by kev_partner | 3rd Jan 2017 | For Authors, Writing Tools
I was introduced to Instafreebie as part of Mark Dawson’s Self Publishing 101 course which included mention of it and a voucher for an extra month’s premium subscription. Instafreebie is a site to which authors upload .mobi, .epub and (optionally) .pdf...
by kev_partner | 29th Dec 2016 | Books I Like
Equal Rites is the third book set on the Discworld and the first not to focus on Rincewind – although it does feature wizards. As the eighth son of an eighth son, Eskarina Smith was destined to be a powerful wizard. The only problem is, she’s a girl...
by kev_partner | 6th Dec 2016 | Books I Like
It’s astonishing to think that The Light Fantastic is, to a large degree, simply the second half of the story started in The Colour of Magic. Astonishing because the leap in quality is palpable – this feels like a true Discworld novel in a way that The...
by kev_partner | 1st Nov 2016 | Books I Like
I’ve resolved to read all of the Discworld books, one a month, from the beginning, and I started with The Colour of Magic, Terry Pratchett’s first foray into the magical world borne on the shoulders of four elephants that ride around the universe on the...
by kev_partner | 1st Oct 2016 | For Authors, Thoughts
The first novel in my comic fantasy trilogy, Stryke First, is now inching its way towards publication. Having been through three drafts, I’ve now printed the 80,000-word manuscript out and I’m marking up all the little cock-ups for amendment before it has...
