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What I’ve been up to lately

So, what the hell have I been doing all year?

Well, I finished writing Foreign Bodies last year. You can read it here on the website, and if you like it and want to do me a solid, you can buy it from me or Amazon. After finishing the book, I enrolled in a writing and editing course, which has taken up a lot of my time. It’s also helped me get a new day job as a medical writer, which has taken up most of the rest.

Part of the work I’ve done for my classes has involved partial re-writes of Foreign Bodies. Since I’ve learned a lot as a writer and improved parts of the book, I’m now working on a gradual re-write of the whole novel. When it’s done I plan to post a couple of sample chapters here, with the full revised book available to purchase as an e-book and paperback.

Watch this space for more news later. Drop me a line if you feel like it at lakes.sj@gmail.com.

Queensland floods

As you probably know, there has been terrible flooding over the last couple of weeks in South-East Queensland. I hope all of you in Queensland are safe, and haven’t lost too much in the floods.

My home in Brisbane was safe, but some of the areas nearby were flooded to varying degrees. You can see a few of my photos (such as they are) here.

e-book sale!

Happy holidays, everyone! To celebrate the new year, the Foreign Bodies e-book will be half-price at Amazon until the end of January. That’s under five bucks!

Book now available from Amazon

The Foreign Bodies paperback is now available! Why not show how much you like the story by purchasing a copy of it?

e-book now available

Foreign Bodies is now available from Amazon as an e-book for your Kindle or PC. More e-book formats and paperback are coming soon.

New store

I’m pleased to announce the opening of my new store at Cafe Press.

Just in time for the holidays, I have shirts, coffee mugs, and more.