Why I Write
I was recently asked in a mini questionnaire for a convention website (True Believers FYI), “What’s your favourite thing about what you do?”, and it took me a while to think of an answer. It’s a question I had never…
I can’t read the way I used to
Just had an interesting Twitter conversation with @mrdavidwhitley about Moby Dick, based on a blog post he shared, supposedly about someone’s time spent on a commercial whaling vessel. I got that it was referencing Herman Melville’s classic book, but hadn’t…
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Self-publishing thoughts 2014
I did this last year, and figured (see what I did there?) I would do the same again, now that I have two books released. There are already some authors who release this info publically, notably J.A. Konrath who has…
Working on short stories
Yep, taking a break from the POWERLESS world for a moment while I do something a bit different. Well, not too different. My first published ebook (back when I was testing the waters, and the process) was a collection of…
The worst time of the year!
Yes, the worst time of the year has come round again. It’s when all my favourite TV shows return for their new seasons, eating into my writing time. Not to mention any new shows I want to check out. Like…
Life has begun
I’ve been quiet on here recently for reasons so dull I won’t bore you with them. However I will update you with what I’ve been doing that’s relevant to writing. I’m writing Powerless book #3, although I still want to…
Starting work on book #3
With Powerless 2nd Revised edition and Killing Gods 1st edition now out (and the mad self-publishing and promotional scramble around them having calmed down) it’s time for me to focus on the next book in the series. And I already know…
Doing a Reddit IAmA in a few minutes – this here is the proof!
Yup, I’ll be on reddit.com/r/IAmA/ doing an AMA (Ask Me Anything) shortly. My user name there is TonyCooper and as the subreddit says, you can ask me absolutely anything. Ideal subjects would be about writing, self-publishing, advertising, doing conventions/book fairs,…
A petition for the readers
You may or may not be aware that there is currently a business dispute going on between Amazon and the French-backed publishing giant Hachette regarding ebook pricing. I’m not going to go over the details here as it is covered…
The Powerless Bible
Now that I’ve finished the first draft of Killing Gods I’ve decided to create a ‘Bible’ for the Powerless universe. I have a terrible memory at the best of times, yet for some reason I can hold a whole world…