Is the Apocalypse Coming? Part 1 I wrote a book about the apocalypse and now I’m worried Perhaps you’ve read Mr 303 and came here looking for Part Two. Or maybe you’re looking for a glimpse of more apocalyptic shit or SHTF related stuff (Shit Hit The Fan). After writing a book about an impending doomsday, I began[…]
The Life of Q Please do not read the following unless you have already read A Boy Called Q as it contains spoilers. This post is about the sequel, The Life of Q …OUT NOW So, you read A Boy Called Q and now you want to kill me for what happened to Q. Don’t[…]
Suicide Suicide is the unnecesary end of a life half lived Suicide – the tragic end of a life. Life is a mystery and at every turn, there’s going to be some surprises. Some people can’t cope with life and don’t want anymore surprises and choose to take their lives early. What a shame. When[…]
Bleugh A coherent, insightful, intelligent, helpful, honest request to review from the heart I stepped in dog shit and said, “Bleugh.” Occasionally, I’ll eat something that is off or not tasty and will say, “Bleugh.” Maybe, very infrequently, I might have watched a movie, read a book, or listened to a new tune and said,[…]
A Successful Author Spotlight on Reddit WOW! What a night that was and so much fun too. 2,000 upvotes and over 350 comments and I thought I was going to get ignored on my very first ever Author Spotlight on Reddit. When I first spoke to the mods over at /r/books on Reddit about doing[…]
Apocalypse Is Coming It’s not just preppers, conspiracy theorists and wild-eyed ‘the aliens are coming’ enthusiasts who think the Apocalypse Is Coming. There’s signs of those who think the world as it is today, is about to change. Don’t believe me? Type in Google “Apocalypse Is Coming” and see how many results you get. Over[…]
Living La Vida Italiano This is a side post to my Permesso di Soggiorno which I’m currently acquiring in order to regain Italian citizenship. And boy, what a ride it is. From being sent to one office to another – and being told several conflicting stories after another – my journey isn’t one I’d recomment[…]
Herbie and Kayla – Excerpt from Mr 303 The following is an excerpt from Mr 303, my new book which was released on March 31st, 2016. Available now on Amazon. Herbie drove along the freeway heading south while feeling a combination of excitement and apprehension. The drive from Perth to Mandurah should take just under[…]
Sexual Identity Identification Labels and Other Corrections So, over the last few months, as I’ve been writing a book about a bisexual prostitute living in Barcelona, I did a ton of research on sexuality and sexual identity and became a little confused myself. I’ve also written a short tale about a young guy who experiments[…]
How to Write Your First Book And get it to sell When you were a kid, you learned to walk, you fell out of tree houses – scraped your knee, maybe even broke a limb or two. You got up, continued to perfect this thing we call trying-to-grow up. Along the way, you accumulated some[…]
Amazon Thinks I’m an Idiot And after reading this post, I don’t blame them You know when you go to download a book on Kindle? And that thing happens where Amazon goes, “Oh hey Fox, you’ve already downloaded that book,” and then you remember, that’s right, I downloaded that a year ago. Sometimes it takes[…]
People Seem to be Getting Grumpier Part Four Yet Another Zombie Story In case you missed it, People Seem to be Getting Grumpier Part One started…I don’t know, a few weeks ago. Back up and read that first here or this won’t make any sense to you. Several things happened at once; I realised that[…]
The Pigeon Drugs n Mafia in Florence This story I’ve decided to call The Pigeon Drugs n Mafia in Florence started at my local pub on a Wednesday. My mate Pete had just arrived from the UK and was staying with me. So, as a good host, I showed him around to all the good[…]
The New Apartment Part Two This is a continuation from The New Apartment Part One Daylight dispels the deepest shadows and as such, John found that his fear melted under the light of the sun. John spent the day shaking off his horrific first night in the apartment by shopping for things he might need.[…]
My ABBA Day My ABBA Day started off much like many others, except I had an Abba song stuck in my head. Tiger. That’s how I woke up; to the tune of Tiger by Abba. No idea where it came from, but I woke up singing words to a song that had been sung over[…]
People Seem to be Getting Grumpier Part Three Yet Another Zombie Story If you missed Part One or Two, please read those first. Or this will make no sense. Almost like a coordinated attack, the 4 somethings cornered me and I suddenly realized I was completely trapped. With a car blocking one direction and a[…]
Amazon Will Stop Free Books The latest rumour to come from Amazon is that Amazon will stop free books from going anywhere. And with good reason. Free books don’t make money for anyone and Amazon want to make money. So should the author. Books take time to write, cost money to edit and publish and[…]
Free Books Really? WHY? Why would anyone spend months writing a book, researching a story, paying hundreds – editing costs around US$1,000 for a standard sized book, cover design – a couple hundred, reviewing it, proofing it, sending out free copies – at your expense – to key reviewers – in the hopes that they[…]
The Best Apocalyptic Book I love reading all kinds of books, but I have to say that my favorite theme is apocalyptic. Whether it’s watching captivating programs like The Walking Dead or movies like the Dawn of the Dead or reading top books, as long as the world is going to shit, I’m entertained. Finding[…]
People Seem to be Getting Grumpier Part Two Yet Another Zombie Story Last week was the first episode of People Seem to be Getting Grumpier We hadn’t noticed that minutes earlier a light rain had begun to fall, making an already slightly dreary day even drearier. The explosion made us forget everything; even our conversation[…]
People Seem to be Getting Grumpier Yet Another Zombie Story “Is it just me or are people getting grumpier?” “What do you mean? Today?” “No, in general. Don’t you notice it too? Over the years it seems that people seem much more…snappy. Like they go from ok to ticked off in the blink of an[…]
Living Next to a Cemetery in London A fan – yes! Can you believe it? I have one! – recently asked me the following question: Where do you get your inspiration from? I didn’t know how to answer because, let’s face it, for anyone that’s written something before, it can come from anywhere. The toilet,[…]
Like Comment and Live Have you ever started a new venture? Brought something new? Tried something new? Did something different? What were the results? Did you get frustrated and maybe a little disappointed that you didn’t get the appreciation you wanted? Maybe you could help me start a new movement to Like Comment and Live.[…]
Obsessing Over Amazon Rankings People Looking for my Book Monique – Meanwhile I’m Obsessing Over Amazon Rankings The following is a piss-take /humorous take on the obsession of Amazon rankings. It is not designed to be taken seriously. Refresh. 1 Download. Refresh. 1 Download. Refresh. 1 Download. It’s been a whole 3 seconds and I[…]
Why I Fucking Hate Facebook Those dipshits at Facebook annoy the crap out of me. In fact, if I didn’t absolutely have to have a Facebook account, I wouldn’t. Can you tell I’m not a fan? Facebook make you have a personal account just so you can manage a page. That’s Why I Fucking Hate[…]
Authors Getting Bad Reviews on Amazon OH MY GOD! The unthinkable happened. I got a 3 star review for my recently released book ‘Monique’ and I was devastated. Monique came out early January on Amazon and Createspace and I was fairly pleased with the slow but positive reviews the book started getting. I joined Goodreads,[…]
Editing Your Book the Easy Way To think that in this day and age, you can write a book, publish it online, all by yourself. The hard part? Editing Your Book the Easy Way. Editing your book, is a necessary evil. You know you have to, without a good edit, you’ll get slammed on reviews[…]
Where Do I Advertise My Book? I’ve written the next top seller, great. Now what? It’s sitting on that shelf on Amazon, watching tumbleweeds blow past. But Where Do I Advertise My Book? After almost putting money into websites which looked like i’d get a good return, i started researching which sites would perform best,[…]