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Coronation Weekend

A brief break from Inheritance of Magic news for this week, since this Saturday is Coronation Day.  The UK’s crowning a new king. It’s quite strange to watch our head of state change.  I’ll probably only see it happen once … Continue reading

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Injured Cat

Something different for this week. We have a cat who keeps me company during the daytime when I’m writing.  Unfortunately as of the weekend he’s been quite badly hurt.  We came downstairs in the morning to find him unable to … Continue reading

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Twenty-One Years

Twenty-one years ago, I started my first novel.   It wasn’t meant as a novel, at least not to begin with – it was just a story.  I was still in school at the time, and I’d started and abandoned … Continue reading

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New FAQ

Back from holiday, and while I’m waiting for my edits, I’ve put together a FAQ covering some of the most common questions I get regarding Alex Verus and my books in general.  You can see it up on the top … Continue reading

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Was planning a big Ask Luna for this week, but it got delayed by various RL issues.   Double-length Ask Luna next Friday instead.

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Fanart!

Something different today!  An artist by the name of Gergana Hristova has done some fanart of the Alex Verus series – I came across it while browsing her review of the series on Goodreads, and loved the drawings, so asked … Continue reading

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Advice for Writers IV

Part four in this series. Rule Four: Sell The fourth and final step to becoming a successful author: you have to sell what you publish. This step is the one where you’re most likely to run up against the limits … Continue reading

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Fourth and last part of the Advice for Writers series is underway but running longer than expected.  Will have it up next Friday.  

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Advice for Writers III

Parts one and two of this series are here and here.  On to Part Three.   Rule Three: Publish If you want to become a published author, then at some point you need to get around to the publishing part. … Continue reading

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Advice for Writers II

Back in the UK with Internet access again, so let’s get on with part two of this series. Rule Two: Improve Most writers don’t just want to be writers, they want to be good writers. While writing something is satisfying, … Continue reading

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