I’m not usually in favour of writers who post statistics, but I tried an experiment recently, and thought I’d blog about my results. I decided to make both The First Tale and Checkmate & Other Stories free for the duration of Smashwords’ Read an Ebook Week, and I kept a tally of how well downloads […]
#FridayFlash – Black Dog
My name is Samuel Phipps and I offer my position as a clerk within a firm of engineers as testament to my sanity. I can offer no other evidence as to the veracity of the events which I am about to relate, other than the testimony I shall lay before you. I was staying with […]
Read an Ebook Week – Free books!
It’s Read an Ebook Week over on Smashwords, so I’ve made my two self-published titles FREE between now and March 9. Simply enter the code “RW100” at the checkout to get the titles for free – they normally cost 99c. Remember, this offer finishes on Saturday. You can choose between The First Tale, and Checkmate […]
#FridayFlash – Don’t Look Back
A man broke into our house when I was nine. My dad was away on business – at least, that’s what Mom told me. I found out later he was visiting his new girlfriend in Hackensack. Anyway. This man broke in. Turned out he’d been stalking Mom for weeks – the papers later called him […]
Northern Spaces: Lighthouses
I was having a Twitter conversation on Sunday about what writers should actually blog about. I’ve seen a few people, both on Twitter and various blogs, asking writers not to blog about writing. It does get repetitive, I suppose, and I guess there are so many blogs about writing you have to wonder how you […]
Between Two Thorns coming soon
I’ve been a big fan of Emma Newman since I discovered her blog a few years ago, and I was lucky enough to meet her when she did a London book launch for From Dark Places, her collection of short stories. For some time now, she’s been releasing short stories set in her Split Worlds […]
