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Counting Down to CoxCon 22.7.17

Posted on July 10, 2017 by J. S. Collyer

Greetings all. This week I am mostly beavering away at Draft 1 of Book 1 of a brand new SciFi series (oooooo tease…all I’ll say right now is Indiana Jones meets Mad Max), getting super excited to be drafting something new … Continue reading →

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Author Interview with Spectrum Books

Posted on April 7, 2015 by J. S. Collyer

Greetings everyone! For those of you that had one, I hope you thoroughly enjoyable Easter Bank Holiday weekend and that much chocolate was consumed. I spent most of mine in Sheffield at Yorkshire Cosplay Con, selling & signing copies of … Continue reading →

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Of rain, swords and Ellen Ripley: my first Author Interview!

Posted on March 31, 2014 by J. S. Collyer

I’d like to thank the tenacious and outstanding Anneque G. Malchien, blogger, writer, reviewer and all-round awesome egg, for asking for and recording my very first author interview. I discuss writing, the universe and everything, talk a little about myself … Continue reading →

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For the love of everything Holy, write it the hell down!

Posted on January 10, 2014 by J. S. Collyer

One of my aims for this year is to be able to write a post entitled ‘How I Write a Novel’. However, since I should probably complete more than one before I claim to have enough experience to do this, I … Continue reading →

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Looking Ahead – Here’s to 2014!

Posted on December 31, 2013 by J. S. Collyer

I have mentioned before how advantageous not resting on one’s laurels is – I find keeping up productivity not only keeps your motivation and inspiration aflame, but it also means you end up with writing, and lots of it: projects you can … Continue reading →