Category: blog
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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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Girls need to watch men/ Comedians will serve up/ Doctored Manhattans
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Winning versus Achieving Victory
Slay the Spire is one of my favourite games of all time. It’s a top 5 game, alongside the likes of Deus Ex, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and Elden Ring. Where it sits in that mix, I don’t know, but being in the Top 5 at all is…
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Till The Heavens… Launch?
With physical copies finally in my hands and with the help of my amazing friends and family, Till The Heavens Burst launched yesterday! I know what you’re thinking. “Till The Heavens Burst launched months ago, I remember the blog post, it’s still up, I can go read it. Actually you’ve linked it, you hyperdork.” Fair…
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Feedback Loop
Last month I released a book, Till The Heavens Burst. I’m very proud of that book, I think it’s great, and I wrote it the only way I know how—I wrote something I want to read. I wrote it in a manner that I would like to read it. It’s not filled with prose, it’s…
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Till The Heavens Burst Is Available Now!
Go and buy my new book, Till The Heavens Burst! It’s available in both ebook and paperback formats via Amazon. I understand that some people don’t like Amazon, and if you fit in that bucket you can buy the ebook directly from me (well, via Patreon). Because I’m using Amazon’s print on demand service, I…
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Helsinki Syndrome
So by now I think we all know that Stockholm Syndrome is bunk science, right? Invented by a doctor who was covering his own arse to explain why the hostages in a bank robbery hated him, it has never been fully accepted as a real disease. At best it’s correlation not equalling causation when some…