Anyone who read this blog with any regularity will know I have a thing about Westerns. Thankfully, I am not the only one, and it’s my pleasure to hand the Blunt Pencil over to Matthew Pizzolato, whose new novel Outlaw is now out! Matthew’s here to talk about the challenges of marketing a Western, something […]
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#GuestPost – Cyberpunk as Literary Genre
As you know, I like to hand over the reins to other writers here at the Blunt Pencil, and I’m always happy for people who know more about a topic than me to come and discuss it – variety, after all, is the spice of life! (Except I prefer paprika. But that’s another story for […]
Help Needed: Blogging
I don’t often talk about my day job on here, and to be honest, I’m not about to start now. However, I’ve been tasked with delivering a masterclass session about blogging for those foundation degree students who need to set up and produce a blog throughout their time here. I’m doing it because, being a […]
[Book Review] Crooked Fang
I’ve featured a lot of Crooked Fang on my blog over the past few months, including a guest post from the very delicious Carrie Clevenger about turning blog serials into novels. It’s now my very good honour to feature a review of the book itself! Enjoy… Oh yay, another vampire, I hear you cry. Stop […]
Celebrating The Guns of Retribution
Well today is the last day of my The Guns of Retribution celebration, since today marks the one year anniversary since it came out in paperback. Where does the time go, eh? I just really wanted to thank everyone who’s bought and reviewed it, and everyone who’s enjoyed it and asked me to write another. I […]
#FridayFlash – Mahko
As part of my two week celebration of The Guns of Retribution, I decided to dedicate the two Friday flashes that fell within that period to my bounty hunter, Grey O’Donnell. Last week told the story of how Grey got into the bounty hunting business. A lot of people asked me how Grey met Mahko, […]
