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The WOT Challenge
In June 2014 I decided to undertake The WOT challenge. In June 2015 I finished The WOT challenge. Here is my interview about it with . . . err . . . me. Q. What’s The WOT challenge? A. Reading all The...
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It’s done.
After fourteen months of prep, writing, editing, and a fair amount of hand-wringing and gnashing of teeth, it’s done. Franklin – a brother in search of himself goes live on an Amazon store near...
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Stripping DRM from my Amazon published ebook
This post is about digital rights management (DRM), why I chose to enable it on my Amazon ebook, why I changed my mind, and most importantly, how I removed it. If you are only interested in the last...
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The big red button of doom.
Hitting the big-red ‘publish’ button is hard. Picture source I’m a perfectionist, a planner. I’m not interested in typing up any old tripe and hoping for the best. I don’t want stray, commas,...
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One Book Interview #1 – Nicole Ayers (Editor)
I’m very happy to announce the start of the One Book Interview series, a weekly feature of questions to authors, editors, & readers about their favourite books. And . . . *cue drum roll * . . . in...
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One Book Interview #31 – Duncan Bradshaw (Author)
We’re up to Interview #31 and I have absolutely no idea how to introduce this week’s author. Go read his bio at the bottom of this page or on his website. Go on. I’ll wait. Back already? See what I...
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The Road by Cormac McCarthy
I don’t do many reviews. I should, knowing how helpful they can be. But I’m not sure a book like this really needs another review. It won the Pulitzer Prize! But here’s my brief take on it. I wasn’t...
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‘Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
OK. At the time of writing (Oct 2019), I’m forty-seven. Remember that number, OK? Right, the book: ‘Salem’s Lot. In no particular order. It started slowly. Very slowly. It crawled. But, round about 15%...
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The Twelve by Justin Cronin
Warning: If you want a well-written, critical review, stop now. I’m about to gush words all over the page. I’m not sure where to start with this book – it’s epic. I’ll get that out of the way before I...
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The Rise of Sigurd series by Giles Kristian
After last week’s mini-review of The Raven Saga, it’s only logical that I follow up with Giles Kristian’s follow up/ prequel to that series: The Rise of Sigurd. The books were written after Raven but...
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