Well, it’s been a while since I last posted, I know, things have been busy behind the scenes, plenty of working on stories for a variety of markets, lots of finger-crossing getting in the way of actual productivity.  But today, for the first time, I’m pleased to announce that I’ve published my own e-book on Smashwords.  The book is a collection of the best stories I wrote for my experimental Tuesday’s Ten Minute Tales (minus a few that were actually published elsewhere already); I thought it might be fun to release them in an e-book, just to see what it’s like releasing an e-book.

The result?  Ten Minutes to Dumbsday! And, what’s more, it’s absolutely free!  So please, go and download it, and let me know what you think of my first clumsy foray into the terrifying world of electronic publishing.  Big thanks have to go out to those who’ve given me advice on this, especially Alan, Shane, Daniel and most of all Patty!  I doubt I could have even figured out where to start without their help.

(“Here be thy galleys of Carnies, sirrah!”)

Shane Jiraiya Cummings, as mentioned previously, is doing a Grand Experiment in e-books.  He’s also having a Grand Conversation about e-books, and, being such an expert myself (much the same way celibate priests somehow believe they’re qualified to perform marriage counselling), I’ve gone and taken part in it.  And, in doing so, I think I probably end up sounding like an old crazy man yelling at kids to get off his damn lawn.

You can see my incoherent ramblings HERE.  Now get off my damn lawn!

My fellow Perth horror writer and friend, Shane Jiraiya Cummings, has launched a Grand Experiment into self-publishing e-books, and I think we should all be supporting it and him.  He’s releasing a pile of e-works into the e-wild, and seeing how many get, er, e-picked up.  It’s a very interesting project, which should be of interest to any of us contemplating the viability of e-book publication, now or in the future.

Anyway, check it out here:

http://jiraiya.com.au/?tag=grand-experiment