Simon Collington
To PhD or Not To PhD
Although Thomas is undertaking his PhD, it appears that this is not impacting negatively on writing the current Dooven book. Certainly,...
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Thomas Corfield
What the fluff is happening with the novels?
Alright, look, the fact is that last year I was fortunate to have been awarded a first-class honours for my forensic project, which...
Simon Collington
The Doovenistic Hiatus is over!
Talking about dead bodies is guaranteed to get a woman’s’ attention, especially if I specifically relate it to theirs.
Simon Collington
Forensic Hiatus
Astute readers of the first Wrong Book, of which there are none, will recall that Thomas described himself in court as a stainologist....
Thomas Corfield
Forensics and Doovenism
Following the recent rewriting of my novel, Viscera, which has the tagline “when jealousy becomes disease, only surgery holds the cure”,...
Thomas Corfield
The Problem With Improving
There’s an old saying that goes, “the more you improve what you’re doing, the more what you’ve done needs improving.” This is...
Thomas Corfield
Anthropomorphising The Unanthrompomorphisable
One of the marvelous things about writing both the Wrong Books and Dooven Books, is that both are absurd in that they allow the...
Thomas Corfield
Polyauthorism
In this digital age, text has been assimilated into various media formats via numerous mechanism. Websites, social media and online...
Thomas Corfield
Here it is: Sample Chapters, reinvented
A corollary of Polyauthorism, here is the first chapter from the upcoming fourth Dooven Book, When Fear Is Not Afraid, as a Reinvented...
Simon Collington
Self-Derogatory Advertising
When considering how to market the Velvet Paw of Asquith Novels, it occurred to the team at Panda Books Australia that traditional...
Thomas Corfield
Reinventing The Sample Chapter
In this digital mashup age, traditional entertainment media is being continually remodeled and reinvented. As a result, anyone producing...
Thomas Corfield
Watch The Books Unfold
There have been several online sites attempting to re-ignite the once powerful popularity of serialized novels, that is, chapters...
Thomas Corfield
The Comfort Of Rejection
During the early days of the Velvet Paw of Asquith Novels, Thomas tried getting help on a number of levels, not least with his writing....
Thomas Corfield
Dooven Books Have No Keyword Strings
Last Spring, Thomas had a bad experience while being murdered. He did not take kindly to it, for a start, and even less so when realising...
Thomas Corfield
Wordcasting Is A Stupid Idea
Earlier this year, Thomas was struck with a thought that left him hospitalised. Most of Thomas’ thoughts get him nowhere, so to end up in...
Thomas Corfield
Analysis Paralysis
One aspect of editing that Thomas really struggles with, besides spelling it, is reading the words that make up the sentence he’s trying...
Thomas Corfield
Crowd-funding Without A Crowd
As far as Thomas is concerned, success is just another four-letter word. And that’s not just because of his appalling spelling. When...
Thomas Corfield
The Ultimate Escapism
Some people escape the drudgery of their lives by going on holiday, some by watching television, some read and some commit crime. The...
Thomas Corfield
Good Writing Breeds Lazy Reading
“Good writing makes the reader question themselves,” said Thomas in interview for ‘Manure Happens Twice’. “Whereas bad writing makes them...
Thomas Corfield
Sortabiography
In the same vein as Self-Derogatory Advertising, which was first mentioned on this blog and for which Panda Books Australia asserts...
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