Category Archives: Publishing

New short story published!

It’s here! The Spring 2015 edition of Space and Time Magazine! Space and Time Magazine is a forty year old publication of ‘strange and unusual’ fiction. I am absolutely thrilled that my short story SCIOMANCER was chosen for inclusion in … Continue reading

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The Robots Are Coming!

The trailer for I Heart Robot has been unveiled! And you can watch it right here… What do you think? Mark your calendars! The robots arrive March 31!

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How Authors Can Benefit from Kickstarter

Today I’m delighted to have Megan O’Russel at Off the Page chatting about her new novel The Tethering  and giving us some insight into working with Kickstarter.

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Summer Cons and All the Awesome!

This summer I had the privilege of attending two amazing science fiction and fantasy conventions, not only as a fan, but as a panelist. The first was FinnCon held in June in my university town of Jyväskylä. The second was … Continue reading

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Going Back to High School…

Last week’s blog post was all about the in-person author event I did at Wits University with CtrlAltGender and Hay House South Africa. This week I want to talk about my other in-person author event, this time back at my … Continue reading

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My visit to South Africa and all the awesome!

This time last week I was soaking up the mid-winter South African sunshine while it was snowing on mid-summer in Finland. Needless to say, I’m extremely grateful Jo’burg weather was so mild and that I got a slice of unexpected … Continue reading

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First translated publication!

Today I’m celebrating my first ever translation! My story Where Dreams are Grown, originally published by Niteblade Magazine in September 2012, has been translated into Finnish and published by Finland’s leading science fiction and fantasy magazine Tähtivaeltaja. It’s rather surreal seeing my … Continue reading

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E is for Editing

For the past week, I have been embroiled in edits for I Heart Robot, my YA science fiction novel due for release from Month9Books in January 2015. So, I thought I’d share my editing process with you as well as … Continue reading

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Guest post by Theresa Paolo

Today I’m delighted to welcome New Adult author Theresa Paolo to Off the Page sharing the A-Z of what she’s learned as a writer…

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Query Clinic No. 1

Original query: He was so naïve to a world he never believed existed. But everything he doubted before will prove to be more than just reality…

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