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Posted on 22 Jan 20236 Jan 2023

Writing Tin Men and Scarecrows – Part 1

I'm halfway through the first draft. But I've just changed the text from past tense, third person limited, to present tense, first person multi point of view. While I was reading Holden Sheppard's The Brink, I was taken by how personal his book felt with different characters narrating in the here and now. My gut …

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Posted on 8 Jan 202311 Dec 2022

Book Review: Johnno, David Malouf

"We don't have the characters now that we had in the past." That was said by a work colleague back in the 90s who was talking about how younger generations didn't have adventures any more, like people had in the past. So, they were watered down versions of themselves. They hadn't built themselves to be …

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Posted on 20 Nov 202219 Nov 2022

It takes years to write a novel

Ten years ago I attended a workshop at the Sydney Writer’s Festival. The author gave us an insight to the industry, but the most important thing I learnt at this session was the art of letting your manuscript rest between drafts. I mean, really rest. Not a couple of weeks, but at least three months. …

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Posted on 4 Sep 202225 Aug 2022

What should I write next?

I had this dilemma recently. I began a new book in a genre which had me intrigued - The Space Opera. I have character notes which include motivations, goals, conflicts and epiphanies. I have an interesting plot, and extended story lines from each character's point of view. Then we made a sudden trip north to …

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Posted on 31 Aug 202229 Aug 2022

Virtual Insanity – Release Day Post

A guy told me he loved books which are part of a series. He just bought a copy of Social Media Central from me at a book con. That novel clearly states it is TAYLeR Book One on the cover, but at the time, little progress had been made on the sequel. Social Media Central …

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Posted on 7 Aug 20221 Aug 2022

When author business gets in the way of writing

I haven't touched my WiP in six weeks. First it was simply a case of a sudden trip north to catch up with family when an invite to Warren's great niece's eighteenth birthday arrived. And even though I took my laptop, I was busy being social after being trapped in my own state due to …

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Posted on 22 May 202214 May 2022

Finding the right Beta Reader

I don't normally solicit feedback on my works in progress. Yet I have used Beta Readers twice in recent years, and my first novel was professionally assessed several times. This paid assessor gave feedback over several drafts before I decided to have another draft looked at by a team at a publishing house, for the …

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Posted on 2 Jan 202228 Dec 2021

What reading one of my earlier books taught me about myself

I finished reading my second novel. I didn't think I'd finish it because I never read my own books once they are published. I'm working on a novel where for the first time I'm writing in Third Person Limited and, as Drama Queens and Adult Themes was written in First Person from the perspective of …

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Posted on 5 Dec 202129 Nov 2021

The horror of reading your own book.

I don't read my own books once they are published. I might read a chapter randomly as an antidote to Impostor Syndrome, but that's about it. Until the other day. I read the five opening chapters of my second novel, Drama Queens and Adult Themes, as I thought it might help me out with my …

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Posted on 7 Nov 20214 Nov 2022

Playing author for the long haul

I started this journey well over a decade ago. My first novel was redrafted eight times and after many rejection letters, was first published in 2012. For various reasons it is now with its third publisher. In the early days I tried all the tricks authors are told by bloggers on how to succeed. Start …

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VIRTUAL INSANITY – TRAILER

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THE MIDNIGHT MAN – AUTHOR READING

https://youtu.be/boBrYRHJLhk

WINTER MASQUERADE – TRAILER

https://youtube.com/watch?v=FUy2Zj9ulRQ

SOCIAL MEDIA CENTRAL – TRAILER

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DRAMA QUEENS WITH LOVE SCENES – TRAILER

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DRAMA QUEENS AND ADULT THEMES – TRAILER

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NATE AND THE NEW YORKER – TRAILER

https://youtu.be/ssV05DRadFk

THE MIDNIGHT MAN

WINTER MASQUERADE

SOCIAL MEDIA CENTRAL

VIRTUAL INSANITY

ACTORS AND ANGELS – BOOK 1

ACTORS AND ANGELS – BOOK 2

ACTORS AND ANGELS – BOOK 3

MIDNIGHT ANGEL

NATE AND CAMERON – BOOK 1

NATE AND CAMERON – BOOK 2

NATE AND CAMERON – IN PRINT!

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