Well there it is: my first published piece of work is there to be bought by anyone who wants it!
Go on, you know you want to: it costs less than the price of a cup of coffee, and will give you more enjoyment than a cup of coffee, guaranteed! (legal: not a guarantee)
Tonight I started work on another piece of work, called Love and Lycanthrope, which I've been thinking about for a while now. It's that age old tale: boy meets girl, boy falls for girl, girl falls for boy, boy finds out girl is a werewolf, boy thinks they can make it work, werewolf bites boy, boy not so sure anymore... Ah, the classic plotlines are the best.
Anyway, here's a link to The Head Vampire: http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Head-Vampire-ebook/dp/B006KER1MK/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1323733901&sr=8-4
That's an ugly-ass link, but oh well, gets the job done...
I'm also on Twitter: @Evil_Steve
That's my personal Twitter, so will be full of bullshit mostly, but if you need to get me: I'm there.
S.J.
Monday, 12 December 2011
Tuesday, 6 December 2011
First Post/ Hi
OK, so I thought that since I'm going to be publishing some stuff soon, people might want a place where they can come to find out more about me, see what I'm doing, and see what I look like, without going to all the trouble of sitting in the trees across from my house (which you're all totally free to do by the way).
So I've finished my first novel, The Werechicken, and I've sent it off to an agent to see if they want to take me on as a new client. Haven't heard back from them. I have a list of other agents/ publishers that I will send it to if it doesn't get accepted by this first one. It's only a short list, and I wouldn't be too gutted about not getting any positive responses, because I'm quite keen to try self-publishing through Amazon.com.
That moves us nicely into what else I'm up to: I'm writing a series of short stories, based in the same universe as The Werechicken, but which expand on the universe a bit. The most complete one (which I'm supposed to be working on right now, instead of creating a blog) is called The Head Vampire (working title). I've finished the first draft, and it's about 8,400 words long. I'm planning to have that one up on the Amazon e-bookshop by the weekend - I still have to come up with a cover though. So quite excited about that.
As for this blog: I intend to use it as a space for talking about my books/short stories, and also filling in some gaps that might cause a little confusion until The Werechicken is released. I write a lot about the world that the characters find themselves in, but don't mention too much in the short stories. The reason for this is that I can do a bit of info-dumping in a 105,000 word novel, that I might not be able to get away with in a <10,000 word short story.
So that's the grand plan all. If you're reading this, there's a good chance that you're my mother/girlfriend/sister/Jonny/Graham, but if you're not: feel free to say hello, and I'll say it back, and it will be just like we're real-life friends :-)
So I've finished my first novel, The Werechicken, and I've sent it off to an agent to see if they want to take me on as a new client. Haven't heard back from them. I have a list of other agents/ publishers that I will send it to if it doesn't get accepted by this first one. It's only a short list, and I wouldn't be too gutted about not getting any positive responses, because I'm quite keen to try self-publishing through Amazon.com.
That moves us nicely into what else I'm up to: I'm writing a series of short stories, based in the same universe as The Werechicken, but which expand on the universe a bit. The most complete one (which I'm supposed to be working on right now, instead of creating a blog) is called The Head Vampire (working title). I've finished the first draft, and it's about 8,400 words long. I'm planning to have that one up on the Amazon e-bookshop by the weekend - I still have to come up with a cover though. So quite excited about that.
As for this blog: I intend to use it as a space for talking about my books/short stories, and also filling in some gaps that might cause a little confusion until The Werechicken is released. I write a lot about the world that the characters find themselves in, but don't mention too much in the short stories. The reason for this is that I can do a bit of info-dumping in a 105,000 word novel, that I might not be able to get away with in a <10,000 word short story.
So that's the grand plan all. If you're reading this, there's a good chance that you're my mother/girlfriend/sister/Jonny/Graham, but if you're not: feel free to say hello, and I'll say it back, and it will be just like we're real-life friends :-)
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