City of Strife Released
Book Four of the Kormak Saga, City of Strife came back from editing earlier than expected so I released it today. It’s a classic urban sword and sorcery adventure involving undead gangsters, cannibal were-rat cultists and impending civil war in the greatest city of the kingdom of Taurea. Kormak is caught between the warring factions and must solve the mystery of what is really going on before catastrophe ensues. Naturally there is plenty of sword-wielding action and monster-slaying as well. Pick up the book at Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Smashwords and Barnes and Noble right now. The price is a very affordable Read more…
Kormak: City of Strife Preview
The fourth Kormak novel, City of Strife is off with my editor right now. I’m hoping it will be ready to publish in the not-too-distant future so now seems like a good time to run a preview. (You may also wish to download Stealer of Flesh, the first book in the series. It’s available for free from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Smashwords, Apple and Kobo.) My apologies for any typos you may come across (I’ll update things once I get the edits back), and I hope you enjoy the sneak peek. Thanks for reading! Prologue THE FAT MONK ran through the garbage-strewn Read more…
Workflow 2013
I’m currently working on The Fall of Macharius and, since I am right in the middle of a new novel, now seems like a good time to talk about the tools I use and my workflow. It’s on my mind and a nice easy subject to write a blog post about and, hey, I’m all about taking the easy way out whenever possible. I am constantly trying to optimise my use of time. I’ve streamlined my working process a little since the last time I discussed it so here are my current methods. I still use Evernote to gather ideas, information, Read more…
The End of Free?
Over on Lindsay Buroker’s excellent blog there is a post which very lucidly points out all the reasons Amazon may be making it less and less attractive to release free ebooks. Rather than rehashing Lindsay’s arguments here I recommend you simply go read the post and the comments. I’ll still be here when you get back. I say may be making rather than is making because, as with everything related to the Zon, the only people who can be sure what Amazon is actually up to are the people who work there. It’s a black box as far as the Read more…
Indie Publishing a Print Book
So, how much does it cost to independently produce the print version of a book these days? Well, Stealer of Flesh (currently available from Amazon, the Book Depository and any bookstore where you care to place an order ISBN: 978-1483969541) cost me somewhere under $125. To those of you who, like me, grew up in the world of Quark Xpress, offset printing and warehouse distribution, that number is probably jaw-dropping. Welcome to the new world of Print On Demand (POD) publishing. Let’s take a look out how the figures break down. I used CreateSpace, Amazon’s print on demand subsidiary for the Read more…
The Inquiry Agent Free on Amazon
I thought I had better mention the fact that my Victorian detective novel The Inquiry Agent is free on Amazon today. I have cancelled the automatic renewal on Kindle Select and I won’t be renewing it in the foreseeable future so this may well be your last chance to pick the book up as a freebie. The Inquiry Agent is not very typical of my usual style or genre but it is, in many ways, the best book I have written and it’s one I am very proud of. If you need any more encouragement, here is the blurb. London Read more…
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