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David Callinan
I have written a new middle-grade sci-fi/fantasy called Earthscape. It is planned as the first in a series called The Timeline Chronicles. It is aimed at 8-12-year-olds 13-year-old Morgan Lane, a catc...
Read MoreI have found a publisher for my 'back list'
It is time for a little celebration. Endeavour Media, a leading independent publisher, is going to publish three of my dark, paranormal thrillers and an omnibus box set of all three. They will take ov...
Read MoreMaking a triple thriller video
I enjoy playing around with video, although I'm by no means an expert. I'm trying to learn the secrets of telling my stories visually, and in no more than a few minutes or two. The problem with all pr...
Read MoreA new year, a deep breath, a break from writing and a re-evaluation
I seem to have been writing, marketing, hustling, pitching, surviving disappointments, getting rave reviews, selling a few books (only when promoted) for what seems forever. Late in 2018 I took a brea...
Read MoreI’ve finally come around to Instagram
I should probably have been doing a lot more with social media platforms to publicise my books than I have been. I’ve always regarded sites such as Instagram as being for younger people, constantly re...
Read MoreMy new YouTube channel
It’s taken me a long time to catch up with YouTube. I’ve been on the platform from time to time, of course, but never engaged with it as promotional tool or as a way of keeping in touch with, and disc...
Read MoreLondon Book Fair bears fruit
I attended the 2018 London Book Fair as one of the heaving masses of bookish visitors and exhibitors. The LBF is one of the foremost book trade exhibitions in the world. Authors and writers have an am...
Read MoreWould you kill your twin to save your skin? Or would you be Torn Apart?
A Catholic nun. A deadly assassin. Related by blood. Twins torn apart at birth. When Mike Delaney agrees to try to find a young Irish nun's long lost sister, someone she has never seen, he discovers s...
Read MoreNew Delaney thriller, new covers, sojourn in Spain
My wife and I are about to head off for our place in Andalusia to escape the UK climate for a few months. Then we hear that there is a yellow snow warning for the Cantabrian mountains that we have to...
Read MoreNew Mike Delaney thriller on pre-order. Limited time offer
I'm gearing up for the launch of the follow-up thriller to 'The Immortality Plot' "Torn Apart' again features Mike Delaney, a former US government assassin who was seconded to the Hong Kong Police whe...
Read MoreHit men, detectives, villains and victims – another book promotion hits the ground shooting from the hip
I shouldn't complain. Well, I'm not, really.The new phenomenon of joint author promotions is proliferating. It's a grass roots movement of authors swamped, as are readers, with the sheer volume of boo...
Read MoreA new reader platform is launched
I've just discovered Inkitt , a new website where readers can review books, some of which will get published and promoted by the platform. I'm not too clear how the publishing side works but I do have...
Read MoreWriting time versus marketing time
It's a common complaint by authors, whether traditionally published or self-published. How much time do spend writing and how much time do you devote to marketing? Everyday I receive another email pit...
Read MoreFantastic reviews for THE IMMORTALITY PLOT and an offer from Russia
Now and again it's good to allow yourself to bathe in a warm glow. It doesn't happen too often but once in a while when something pretty good happens, then why not? The reason for the good feeling is...
Read MoreDARK DAYS; The power of 18 noir thriller writers giveaway
Mike Delaney thrillers ONE FALSE MOVE and CAPTURED plus my multiracial, split personality thriller BODYSWITCH are part of an InstaFreebie promotion. Eighteen top noir thriller writers are offering 18...
Read MoreMike Delaney – the crime fighting Monk meets The Priest assassin
Mike Delaney is no ordinary hero. Because of his background and training he finds himself sucked into helping the disenfranchised, those who cannot fight back against brutality, crime or oppression. H...
Read MoreEx-US assassin, ex-cop and ex-monk must overcome The Mammoth to save a woman who compromised him
Mike Delaney is minding his own business on a hot, still day at Grover Beach, California. He sees a woman on the run, panic stricken. As she passes him she takes his photograph on her mobile phone. He...
Read MoreShe's undercover, he's compromised. Together they face – The Mammoth
What would you do if you saw a beautiful woman being bundled into a van against her will after she just passed you on the street and you looked into her terrified eyes? If you were ex U.S assassin, ex...
Read MoreWebsite redesign has meant restarting search engine crawlers
I recently made some changes to my website, not because I wasn’t happy with it the way it was, but because I wanted to improve my general book marketing. This means mainly building up my mailing list...
Read MoreBoris Johnson is an immortal – an immortal what?
Causing mayhem 4,000 years ago? Did Boris cause the downfall of the Minoan civilisation? I couldn't resist this (even though it's not about writing or novels\". Seen in the archeological museum in Her...
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