I had an awesome artist concept in my mind that would have made a fabulous cover if I could have commissioned a brilliant Digital artist, but alas there just wasn’t the budget. So we searched the stock images and took my concept & turned it into a draft. It was ghastly. I thought it was […]
It may be the my celebratory glass of wine talking but I am really excited to share with you my draft prologue for Fall of Jericho. I just finished the plot edit and now I am ready to tackle what I call my mise en scene edit (setting the atmosphere for each scene) but before I […]
It is amazing how many USA Today authors I have interviewed recently, but Marilyn goes one step better. She has also made the Wall Street Journal Best Seller list so I had to find out more about her work. Marilyn has a new Paranormal Romance series with the first book just released and has kindly […]
33 Responses and Some Awesome Feedback First up, thanks to everyone who took the time to give their feedback on covers; my covers in particular. Here is a quick summary of the results. Less than 20% of you said you buy a book based on its cover, while nearly 80% said that is can affect […]
I’ve met some very interesting authors with my Author Spotlight articles, but when I asked Melinda a few questions in preparation for this interview I discovered her characters really do have a mind of their own. Melinda has Kindly offered the first book in her series free to all my readers. Grab your copy here […]
Not sure if its the completion of my first series, the compilation of years of work or the generosity of both my readers and other authors I network with, but 2017 has been a great year for my books. It’s the first year I managed to write more than one novel (Heir of Vengeance and […]
Sally is a fabulous supporter of Indie Authors and her website is a great source of new books from your favourite authors. This article features my latest book The Ehud Dagger Novella. What is absolutely fantastic is that Sally went looking for my latest book and I got a spike in sales before I even […]
I need your help! I have wanted to visit the Greek Islands and the Mediterranean since I first saw James Bond in For Your Eyes Only many, many, many…. (you get the idea) years ago. Once I started writing novels about ancient Israel, Egypt and other areas of the Med, the lure continued to grow. […]
The first question I had to ask Eileen when we talked for this interview was how and with which book she made the USA Today best seller list. I was quite surprised to discover the book was a Novella and part of an anthology, but what was even more interesting was the novella was an […]
It must be getting close to Christmas because there are so many great authors offering some fantastic promotions; so much so I have two Author Spotlights for October. I asked Dean to join me as he has just released a 23 book boxed set of Fantasy and Sci-fi books from a group of talented authors […]