First, a big WOOHOO!! I’ve just got another 1-star review on Amazon! Yippee! No, I’m not crazy, I know how the star system works. This particular verified purchase review says: One Star do not recall this book and I cannot give a fair critic [sic] of it. So, basically, someone bought my book, maybe read it, […]
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The Immortality of the Mystery
A guest post I have written as part of Mystery Thriller Week, originally published on Rae’s “A new Look on Books” blog. What’s in common between the latest scientific research about virus propagation, genetic modification for interstellar colonisation, and ancient priests poking about in animal entrails to predict the favour of the gods? More on […]
The Work In Progress
Just a few words about the current work-in-progress, In Numina. If you’d like to learn more about Felix’s next big case – and this one is very much in the limelight – you should head over to Errin Krystal’s blog. Errin was kind enough to interview me, and instead of answering about Murder In Absentia as […]
The Friday 13 with Assaph Mehr
One of the more enjoyable interviews, courtesy of Jesse Teller ☺ What character from your work frightens you, makes you feel dirty to write? I don’t often write people who are “evil” as such, or are truly psychopathic. Mostly I write people who end up at cross purposes to each other, and hence the tension. […]
Historical Facts as Inspiration for Fantasy
As part of Virtual FantasyCon (that awesome event where Murder In Absentia received an unprecedented five awards ;-), we did a blog hunt. As an introduction to this site, I did a post about the historical inspirations behind the fantasy lighthouse of Egretia. This post was originally published on L.D. Rose‘s site, and is replicated […]
Indie Books Worth The Read – part 2
I don’t think I would ever tire of this image 🙂 Murder In Absentia has been voted as the NUMBER 1 Indie Book Worth The Read!!! That you again SO MUCH to everyone who voted! You have no idea how these small wins are important to us indie authors, and how encouraging it is. Now I […]
Indie Books Worth the Read
Murder In Absentia was added to Goodreads’ list for Indie Books Worth the Read. I was going to ask readers of this blog to go vote and push it into the top 10 – but I’m too late… It already is in the top five three! 🙂 However should you have a moment to spare and […]
Amazon and Reviews: Myth Busting
I’ve seen people talk about the number of reviews on Amazon that can somehow trigger the “amazon algorithm” to start promoting your book. Some debunking is in order. This is my takeaway from the below article by Cate Baum: Amazon will promote your book whenever it thinks it has a chance to make money. If […]
That annoying bastard!
A lot of you know that besides writing, I also run a blog dedicated to character interviews. So what does my own protagonist, the one I am slaving away and writing his memoirs, do? The bastard runs away and gives an interview on another site… You can read what he had to say on Zora […]
Virtual Book Fair
This post is part of the Virtual Book Fair. Like to know more? Head on to this event on Facebook, or head on to the Virtual Book Fair Home Page. Welcome to Egretia! This is the home of Felix, the protagonist of his eponymous mystery series. Egretia is based on ancient Rome and a few other ancient […]
FELIX THE FOX MYSTERIES 