Beyond the Inbox: Where Email Management Really Happens Filtering your emails into sub-folders is a great start, but sub-folders should be temporary storage, not a long-term solution. Email programs are designed to deliver emails—not manage them. The real key to email control is moving emails out of your email program and into systems that help
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The vast majority of my readers keep up with my news via the email list, so for a while I thought I would just let the blog sit where it was, with a run of interesting posts. However, I’ve been to author sites where the last blog post was two years ago and got the
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I’ve been busy! I’ve also been a bit quiet, apart from BookFunnel promo news, but I managed to get a new series developed while I was heads-down. Actually, it’s a spin off from the Magorian & Jones series. So, first off, cover reveal! I really like the cover. It’s got lots of attitude. Here be
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One of the great things about fantasy — urban or otherwise — is the sense of history that emerges as you get into the stories. There’s always thousands of years of traditional and lore and memories tripping up the main characters. I’m a complete history nut to start with, but also love contemporary settings and
A Sense of History, and Cool Characters, too. Read More »
If you’re anything like me, you collect wallpapers for your computer and devices that are either full on fantasy, or fantasy-inspiring, like The Beeches, above. The Met has opened up a digital archive of images of artwork and museum-quality pieces of history, giving them Creative Commons licenses, which means they can be copied and used
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I’ve been sliding a lot of new pages and content onto the site, lately. If this is your first time to the site, you might not have noticed it yet. If you’re returning (hi!), then you might have missed it because it’s new. So I thought I’d draw your attention to one page in particular: