Tag: writing
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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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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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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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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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Till The Heavens Burst Audiobook Podcast Ep 16
The final episode of Till The Heavens Burst! Chapters 98 to 112, an extra long episode for you to enjoy. The end of the book. What a journey this has been. 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…
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Till The Heavens Burst Audiobook Podcast Ep 15
Till The Heavens Burst Episode 15! The penultimate episode! There’s only one more to go! Chapters 91 to 97 are here. It’s crazy to think how close we are to the end, how far we’ve come together. Once again I’d like to apologise for the delay. Nearly got the whole thing out without any delays,…
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Till The Heavens Burst Audiobook Podcast Ep 14
Till The Heavens Burst Episode 14! Not the penultimate episode, as I had predicted. Only three chapters this week, 88 to 90, but they’re big so don’t complain. Love to get another look into the mind of Elliott. Glad I didn’t spoil anything in the outro of the episode, very proud of myself for not…
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