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The Next Big Thing

I’ve been memed. Barry Forshaw, critic, author and editor of the CrimeTime website, has named me in the Next Big Thing. Ten questions in ten minutes is the idea. So here goes: 1) What is the working title of your next book? The book is called The Mannequin House. It started life as a novella …

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Adventures in e-publishing part 12 – an interview with Matt Curran.

Thirst eDition Fiction is a new e-publishing venture that launches today April 23, with the release of three titles: A Proper Job by Ian Hocking, Dragonchaser by Tim Stretton and Mean, Mode, Median by Aliya Whiteley. Future titles include Basic Theology for Fallen Women by Frances Garrood and a re-launch of my own The Bridge …

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Adventures in e-publishing Part Five – The Bridge that Bunuel Built

All this week I’ve been looking at the rise of e-publishing. First there was a look at Michael Gregorio’s collection of satirical essays about living in Italy in the midst of a crisis. In the second of my ‘Adventures in e-Publishing’ I interviewed Lee Jackson, historical crime writer and the publisher of a series of …

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Adventures in e-publishing Part Three – interview with Ian Hocking

Dr Ian Hocking is the author of two techno-thrillers, Déjà Vu and Flashback, as well as a rites of passage comedy, Proper Job, and a short story collection, A Moment in Berlin. All of them self-published though amazon. In fact, his self-publishing exploits – and more particularly his sales success – have brought him to …

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