Books

I stopped in to chat with Nikola at Nestpitch to talk about writing and The Foundation. Take a look  

I received a great message on Twitter that Fiona at ReadingKills.com had reviewed The Foundation. My favourite line? “This is a jet-setting, alarming, bang-pow-kaboom read full of metaphorical and literal bloodshed, political machinations you’ll hope desperately will never become reality, and late-night giant-popcorn-wielding funnies.” You can check out her review here. My thanks to Fiona … Read more

The Foundation is now available globally from your favourite e-tailer of choice: Amazon (Kindle) iBook Store (Apple devices) Barnes and Noble (Nook devices) Google Play (All devices except Kindle) Kobo (All devices except Kindle) Thanks to everyone who has joined me for the ride. I’d love to hear your thoughts in a review or on … Read more

Everyone has to make the local paper once in their life! I achieved that this week. http://www.theweeklyreviewmooneevalley.com.au/story/1809588/ascot-vale-author-lays-the-foundation-of-a-fast-paced-thriller/ The people at The Weekly Review obviously have exquisite taste.

  You can’t judge a book by its cover, but I reckon that’s how the majority of people make a decision about whether to read a blurb and pull the trigger on purchasing a book, especially those by debut authors. Enter Path to Publication IV: The cover and marketing (click here and here and here … Read more

So I have a pretty significant amount of time for John Birmingham. He’s awesome. He writes good, ‘splodey books and thinky political opinion thingos. So when I received at email saying he’d done a blurb for The Foundation, I got a little giddy. Or a lot giddy. I’ll let your imagination sort through it. What did … Read more

Accept. Accept. Accept. Accept. At the time of writing, that has been my life for four hours a night for the last week. It’s spilling over into other bits of life, too. I really want to hit ‘Reject Change’ on suggestions I empty the dishwasher, and ‘Delete Comment’ on most things I hear on public … Read more

Hello you sexy beast! I’m able to reveal the cover for The Foundation after long last.

So Moses parted the Red Sea, eh? Well, splitting that big puddle is nothing compared to the ocean of red I’ve dived into with nothing but a spear gun in my hand and a steely determination to slay bad stuff in my heart. Probably some pants, too. So brings us to Path to Publication II: … Read more

In the July 2014 issue of Writers Victoria Magazine, I wrote about my experience in finishing a manuscript. You can read the article here. In it I committed to doing my best to let readers in on the publishing process for The Foundation as I experience it for the first time. Between now and the … Read more