Monthly Archives: October 2018

Aunt Enid is Coming…

Something is coming… Something Dark… (Book trailer trigger warning: flashing lights.) Get your copy of Aunt Enid at Adelaide Supanova or Click here:  For information on where to buy ‘Aunt Enid’ Thanks to my Patreon supporters. 

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October on the Road

Originally posted on David Lee Summers' Web Journal:
This has proven to be a busy travel month for me. Given that I live in Las Cruces, New Mexico but work at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona, this says a…

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Making Booktrailer Props: Walking Stick

Here’s some more behind the scenes for the making of the Aunt Enid booktrailer… “There was a knock on the door. Enid’s silver walking stick glinted in the umbrella stand. She quietly placed the rolling pin on the hall table and snatched up her trusty stick. No one gets past Enid Turner!” And the new…

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Aunt Enid: Protector Extraordinaire

Daemons, fairies, magic: it’s all real! The Otherworld is bleeding through cracks into our world. And Adelaide is ground zero. Aunt Enid is just your average seventy-something year old. She loves to cook, is a regular at bingo and spends hours in her garden, talking to her army of garden gnomes and fussing over the colour of…

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Where to find me at Adelaide Supanova.

Hot off the press! Adelaide Supanova Floorplan. I’m just inside the doors, next to the Comic Book Supastars at table #12. And both my talks are at the Imagineers and Gamers Stage… just a little further on. Just follow the arrows.

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Meet Aunt Enid at Supanova Adelaide

It’s almost here! Adelaide Supanova  is early this year – weekend of 3rd-4th November. And Aunt Enid wants to meet you. Over the next two weeks I’ll be launching new social media teasers and the first booktrailer teaser for my latest book, ‘Aunt Enid: Protector Extraordinaire’. Come find me in Artist Alley. I’ll have Aunt…

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Snuggle up with Viola for Halloween

Looking for something to read this Halloween? The Adventures of Viola Stewart  series has it all: murder mummies mystery madness magic and illusion and Jack the Ripper…  

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Supanova Update!

Dear Reader, I’ve got some news. I’ve been accepted by Supanova  – two talks! This year I’m doing TWO talks at this year’s Adelaide Supanova. If you’re in Adelaide for Supanova come and hear about steampunk and writing methods (I’m a pantser-plotter). Here’s the details: Supanova Adelaide. Wayville Showgrounds 2-4th November Talk #1: Sat 3rd…

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Liptember – Raising Awareness for Women’s Mental Health

If you follow me on instagram or twitter (or FB) you would have seen my (almost) daily Liptember posts. What is Liptember, you ask?  Liptember is a campaign raising funds and awareness for women’s mental health during the month of September.  To support the fundraising campaign you could either buy lipsticks from various chemists around Australia,…

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The Dark Side of Steampunk

Welcome to my guest blogger this week, Bryce Raffle, editor of the  dreadpunk anthology, Deadsteam, which contains my penny dreadful inspired short story, The Case of the Murderous Migraine.  Bryce is also a fellow steampunk and long-time member of Scribblers Den (an international steampunk writers forum). Take it away, Bryce. The Dark Side of Steampunk Initially,…

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