5th October 2023
AUDIOBOOK SALE
There are huge discounts available on the audiobook editions of the Earth Haven trilogy (The Cleansing, The Beacon and The Reckoning), and the short story collections Pond Life, Ghosts of Christmas Past, Strange Shores, and Dying By Numbers.
Available at GooglePlay, Apple Books, Spotify, Barnes & Noble, and Chirp. The sale runs until December 31st.
Happy listening!
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7th March 2023
If you shop for ebooks on GooglePlay, they are running bundle deals on both my trilogies, Earth Haven and The Elevator. Here are a few more details and links to the first of each trilogy where the deal can be accessed:
Earth Haven
Buy the first two ebooks, receive a 20% discount; buy all three, receive a 30% discount.
The Cleansing on Googleplay
The Elevator
Buy the first two ebooks, receive a 25% discount; buy all three, receive a 50% discount.
The Elevator on GooglePlay
Happy reading!
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2nd November 2022
The audio edition of The Reckoning has passed the quality control checks and is now live on most audiobook retailers. Links to the most popular sites can be found on the Earth Haven book page.
That’s the trilogy completed in audio. Happy listening!
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23rd November 2021
The last of my short story collections is now available in audio. It’s a collection of three short stories (all science fiction and/or fantasy) sharing a common theme: the search for lost loved ones. The ebook and audio links can be found here: short story collections
I’m now embarking on the audio version of the final novel in the Earth Haven trilogy, The Reckoning. Having recently invested in some audio editing software, I’m hoping that my editing time will be greatly improved. We shall see…
Stay safe. Be kind.
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1st November 2021
I was asked to contribute to a new website about books by writing short reviews of five of my favourite novels in a genre of my choice. Post-apocalyptic tales being among my favourites, it was an easy choice, though choosing only five books within that genre was a little tougher.. Here are my Best Post-Apocalyptic Novels
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1st September 2021
The audio version of my short story Dying by Numbers is now available. For links, go to short story collections
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14th July 2021
I have recently been finding the commitment to post to my blog every fortnight a little onerous. Come off it, Sam, I hear you saying. One post, every two weeks? What could be onerous about that?
Well, I’m trying to write a new novel and finding it slow-going. I’m only 40,000 words in and I’m aiming for around 180,000 words or upwards, so have a long way to go. There are several reasons for the slow progress that can all be lumped under the same heading: Life Happening.
There have been a few occasions of late when, with the two-week deadline approaching, I’ve had to pull away from the novel to draft a new post or find a suitable accompanying image or format book links or any of the other things that have to be done to run a regular blog.
It’s reached the stage where something has to give and it’s not going to be the new novel.
I’m not abandoning the blog and will still post to it when I have something new to say and have the time to write it. I still have some old interviews to post, including a couple with characters from my books which were great fun to do. But I am abandoning the commitment to post every two weeks. For now, at any rate.
So the blog will remain active and new posts (or old ones that previously appeared on other people’s blogs) will pop up from time to time. But not with the same regularity as before.
Back to the novel …
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15th March 2021
A quick update on my audiobooks.
I’ve recently completed the audio version of The Beacon. Due to ‘Audiblegate’ – see Returns – I’m taking it and my previously published audiobooks wide, i.e., to other retailers, not just Audible and iTunes.
This also means that I have more control over pricing on the wide sites and the audiobooks will now be available at far more reasonable cost than they were previously. However, I still can’t control the price set by Audible and Amazon so if you’re interested in buying but don’t have Audible membership, do shop around for much cheaper deals that are available elsewhere.
For links to the main sites where the first two Earth Haven audiobooks are available, see Earth Haven trilogy
For links to the main sites where Pond Life and Ghosts of Christmas Past are available, see short story collections
The audiobooks will become available on other sites and I’ll add more when they do.