569 tweets. That’s how many tweets I’ll be popping out from eight Twitter accounts on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday this week for the #TwitterFiction Festival. From 6 – 7 PM AEST each day, I’ll be telling the story of Qan and The Mentor. I’ve been writing the story whilst on holiday without my trusty laptop, and it’s certainly been a challenging experience. Since some of […]
Mansfield Manor: Cover Under Construction!
The cover design for The Murder at Mansfield Manor is now well underway, with a comprehensive brief in at Artcorgi, and the artist hard at work. I’ve had a different artist for each cover in the Inspector Ambrose series, and for this cover, I’ve chosen to work with Blacksmiley. I love the artist’s clean, simple style. I’ve included a sneak peek of the draft cover here: […]
Writing a Compelling Amazon Book Description: A Challenging Process.
Who’d have thought that something so short could be so challenging? I’m fairly sure those was Goliath’s last thought as he faced down David. It’s also been my thought tonight as I’ve spent considerable time updating my Amazon descriptions. This process has involved reading several (lengthy) articles on how to nail a good book description, and also doing research into book descriptions around Amazon, especially […]
A Dozen Small Changes Part II: A Valuable Lesson.
Updates, updates, updates. I’ve been hard at work enacting changes to my Inspector Ambrose stories these past few days – and the challenge hasn’t lessened as I’ve moved through the process. The main difficulty I’m facing is around pacing, as I have to add in more information and backstory to make the three stories work as one complete series without slowing them down too much. I’ve […]
