I may not attend the group writing sessions but I often think of the regular evenings of writing exercises and critique. The idea of one-to-one feedback in person, is, in my opinion, unparalleled in our craft. Yes, I moved on to be in a world (or worlds) of my own, but I learned a lot from the weekly…

On a recent visit to my private world of eBook cover manufacture, it occurred to me that a few of my covers were 'tacky'.

I spent a day researching possible replacement graphics and getting on with the task of re-building the covers.The result I believe, is a better overall effect in terms of the individual books and the sub-branding of the genre.

I'm particularly pleased with the end result of my…

Having published in excess of twenty titles as eBooks it has come to pass that I have now created a paperback book.

Yesterday I received confirmation that three weeks of effort had paid off and…

Hello my fellow Inkerman scribes, and I hope you're all well. I'd like to imagine most of you have blisters from writing or typing to excess.

I often sit at my keyboard on a Tuesday evening and think about the camaradarie of our group. I imagine who was in attendance, and once again I hear the voices reading out a passage or two from the evening's efforts.

Occasionally I'll find myself with a printed copy of a story, reading it aloud, which as we all know is the best way to…

Hello my fellow Inkerman scribes, and I hope you're all well. I'd like to imagine most of you have blisters from writing or typing to excess.

I often sit at my keyboard on a Tuesday evening and think about the camaradarie of our group. I imagine who was in attendance, and once again I hear the voices reading out a passage or two from the evening's efforts.

Occasionally I'll find myself with a printed copy of a story, reading it aloud, which as we all know is the best way to…

I recently amended the title of my top-selling book, Beyond The Law.

Following queries by several readers about a sequel, I wrote Beyond The Law: Retribution, which has been selling steadily. I left the second part of the story open, so I've been working on the third in the series.

I…

Hello fellow members of the Inkerman Writers. It's great to see more titles emerging from our talented authors, so in tune with new ideas, my new sales strategy for 2016 is to give away a title every month.

Instead of heading to Amazon via various clicks and searches I'm using the new 'preview before…

A couple of years ago I tried writing erotica and failed miserably, mainly because I tried to stick to the rules. Which rules? Oh nothing much, just a load of tosh about decency, subtlety, and avoiding going too far with imagery. I read some of the modern erotica and found that a lot of authors are writing about something they know little or nothing about.

Inspired by the handful of books I downloaded, and the successful, though nonetheless rubbish '50 Shades ...' I…

As one year closes another year opens. I'm pleased to see Bud's new offering 'Dead Certainty' on Amazon. I'll be adding it to my TBR list.

On the topic of TBR lists, if any of you guys are interested there is a Facebook group by the name of Indie Author Review Exchange which is a useful platform to help get your work recognised. I've been involved since the group was set up and we now…

Hello my Inkerman friends. It's taken a while, but to celebrate the success of my second novel, 'Beyond The Law', and the launch of my latest, 'Amsterdam Calling', I am pleased to announce that I have a new, dedicated author website.

The Books page provides a look at the individual covers and an insight into each book.

My latest tale was a…

 I was disappointed when I read the first of the acclaimed 'Fifty Shades ...' trilogy so whilst working on other projects I dusted off some old stories and…

I produced the covers for my eBooks simply to save on expense on what was an experiment. Poetry, as I expected wasn't going to sell however it was dressed, but the other two books: Ten Days in Panama , and…

 Matt Kane adjusted his telescopic sight, and focused on the girl walking on the white sands far below. Sabrina was the target, a stunning 27-year-old who was already…

I can now report that I’m pleased with my new editing tool - Grammarly. Proofreading is hard to do…

I’ve now written hundreds of poems, and my short stories are well into double figures, but my latest passion is novel-writing. We all like to think our writing is to a high enough standard, but as I embark on my next story, I find that I’m still critical of every word.

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You want to be a writer – so you write. Once you feel you have a flair for it, the next natural notion is to be a successful writer – yes, then that sordid subject of money rears its head. In some cases, the decision to join a class or group is a no-brainer. Surely that’s going to be the next step, because it will help to set you up as the next great thing in the…

Hello my fellow Inkerman Writers. In recent months I've spent most of my waking hours working on the final draft of my thriller, 'Beyond The Law.' I'm delighted to say I met my publishing target of early October.

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Yesterday (3rd June 2013) I was asked if I’d like to ‘donate’ one of my stories to Worldreader. The website: http://www.readwave.com/ which I’m a member of, has recently formed a partnership with Worldreader (http://www.worldreader.org), a charitable organisation.…

'Out of the Shadows', is not only a good title for the Inkerman Writers latest anthology, but also I thought an appropriate title for this blog post. I'm already looking forward to reading the whole collection when I have my copy of the anthology and it will take pride of place in my study alongside 'Christophe's Farewell and Other Stories' and the 'Talking' CD, 'The Last Waltz'. Alongside the Inkerman Writers' efforts is …