There are four skills that every fiction writer must develop: plotting a story, creating characters, writing dialogue, and writing description. The last of these is as important as the first three. Yet, relatively little has been written about the art and craft of writing description. In the Writing Description series, I’m going to try and […]
Author: Paul Tomlinson
I write genre fiction and books about writing genre fiction. I also dabble with AI and 3D software to create images based on my stories.
Do You Need Help Writing Blurbs? A lot of fiction authors find writing blurbs or book descriptions difficult. We can write a novel that is 60,000 words long – or perhaps double that – but we struggle to write a couple of hundred words to promote our books to reader. Why is it so hard? […]
A second set of novels – technically, two novels and a novella – given a bit of a makeover. Again, with the help of some artwork that was (partly) created using AI. I think the new covers better reflect the stories. Before and after line ups below.
I decided it was time to give some of my older novels a bit of a makeover, with the help of some artwork that was (partly) created using AI. These are closer to the images I had in my head when I originally imagined the covers. Before and after line ups below.
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It’s a Steal!
The first novel in my Outlaws of the Galaxy series is available free on Amazon until Friday 16th May. Amazon UK – Amazon USA
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been experimenting with the production of audio books using Amazon’s ‘Virtual Voice’ system. As you may know, this uses ‘AI’ to narrate audio books. I’ve converted three books – one novel and two non-fiction books – to get a feel for it. The three books are now live […]
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How to Write Urban Fantasy
The latest in my Genre Writer series is Urban Fantasy: How to Write Paranormal & Supernatural Thrillers. It is available in paperback and eBook (Kindle) formats on Amazon. The paperback should also be available from other book stores. Amazon UK Amazon USA
I’ve added a couple of new articles to the website, talking about how I planned, plotted, and wrote my novel The Vampire’s Skull. These are based on information I include in the latest in my Genre Writer series, Urban Fantasy: How to Write Paranormal and Supernatural Thrillers. These articles are quite long, so I’ve split […]
The Vampire’s Skull is my latest novel, my first attempt at something in the urban fantasy genre. Amazon UK Amazon USA
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New Short Story
I’ve added a new short story to the ‘Short Stories’ section of the site (where else?). It’s not a Christmas story as such, but it’s as close as I can manage. It’s a bit of science fiction that take place in winter. And it is set in the same world as the novel Robot Wrecker […]
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