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May 10, 2012:
Aquasynthesis, an anthology of short stories written by the authors at Splashdown Books, has reached the finals of the 2012 Next Generation Indie Book Awards.Watch this space for more details....
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April 23, 2012:
Available from May 1st. Grab your parrots, don your eyepatches, swash your buckles, and prepare to say "Aaaaar" as you join us in the high-seas adventure that is the Summer 2012 issue of SciendaQ. Available at all good ports-of-call (Barnes and Noble, and Amazon). Details of the treasure be here.
April 13, 2012:
Adam Collings over at The Collings Zone has given Alpha Redemption five stars. Read his review here.
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March 26, 2012:
Alpha Revelation, the sequel to Alpha Redemption, has now entered the final week of editing before it gets some serious attention from my publisher and editor. Beta readers have responded favourably but the typo fairy appears to have been working overtime. The manuscript looks as though it has been set upon by a herd of angry red pens.
March 13, 2012:
Alpha Revelation, the sequel to Alpha Redemption, is almost ready to be shipped off to the editor (Cathi-Lyn Dyck). Here is a preview of the cover.
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February 6, 2012:
The Cheesecake Thickens, the NAF alumni sister site dedicated to everything but writing, launched this week. In case you're wondering what this is all about and what on Earth cheesecake has to do with anything, have a look here.
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January 16, 2012:
The inaugural edition of Scienda Quarterly: The Armchair Adventurer's Magazine (also called SciendaQ) is available from Amazon, B&N and Smashwords.
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January 2, 2012:
Have a look at the new trailer for Alpha Redemption. It was created using Windows Movie Maker and was inspired by the excellent music of Michael Rogers.
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December 5, 2011:
My short essay Show Me How to Show'is featured in the Winter 2011 edition of Starsongs Magazine, available here. Aimed at young authors, the piece explains the difference between telling your reader that there is a dinosaur in your vegetable patch, and showing it.
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May 10, 2011:
Alpha Redemption made it to the finals in two categories in the 2011 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, in the Science Fiction/Fantasy category as well as the Religious Fiction category. I am particularly excited about being a finalist in Science Fiction/Fantasy because it includes books in the secular market..
