For those coming new into the Ambassador series, I’ve made an Ambassador series mega bundle that has all ten published books. Maybe you downloaded book 1 via Bookfunnel, or got the free copy from my recent Bookbub promotion. This bundle contains all the books in the correct order. Ten volumes,…
I will show you how to restore a hacked wordpress website. This post is for people with a self-hosted wordpress site and their own domain. It’s also for people who have small, fairly simple sites that they’ve set up themselves with free or out-of-the-box purchased themes and plugins. I’m an…
Hey, peeps, for all those following the series, I’ve put Ambassador 10 on preorder. It will be available in June next year. I know it’s long time, but you can set and forget it. As you can see from the image, Ambassador 10 goes back into the rainforest. It will…
There we are, I’ve turned off commenting for the second time, only a month after I re-enabled it. From now on, this will be a news site. I’m getting sick of comment spam. I’m also getting sick of contact form spam, so I’ve turned that off, too. You’re still free…
How can your family reduce waste? We have a set of wheelie bins like the ones above. The colours are different, but the principle is the same. The smallest one is for household waste, which is collected every week. The others are for glass/aluminium/recyclable plastic, paper and the last one…
Here is a map of the Barresh delta, where much of the Ambassador series is set. The first thing to notice is that it’s upside down. The south is towards the top of the picture. The city itself is situated on a number of interconnected islands inside the delta. Book…
Ambassador 1 is free right now. I was so lucky to snag a Bookbub for next week, so I’ve been cajoling Amazon into making it free. Believe me, this is not always easy. So if you’re one of the two people on this planet who doesn’t already have a copy,…
How much should you spend on advertising your book? This question gets asked a lot, especially by beginning writers. They’ve heard that it is probably a good idea to advertise your book, and they like to be given some kind of clear guidelines as to how much they should spend….
The Secret Pen Name experiment that’s not so secret anymore. Some of you will be aware that I started a pen name in July. There were several reasons for this (in order of importance): All my books are widely distributed. I’d experimented with Kindle Unlimited with the Dragonspeaker books, but…
Here are some pictures of spring flowers I’ve taken over the last few weeks in the Lane Cove National Park. They’re all common flowers around Sydney.
