Category: blog
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Why searching for ‘Till The Heavens Burst’ gives you Bon Jovi lyrics
Joab Gilroy’s debut novel, Till The Heavens Burst-not to be confused with the lyrics from Bon Jovi’s Always-is a year old. Joaby explores how a shift in search priorities has bumped his book from the prime spot in google, and he experiments with ways to get back on top.
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Not Supposed To Be Here: An outsider’s perspective on walking Japan’s Shionomichi (Salt Road)
A funny, personal review of a 2-week guided tour on the Shionomichi, Japan’s Salt Road. Read one non-hiker’s experience with ryokans, onsens, and a tour group I’ll never forget.
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Alien Caith
Be forewarned: there are Alien Earth Season 1 spoilers ahead! “In stuff I’m watching, Alien Earth is awesome. I’m absolutely loving it. Alien is one of my favourite films of all time (what a basic bitch) and so far Alien Earth has nailed the tone.” – Joab Gilroy, one month ago from today, about to…
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Dust yourself off
So right out of the gate you get a writing update this month. Here it is. I have scrapped a lot of what I’ve written for Final Final Girl. I am not starting from scratch, but pretty close to it. I’ll go into it more when I actually finish the book, but the truth of…
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Sometimes work is work
I’ve spent the last 19-odd years doing what I love as a career. Writing, playing video games, drinking, for just shy of two decades these things have been how I earn a crust. I’m incredibly lucky to be able to say that. Unbelievably fortunate, in a way 99.9-something percent of people just never get to…
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On the road to Exmouth
In my novel Till The Heavens Burst, my protagonists take part in a road trip across Australia. Or, around Australia, as going across the country in a car is still a near suicidal endeavour. Especially if you can’t use the internet, or any tools connected to the internet to navigate your way out of potential…
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An Audiobook Wrap
Well my name is Joaby and I’m here to say, I’m not going to do a rap about my book today! Having resisted the siren’s call of title-based wordplay, let’s discuss making an audiobook out of a novel you wrote. First things first, it’s a cool way to re-examine your work. Reading your work aloud…
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There is apparently such a thing as paying too much attention
I love a good whodunnit. Or a good Who Has Done This, I should say, in honour of Andre Braugher, who passed away midway through filming The Residence. He was replaced by Giancarlo Esposito, who did a magnificent job, although I do wish we could have seen Braugher’s version of it. The Residence, written by…
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The Bickering Bickersons
In the most recent episode (Episode 9 at time of publishing) of Till The Heavens Burst, I talked about how I enjoy writing arguments. But it was just in the outro of the episode, and I was just riffing, and I wanted to talk about it a bit more. It’s no secret that arguments are…
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