I am delighted to announce that a reprint of my story Tasmanian Devils has been included in volume one of Dark Tas, an anthology of dark fiction set in Tasmania by authors living in, or with strong connections to, Tasmania.
Dark Tas: Volume 1 is available in paperback and ebook on all Amazon sites.
Hi everyone. Just dropping by to let you know I’m still here!
Writing got relegated to the back-burner for a while, but I do have some pieces I’m working on. I had expected to have some publishing news for you by now, after a couple of acceptances late last year/early this year, but no contracts have been forwarded, so no news…
What I do have to tell you about is that I’ve started a Redbubble shop. I had some other online shops before, but have decided to consolidate into a single outlet. I’ll be adding some merch relating to my writing, but you’ll also find products featuring my own photography and original art as well. There’s a variety of products to choose from, and something to suit every budget.
You can browse my Redbubble shop here.
Everil Worrell was a frequent contributor to the legendary Weird Tales magazine from the 1920s through to the 1950s, and yet a collection of her work had never been compiled. Until now.
Call Not Their Names is a collection of 14 of her weird and wonderful stories. Some are horror, some science fiction, all are marvelously strange.
Available now in paperback from Amazon, and soon through other retailers.
Hi everyone. Just a quick post to let you know I’m still here and still writing, although the writing is coming along slowly.
I’ve recently started a new project that’s completely different to anything I’ve done before. I’m not sure how it will be received but it sure is fun!
I am delighted to announce my romance novel Dylan’s Rock has been translated into Spanish. The ebook of El Rock de Dylan is currently available through Kobo, iBooks, Barnes & Noble and Tolino, with many more distributors coming soon.
Many thanks to Marta Baonza Jerez for her hard work translating the original text, and to Babelcube for making it possible.
Una novela romántica sobre una estrella del rock
Amy, una joven viuda, está cansada del agujero negro en que se ha convertido su vida. Cuando su cantante favorito, Dylan Knox, viene a su ciudad con motivo de su gira australiana de conciertos, le parece la ocasión perfecta para salir, por fin, a divertirse un poco.
Dylan es una estrella del rock estadounidense con un turbulento pasado. Ya estuvo casado en un ocasión y se divorció, y no tiene intención de repetir la experiencia. Entonces conoce a Amy…
Como la relación parece imposible, siguen su camino por separado, pero no logran olvidarse el uno del otro. Cuando vuelven a encontrarse, la chispa entre ambos es, si cabe, más fuerte que nunca. En ese momento, surge un escándalo que podría destruirlo todo…
It is with delight I announce the publication of two new short stories by me in Trickster’s Treats #2 from Things in the Well Publications. Here, you can read my stories Worst House in the Street and Poke, as well as 32 other all-new offerings. What better way to celebrate the Halloween season?
All proceeds from the anthology go to Women’s Community Shelters Ltd. Buy links can be found HERE Available in paperback and for Kindle.
It’s been a while since my last update. Writing has been slow and difficult, but with some recent submissions made, hopefully I’ll have some publication news for you soon.
My first bit of news is that I’ve temporarily withdrawn Scar On The Sky from publication. This novella is particularly close to my heart, but it’s clear the book needs reworking. Gerwyn will undergo a name change, and the story will be developed further and lengthened. There are two more novellas planned in the series, so I intend to re-release when the next book is close to being ready. At this stage the Rockington series will be ready to grace your shelves sometime in 2019.
As some of you may have heard, Amazon is merging CreateSpace into KDP. Until now, I have been producing my paperbacks through CreateSpace, but this decision will mean any future titles I publish will have paperbacks printed by another company. The problem is that KDP will not provide Australian authors with proof copies, nor with author copies. Amazon (the parent company) is refusing to sell anything to Australians unless it’s through their Australian retail site. This means to obtain a copy of my own book, I would have to make it readily available for sale and then buy it through a retail channel. Not only is this significantly more expensive, but it also means the book would be available for purchase before I got to check the appearance and quality. On screen proofing is not perfect. At the very least, cover images can appear quite different when printed compared to how they look on a screen. The existing paperbacks will remain printed through an Amazon company for now, but other factors might see me move them elsewhere in the future.
I had hoped to bring you a 2018 new release by now. Rest assured I do have a number of projects in development, including plans for a short story collection. If you’ve read and enjoyed any of my titles, please leave a review somewhere. It will help motivate me to keep writing. Even a single sentence is enough!
The shortlists for the 2017 Australian Shadows Awards have been selected. I’m pleased to say Midnight Echo #12, which includes my story Effigia Malo, is up for contention in the best edited work category.
You can see the full shortlists HERE Perhaps you’ll find your next dark read among the contenders.
I was a judge for the novel category, and I can tell you, the amount and variety of dark fiction coming out of Australasia is amazing!
The Tasmanian Writers Centre is a marvellous organisation providing services to, and showcasing, Tasmanian writers of all kinds. Lack of funding means they at risk of being shut down.
Tasmania is a relatively small place, but is filled with creativity. To lose an asset such as the Tasmanian Writers Centre would be a terrible blow to the writing community.
Governments throw ridiculous amounts of money at sports but practically ignore the enormous value of arts-based organisations. Therefore, it is up to the public to support and save them.
If you would like to help the Tasmanian Writers Centre to survive, please make a donation to the GoFundMe campaign HERE. Any amount would help.
Thank you.
For a short while there will be an interruption in the availability of some of my titles in ebook format in some stores. One of the publishing companies I have been working with has reduced the number of stores they distribute to, as well as shifting operations. The result is that they no longer have the advantages that attracted me, so I am consolidating those titles into another of the companies I use.
Affected buy links will be restored on my site when new ones become available.
Angela J. Maher 