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 […]

Okay readers, followers and so forth, I have been rather slack recently in my writing adventure. I’ve done a little promotion on-line, but after a solid January where I managed 13,000 words or so, I did next to nothing over the last couple of months, including neglecting my blog. Now it’s mid-April, and it’s time to get back on the […]

So, the release of The King is Dead ran relatively smoothly, with the minor hiccough of the paperpack release being delayed a couple of days. Apparently this is typical of our friends at Amazon. Also typical is the separation of e-book and paperback into two different entities. This should be fixed soon enough, but it skews the sales a little. Not […]

In case you haven’t been paying attention, my debut novel The King is Dead, will be released on December 20th. The e-book has been available for pre-order for some time now, but the paper copy can be purchased on launch day. Here’s the blurb: “Etruvia has known peace for twenty years. But this time of peace has brought corruption and greed. The […]