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Dear Amazon, I’m confused, regards Confused from Exeter
As you can tell from the title, I’m very confused with Amazon. I have set the price of my books to be 2.99 in whatever currency. Currently $4.52. Which is roughly £3.00. So not working then. I then set up a ‘Timed Sale’ thing for today. Black Friday. 0.99 in whatever currency. Nope. Still 2.99 … Continue reading
Balverine’s Bane
The story below was an entry for a fanfic competition for Fable Legends, the latest Fable game for the Xbox One from Lionhead. The prizes were a controller, game bits etc, but I thought I’d enter because I haven’t written much fan fiction at all. Fable was also one of the first games I played … Continue reading
Bitter Defeat – World-building an alternate history timeline
The World The Bitter Defeat universe is one that I created for my character Blaise Maximillian, a bitter, jaded, cynical war veteran that can’t leave the war behind due to his duties as a secret policeman on the one hand, and a resistance fighter on the other. It’s a alternate history that sees the Allies … Continue reading
Reviews from fellow authors matter
Especially if they’ve come from authors whose writing you respect and enjoy. In this case, David Guymer, author of the excellent City of the Damned (Gotrek & Felix Novels) has given Blaise Maximillian: Bitter Defeat it’s 3rd FIVE STAR review! Bitter Defeat is a series of connected short stories telling the story of an alternate … Continue reading
Reviews like this make it all worth it
Writers don’t write to get praise. Well, most writers don’t. They write because they feel the need to, and because they want to share their worlds with other people. That said, it bloody made this author’s day to get the following 5* review on Amazon.co.uk. Well and truly made up. Go buy it! “Although it … Continue reading
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