“The minute you slow down, that’s the same minute they get you.” As accurate as that sentence is when it comes to the Skrake, the same is true for how it feels to read Sarah Davis-Goff’s brilliant ‘Last ones left alive’ I made the mistake of reading a few pages of this novel while I was supposed to be working. Needless to say, I didn’t get any work done that day. Last Ones left Alive...

When you’re a writer, sometimes you just have to hustle, it’s a competitive world out there and when you’re self-published it becomes even harder. You have to use any and all platforms available to try to get your work under the eyes of readers who might like what you do. So here’s the deal. In my last post, I outlined one of the strategies that I use to get as many reviews as possible on Amazon....

  This is probably the hardest part of being a writer. Putting on your business hat and finding out how to not only believe in yourself and your work but asking an already saturated market to believe in your story as well. I’ll break down the basics first.   Before you do anything and this can be the most expensive part, EDIT your book professionally. Trust me on this, I’ve learned the hard way. If...

So for the next few weeks, I’m going to be working hard on getting the first draft of a new novel written. I’m going to take you through my prep all the while trying to keep my sanity. Currently, I’m at stage one, or what I like to call the “Come on man, you can do this” phase. I’m sticking with the science fiction genre and tend to begin with several questions. Firstly, whose story...

Over the years I’ve used loads of programs to try and organise my thoughts into something that resembles coherence. I thought it would be a good idea to give a list of the ones that I found to be the most useful to me and the ones I now live by. For novel-writing I used Scrivner. It’s a brilliant program and not only the best value but one that has the very best features when...

Greetings, fellow scribblers and readers. It is with great pleasure that I begin my blogging journey with Writing.ie. I thought I would take this first slot to tell you a little about myself and why I’ve chosen a life dedicated to writing about all things science fiction. I currently run a small business in Dublin’s city centre, which has actually come in handy as having a business head helps to think of ideas to promote...

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