
Rebranding!
I have super duper exciting news! As you can surely tell from the headline of my cleverly-titled post, I am rebranding my first three books to bring them into line with the print quality of the recent series. HURRAH! Now the art on The Vengeance Trilogy...
There’s so much going on – A News Bulletin!
THERE ARE SO MANY UPDATES that having not posted about them as they turned up, I am now swamped with news. Soooo here it goes! It's news bulletin time! Exciting thing number ONE My first short story will be published in the 17th edition of...
We Ride the (Release Day) Storm
Book! Look, it's a book! *ahem* I should try for something more professional than the impulsive squeeing that is going on inside my head, so here we go. It is with great pride, excitement and trepidation that I announce the arrival of We Ride the Storm,...
Well that’ll never get old…
It has been almost a week since they read out my name and In Shadows We Fall as the winner of the 2017 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novella and I probably ought to be used to the idea by now, but nope. For someone who can still occasionally be amazed at...
Cover Reveal!
*cue cover drum roll* It is that time! Time for a final, full wrap-around cover reveal for the upcoming prequel novella IN SHADOWS WE FALL. The wonderful original art was done by the seriously talented John Anthony Di Giovanni, and the design and layout by the equally...
Battle of the Bards!
While there are a lot of good things about living in Australia, one that sucks is that everything happens while you're sleeping. We snore our way through Brexit, sleep peacefully while Trump fires his latest member of staff and wake up just in time to check the world...
