by Graeme Cumming | Nov 30, 2020 | Book Reviews, Reading |
Unlike some authors, I don’t think Louise Jensen has made any secret of the fact that she has a writing alter ego. I do understand why authors adopt different personas. If you want to write in a different genre, there’s a possibility you’ll disappoint your readership...
by Graeme Cumming | Nov 28, 2020 | Blogging, Book Reviews, Carrion |
A couple of weeks ago, there was a blog tour for Carrion. The last time I did one of these, I pretty much wrote my own blog post for every participant on the tour, as well as sharing the content as widely as I could (which, frankly, isn’t that widely because...
by Graeme Cumming | Nov 23, 2020 | Book Reviews |
Perhaps unusually, I’m going to open up by saying that I know both authors of this book – but in this case, that knowledge will provide context to my review. I first ‘met’ Sue online through her blog, and later in person at a gathering of bloggers in...
by Graeme Cumming | Nov 20, 2020 | Book Sales, Carrion, Ravens Gathering |
At Halloween, I took part in an event for a Facebook group and, in anticipation of that, reduced the price of my eBooks. The intention was to offer something extra to the people in the group taking part, but it also meant others could buy the books for 77p instead of...
by Graeme Cumming | Nov 16, 2020 | Life Lessons, Nostalgia, Thinking Aloud |
There’s a lot of talk at the moment about the possibilities of Christmas this year. Whether we can have it (we can – it’s not going anywhere), and how we can have it, and the chances of there being restrictions because of Covid-19. Christmas is an important...
by Graeme Cumming | Nov 7, 2020 | Blogging, Book Reviews, Carrion |
It had been my intention to launch Carrion in paperback in the summer and have the launch coincide with a blog tour. Then life got in the way, as life does – and this year it really does… So the paperback only became available a few weeks ago, and...
by Graeme Cumming | Nov 4, 2020 | Events |
Last weekend, I took part in an online author event organised for Halloween via the Bibliophile Book Haven Facebook Group. As the COVID-19 situation lurches us from one state of deprivation to another, online events have been a lifeline to those of us who are missing...
by Graeme Cumming | Oct 14, 2020 | Book Reviews, Events, Ravens Gathering |
No one will ever convince me that social media is the be all and end all of marketing. It has its place, undoubtedly – otherwise I wouldn’t be writing this right now – and in these interesting times when actually getting together with people is...
by Graeme Cumming | Oct 1, 2020 | Carrion |
It’s here at last! And, if you were to look back to when I wrote the first faltering words of that very first draft (too long ago to be absolutely sure how many years have passed since), you’d understand just how relevant the words ‘at...
by Graeme Cumming | Sep 27, 2020 | Book Reviews, Events |
I have previously written about going to the Orenda Roadshow. While I was there, I bought Beast by Matt Wesolowski. As with each of the other books I bought, I made sure I spoke to the author and, of course, got him to sign my copy. Earlier in the evening, when...
by Graeme Cumming | Sep 24, 2020 | Carrion |
Well, the countdown continues… Okay, maybe not quite as dramatic as that – but, hey, who doesn’t love a bit of Thunderbirds? (And, if you watched the whole sequence, we are kindred spirits.) Still, as I said last week, the paperback of Carrion...
by Graeme Cumming | Sep 20, 2020 | Book Reviews, Events |
I’ve written before about going to one of the stop-offs for the Orenda Roadshow. Among the books I bought that night was Nothing Important Happened Today by Will Carver. In advance of the Roadshow, I’d read several reviews of the book and was intrigued by the...
