Category Archives: Publishing

The Utopian and Dystopian Future of Vibe Coding.

Lets face it, being an expert in a particular programming language is coming to an end. In the past two months I have used my usual languages, C, SQL and Pascal, ones that I guess I am kind of “expert” … Continue reading

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Don’t Write Long Books Until You’re Famous.

While that epic thick novel may look great on your bookshelf, showing what an dedicated and accomplished writer you are, it could be limiting your books exposure to a very small subset of readers. I kind of laughed at this … Continue reading

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Protecting your Work. Is it Even Worth The Effort?

Have you ever wondered if you own the Kindle eBook you bought? Well to cut a long story short, you don’t. With a normal eBook downloaded onto kindle or a book with DRM enabled from another eBook provider, you have … Continue reading

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The Summer of Reasoning Book 1 – The Phoney War – Now Free!

As part of the refresh to my on-going paperback book covers, to try and make them a bit more true to their story and more appealing, I have decided to give away the first part of the trilogy “The Phoney … Continue reading

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I guess I’m not so good at this Marketing Thing!

Marketing. You know, selling your product to the people. Well the consensus is in, I suck at it. Yet another person has approached me and let me know that the covers for my books suck and really don’t reflect the … Continue reading

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Making it Real!

I was an early converter to e-readers with a kindle keyboard in 2010. Living in Smallville, NZ and having to pay $30+ for the latest sci-fi books (if/when the shop had them) it was a no-brainer to me and I … Continue reading

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When life gives you a lemon..

My first book has been on sale at the Amazon kindle store for over a year, and although nobody ever bought a copy it somehow managed to 1-star! Bummer! All I can guess is that my wife found out and … Continue reading

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New Book – A Level of Consciousness

This is the story of a world that might have happened, and a woman who might have lived in it. It is a story about a witch who was not a witch, and a dragon that was not a dragon. … Continue reading

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Why you should write for yourself.

Genres are a weird thing. Think of them like a Venn diagram, a bunch of circles some of which may overlap, others that don’t. Genres are important because as a writer they define who will and who will not be … Continue reading

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END GAME – Book 3 of The Summer of Reasoning

The third and final book in The Summer of Reasoning series dives straight in from the action where the second book Singularity left off on 2027. The Dietrich Research Centre is now the most powerful company on earth, releasing science-fiction … Continue reading

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