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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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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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Till Till The Heavens Burst Audiobook Podcast Post-Mortem Ep!
A post-mortem breakdown of Till The Heavens Burst feature me, Joab Gilroy, the editor Nathan Lawrence and the Alpha/Proto-reader Liam Gilroy! Yes, it’s four hours long. Yes, those were cans of beer being cracked at the start. It’s long and unstructured and rambling and honestly pretty onanistic. Also not terribly professional. It’s four hours of…
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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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Till The Heavens Burst Audiobook Podcast Ep 8
Ahhh Episode 8 of Till The Heavens Burst, read by me (and written by me! Chapters 37 to 40 for your listening pleasure! Head over and subscribe to my Patreon if you’d like an intro-less and outro-less version, and feel free to let me know if there’s something you think I should offer on my…
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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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