His skin was tinged in the creases with an unhealthy yellow and his hair hung lank and grey about his face. Wide, almost lidless eyes flickered around the corridor. They…
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Hello everyone! Haven’t posted in a long while so here’s a little snippet of what I’ve been working on, all subject to editing etc: Chroma Sample
Read moreA Sting in the Tale
From Bruce Willis being a ghost the entire time to Kevin Spacey being Keyser Söze, the well-crafted and perfectly executed twist is a much loved trope enjoyed by every corner…
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So this year has been busy for all the wrong reasons. I haven’t made a blog post since January because I haven’t had anything to blog about. I’ve been working…
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As many of you know 2013 started off as a very slow year for me, but rapidly picked up its pace as I acquired a bar job, moved out of…
Read moreThe Theseus Paradox Sample
I spent most of 2012 writing this novel and so far haven’t felt up to the task of editing its rather hefty 147,702 words of content. It’s the third instalment of…
Read moreThe Importance of Obsessive Compulsive Editing
Just like many other self-published authors I have taken on a level of additional responsibility that traditionally published authors perhaps don’t have to worry about. I am of course talking…
Read moreTrying to be different
If there’s anything I hate in fiction of any kind it’s a lack of originality, especially when it’s done consciously. I am of course primarily thinking of literature here but…
Read moreHorror: Getting it right
Unless I’m specifically looking for trash I rarely watch horror films, not because they scare me but rather because they don’t. There are a few good ones out there that…
Read moreHow ‘The Authority of Stars’ will work as a series
For anyone who has read both ‘Regarding Mikhail’ and ‘Lioness’ and doesn’t know me personally, it may seem a little puzzling how two such completely different stories can possibly relate…
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