I hmmed and hawed about this one, Should I do five best authors, should I go with books, or do I go outside and do something less boring instead (anyone remember that reference?). I decided to go with the books because, well, I read a lot self-pub books, probably somewhere around 70% of my reads. So, there was plenty of […]

Seems to have taken a bit longer to get this one out, although in my defence I have been working some more on my own short stories (yay!). Anyways, audiobooks are a funny thing. You could listen to the finest story ever written, and if the narrator sucks, you probably won’t bother listening to the end. When they’re good though, […]

As promised last week during my favourite books piece, I’m going to bring you my five favourite short stories  of the year so far. I read quite a few shorts, usually as a chaser for a longer story, but I also listen to quite a few too. If you like audio, I recommend you check out Audfans and Audiobookboom, both […]

Greetings readers, So you probably know from here or my social media thingys that I read a lot. Now with the Burkelings both at elementary school, I have some free time during the day (don’t tell my wife though) to catch up on all the great books I’ve missed over the last eight years or so. This year I set […]

So some of you may be wandering if I’m ever going to write another book. The answer is, well, I’m currently writing several. I know there was a lot of talk from me about releasing something last year, but for no real good reason, it never happened. So, you ask, what the heck have you been doing? Well, lots of […]

via Hob’s Review of THE INFERNAL BATTALION (The Shadow Campaigns #5) by Django Wexler

November, that dreaded month between the fun of Halloween and the evil that is Christmas. November is also National November Writing Month, where thouasnds of writers try and write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. The winner is the person who writes the least bad novel. This year (for the third time) I’m going to give it a shot, […]

So, with the Burkelings (my kids) both in school full-time, it’s time to focus some more on my writing. Providing endless snacks for my son Eoin was great, but time consuming, so it’s time to step up my author game and make a real go of this. First thing on my agenda is to build my author platform. “What the […]

So, it’s been a while since I posted anything. I have been writing a bit, planning some more, and also dithering over whether I should release my short stories as single entities or a collection. They revolve around Halloween so I should probably get on that. Anyway, my best buddy Eoin (aka my son), has been ordering me to make […]

As some of you who know me (or read my About Me piece) know, I was a sports blogger for about five years before I decided to write a novel. Just like novel writing, sports blogging involves a lot of sitting in front of a computer churning out words. Like novel writing, blogging requires a degree of creativity and individuality to stay […]