Category: Novels
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First month of self-publishing
The Garden of Abel has had one month up on Amazon’s ebook store. It didn’t exactly take the world by storm but it has more readers than it did when it was posted on my site. I’ve also been able to make (a little) money off the sales. As I’ve mentioned in previous blog posts…
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The Garden of Abel
As I shared in my last blog post, I self-published one of my novels. “The Garden of Abel” was the second book I wrote, and is now the first to be published in any form. The support I’ve received from family and friends has been great so far, and I’m grateful to have that. I…
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The Garden of Abel: Self-published my first book
So any readers will know that “The Garden of Abel” was on my site a while back. I have now deleted the entries and have an ebook for $9.99. The Garden of Abel Ebook I have always been hesitant to self-publish anything, but the recent rejection I received — where there was a ton of…
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Joining a game writing course
I’ve previously mentioned that I took on the task of writing a screenplay. I am still awaiting news of whether I got into my film program or not. In the meantime I figured I would try another avenue and also sign up for a game writing course. I saw it advertised via Instagram and after…
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So close but not quite there
The few readers of this site may know that I’ve been trying to get a book published since I was 18. The first book I tried with was the first draft of “Elseworld.” The first draft, looking back now, had lots of issues. There were lots of info dumps (still working on cutting those down),…
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Trying a screenplay
For the past year I was seriously considering trying to convert a novel into a screenplay. I made the plunge earlier in 2023. It’s been a busy year but I’m getting near the end of the project now.
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Wrong book or wrong agent?
I have previously shared how difficult it was to get my first short story acceptance. It took over fifty submissions before I finally got one yes. Just one week before I received my first yes from Idle Ink for “Memory Catcher” an editor responded to one of my short stories with some personalized feedback. Typically,…
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Idle Ink Podcast
A bit late but here is the Spotify link for my podcast with Idle Ink. Idle Ink gave me my first published credit when they posted “Memory Catcher” to their site. It was an honour to speak with the editor, J.L. Corbett, about my writing journey and my projects. It’s a long one (around 45…
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Anansi Complete
A draft of “Anansi” is complete at 68,000 words. Once I finished, I realize I didn’t know what genre this work fell under. I’ve been so used to writing sci-fi that it didn’t even occur to me that this falls outside of that genre. There are sci-fi influences for sure, especially since my protagonist is…
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Fox- A Disney Company
Today, Disney acquired 21st Century Fox for $52.4 billion. The deal comprises numerous properties, ranging from The Simpsons, to Avatar, but the biggest point of interest for me is that Disney now has the rights to X-Men. The development is now confirmed but this is something that a lot of Marvel fans have been praying for for…