After laying the foundations of an online encyclopaedia, I experiment with creating an interactive map for my fantasy world using...
An email from fellow author, Troy A. Hill, has me thinking about some differences between historical fiction and fantasy. I also...
Idle hands are the devil's tools, and mine have been busy creating a technically complex world-building solution. Yet, perhaps an...
When a young writer unexpectedly reaches out for help, I contemplate the value of communities and reflect how my communities have...
After realising I'm on the losing side, I decide not to fight for climate action, liberalism and fairness. Yes, no more politics for...
After my house is broken into and my car stolen, I ask myself if my backup strategy and business continuity is robust enough to...
An experiment to record an episode on an iPad using a cheap lav mic and Ferrite.
A couple of weeks after publishing my review of World Anvil, they make a pretty big announcement for lovers of table-top role playing...
After an embarrassing delay, I'm back to whinge about travel, gastro, Amazon Kindle Select and Australia's National Broadband Network.
I review World Anvil, a very promising and comprehensive app for world-builders, table-top gamers and novelists.
I announce my intention to create an instructional series on how I use Scrivener. Rather than focusing on features in isolation, I'll...
I decide to trial Talkyard for commenting that’s more mobile and social-media friendly, mostly because my old system was too much work!
I review Evangeline and the Alchemist and the interview author and fellow Melburnian, Madeleine D'Este
To celebrate IndieApril and reaching 10 thousand tweets, I buy up a bunch of books by some terrific indie authors.
I come across another dodgy marketing business on Facebook preying on indie authors and decide to call this one out.
With the release of Ulysses 15, I review its new features, and ponder my future with the app in the wake of growing competition and a...
After a thought provoking review of Cadoc's Contract on Amazon, I explore the use of profanity in fantasy novels, and wander down yet...
A casual reply to a tweet by Mark Hamill, sees me stepping on egg shells. I admit I don't like the new Star Wars movies, but for...
I almost forgot I'd been invited to participate in this group book sale. Get The Weaver's Boy and other great fantasy reads on sale...
I review The First of Shadows for Rosser's Reads and then interview author Deck Matthews.
After my beta readers tell me I need a map for Cadoc's Contract, I make a map...then I tumble down the rabbit warren of fantasy...
I'm interviewed by D. Hart St Martin and The Weaver's Boy is featured by E.J. Dawson, so it's blog and book tours galore!
I launch my first podcast and explain my reasons for doing so...after many years of procrastination, dithering and self-doubt.
I make a guest appearance on Jason A. Meuschke's Sample Chapter Podcast and read Chapter 1 of The Weaver's Boy.
After splitting my newsletter in two, I decide to create a new space on my website to review and promote the best indie authors!
I return to iA Writer to review version 5, having previously set it aside in favour of Ulysses. I'm very impressed, and I make a...
Find your next favourite urban fantasy, paranormal romance, or sci-fi romance.
I share my plans for 2019. It's a lot, probably too much, but I'm going to give it my all!
After years spent hosting my own email server, I migrate to Google's G-suite for business. I'm not looking back!
The morning news says our stock market will take a beating and it's all Apple's fault. I reflect how silly the world is, and offer my...
After trialling scree-free Sunday for most of December, I decide to continue it into 2019, and use the opportunity to reconnect with...
As I slowly right the ship after the November write-off, I contemplate how I did in 2018. I give myself a pat on the back and tease a...
Author Renée Gendron asked me on Twitter my top three world-building tips. Here’s the slightly longer answer than 240 characters!
After watching the finale of Doctor Who Season 11, I contemplate how theme and social issues have replaced story-arcs as the show's...
I lament a disastrous November and aborted Nanowrimo campaign, while flying to Sydney for work. Man...I'm looking forward to the...
I finally answer a reader's question and follow up my popular review of three open-source overland map generators with a review of a...
I share a workflow for Siri Shortcuts that lets you update your Nanowrimo word count from your iPhone or iPad
Part 2 of my tutorial on making fancy world-building handouts. This time I'm refining my process and adding some automation to make...
I contemplate suffrage and voting rights after Jacinda Ardern's 'Happy Suffrage Day' video leads to an interesting debate on social...
Mad with envy for the creative power of the DnD community, I set about to make some fancy world-building handouts for my readers...
Writing a post about productivity management makes me appreciate how much I've actually written this year. I reflect on my...
I rant about task management, review an interesting but flawed IOS app beorg, and ask myself if Emacs and Org-mode is too deep a...
It's my birthday this month so to celebrate, The Weaver's Boy is now available for 0.99c for a limited time.
I reflect on three months of using Ulysses, pony up for the annual subscription, and ponder if I’ll ever use it for writing fiction.
A troublesome story blows out in size but at last I've finished the first draft. I give up pantsing for good and pledge to give this...
A reader's dislike for advertising prompts me to answer the question of why I advertise on my blog. I ponder whether it's time to...
When my book, The Weaver's Boy, is pirated and sold illegally, I reflect on piracy, DRM and the hidden risks of going wide.
I migrate my newsletter provider to MailerLite because I wasn’t happy with MailChimp. I also updated my Privacy Policy