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June 25, 2014
Facebook!!
Yes, yes, Facebook. Sigh.
Still! We do live in the Facebook slave-age and these things must be done, I suppose. So, if you like to 'Like' stuff, head on over to L.J. Hayward and hit the like button, I guess. You know, if you wanna and stuff.
Also, there's this thing called PenBlock. I'm not really certain just what it is, or, you know, how to use it, but I signed up because I'm just that sort of reckless, devil-may-care sort of person. If you understand PenBlock, or are feeling a bit daring, he...
Still! We do live in the Facebook slave-age and these things must be done, I suppose. So, if you like to 'Like' stuff, head on over to L.J. Hayward and hit the like button, I guess. You know, if you wanna and stuff.
Also, there's this thing called PenBlock. I'm not really certain just what it is, or, you know, how to use it, but I signed up because I'm just that sort of reckless, devil-may-care sort of person. If you understand PenBlock, or are feeling a bit daring, he...
May 27, 2014
Paperback and Kindle!!
Finally got my arse into gear and finalised the paperback and Kindle editions of Blood Work.* Yay!!
Paperback is now available from Amazon US and Amazon UK
Kindle edition also available from Amazon.
So now that's done, hopefully the process will be smoother and quicker for the next one. ;)
Adios!!!
* Sadly, there is a price attached. I went with the minimum amount allowable, though.
Paperback is now available from Amazon US and Amazon UK
Kindle edition also available from Amazon.
So now that's done, hopefully the process will be smoother and quicker for the next one. ;)
Adios!!!
* Sadly, there is a price attached. I went with the minimum amount allowable, though.
May 5, 2014
Blood Work Origins 3 – Plot
Blood Work Origins 3 – Plot
This blog ain’t called ‘Plot Happens’ for nothing, folks. What it means is that I don’t plan out a book’s plot before I start writing. All I need to begin typing those first lines is a vague idea about what I want to happen, a fairly decent grasp on my characters and an okay realisation of the world. I find a lot of the details fill themselves in as I go along. Of course, at the end of the whole thing, I have to go back to the start and make it all smooth and lookin...
This blog ain’t called ‘Plot Happens’ for nothing, folks. What it means is that I don’t plan out a book’s plot before I start writing. All I need to begin typing those first lines is a vague idea about what I want to happen, a fairly decent grasp on my characters and an okay realisation of the world. I find a lot of the details fill themselves in as I go along. Of course, at the end of the whole thing, I have to go back to the start and make it all smooth and lookin...
April 30, 2014
Blood Work Origins 2 - Characters
Blood Work Origins 2 – Characters
In the first of this series, I talked about blood, namely blood transfusions (arguably, the heart of any vampire mythology), and while the subject is fascinating, it hardly constitutes a good story on its own. You need more than a scientific concept. You need people to impart that scientific concept! Interesting people! People who, for me at least, have to be a bit smart, a bit fun and a bit mental. Because, aren’t we all?
When I began seriously thinking about...
In the first of this series, I talked about blood, namely blood transfusions (arguably, the heart of any vampire mythology), and while the subject is fascinating, it hardly constitutes a good story on its own. You need more than a scientific concept. You need people to impart that scientific concept! Interesting people! People who, for me at least, have to be a bit smart, a bit fun and a bit mental. Because, aren’t we all?
When I began seriously thinking about...
April 27, 2014
April 26, 2014
Blood Work Origins 1 - Blood
So, I thought I’d do a little series of posts about the origin of Blood Work, just in case anyone was interested…
Blood Work Origins 1 - Blood
Blood Work started, as most books do, as an idea. An idea that came to me years and years ago. Way back when I first discovered Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire I was also learning about blood and all its properties. It was, you could say, kismet.
Rice’s vampires are all broody, introspective, depressive creatures. Fascinating and magnetic, yes, but...
Blood Work Origins 1 - Blood
Blood Work started, as most books do, as an idea. An idea that came to me years and years ago. Way back when I first discovered Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire I was also learning about blood and all its properties. It was, you could say, kismet.
Rice’s vampires are all broody, introspective, depressive creatures. Fascinating and magnetic, yes, but...
April 11, 2014
So...
It's been a long time since I posted here. A long, long time. Why the break? Well, for a while there, the writing wasn't going so well. A lot of rejections tend to do that, I guess.
Anyway, I decided after much umming and ahhing and do-I, don't-I, to independently publish the novel I've had kicking around for six odd years. And after some more procrastination, actually did it.
So, I'd like to introduce Matt Hawkins, Mercy Belique and Erin McRae in their debut novel...
Matt Hawkins isn’t a wizard. He’s not a werewolf, either. He doesn’t talk to ghosts, though he thinks he might like to see one some day. Matt’s just an ordinary, everyday kind of guy. So why is the oldest and meanest vampire in town suddenly gunning—or should that be ‘fanging’?—for him?
Maybe it’s his social skills, or lack thereof—but it wasn’t his fault he lost his pants in the middle of the mall. Perhaps it’s because he’s on nickname basis with the ghoul in a local cemetery. Then there’s the outside chance it’s the fact Matt’s one half of the vampire slaying team that is Night Call.
His partner is Mercy, a pint sized fighting machine with a killer wardrobe—and she’s the only tame vampire in existence.
Still, none of that explains why tenacious PI Erin McRea is digging through all the nastiest moments of his history in an effort to find him.
And somehow Matt has to find the time to see his therapist about that little temper problem he has…
Yes, an urban fantasy. Yes, vampires (but not romantic vampires). Yes, a PI. BUT! If you like Jim Butcher, Mike Carey and Seanan McGuire, then I hope you'd enjoy Blood Work as well.
Currently, an ebook is available (for free!) at Smashwords in all formats. Hopefully a print version (for a small price) will be available soon-ish.
And once you've downloaded, read and enjoyed (pray, loved!) Blood Work, feel free to rate and review it (even if you didn't like or love) at Goodreads
Cheers!!
Anyway, I decided after much umming and ahhing and do-I, don't-I, to independently publish the novel I've had kicking around for six odd years. And after some more procrastination, actually did it.
So, I'd like to introduce Matt Hawkins, Mercy Belique and Erin McRae in their debut novel...
Matt Hawkins isn’t a wizard. He’s not a werewolf, either. He doesn’t talk to ghosts, though he thinks he might like to see one some day. Matt’s just an ordinary, everyday kind of guy. So why is the oldest and meanest vampire in town suddenly gunning—or should that be ‘fanging’?—for him?
Maybe it’s his social skills, or lack thereof—but it wasn’t his fault he lost his pants in the middle of the mall. Perhaps it’s because he’s on nickname basis with the ghoul in a local cemetery. Then there’s the outside chance it’s the fact Matt’s one half of the vampire slaying team that is Night Call.
His partner is Mercy, a pint sized fighting machine with a killer wardrobe—and she’s the only tame vampire in existence.
Still, none of that explains why tenacious PI Erin McRea is digging through all the nastiest moments of his history in an effort to find him.
And somehow Matt has to find the time to see his therapist about that little temper problem he has…
Yes, an urban fantasy. Yes, vampires (but not romantic vampires). Yes, a PI. BUT! If you like Jim Butcher, Mike Carey and Seanan McGuire, then I hope you'd enjoy Blood Work as well.
Currently, an ebook is available (for free!) at Smashwords in all formats. Hopefully a print version (for a small price) will be available soon-ish.
And once you've downloaded, read and enjoyed (pray, loved!) Blood Work, feel free to rate and review it (even if you didn't like or love) at Goodreads
Cheers!!
