It’s that time of year when we look back at the last twelve months and start planning for the next twelve. I’m not going to do that here, but may do so in a future post. I thought a good way to start the year would be to give some of my fiction away. For […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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
PAUL TOMLINSON