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There's a new science fiction author making waves and his name is Lucas Bale. I first heard about Lucas on the when distinguished author, , recommended him. I quickly warmed to Lucas as he got to work engaging in discussions about review ethics, the definition of a bestseller and other interesting topics. I am delighted to have the opportunity to introduce Lucas here.

Lucas Bale, Author

Are you an indie author with a dry sense of humour and opinions on how self-publishing should and shouldn't be done?

I'm looking for authors to contribute additional materials to the blog.

Each day, I'll blog a new scenario from the book, along with comments from other self-published authors. Find out more: .

Here's the second in my series of spoof news articles designed to promote .

Rosen Trevithick Cures Cancer

Award-winning author of cured a patient with terminal lung cancer in the most promising treatment breakthrough since frogs.

Rosen Trevithick, 34, stunned scientists when she saved Gilbert Dwinbobble from death just moments before doctors expected him to die.

'Gilbert was dying of lung cancer after having smoked a chimn...

I have temporarily removed from sale. The reason is that I've never really been happy with the proofreader's work. He's someone I hired for a one-off job and not one of my usual team. I have decided not to sell any more copies until a more professional editor has looked at it.

Here's the second in my series of spoof news articles designed to promote .

Rosen Trevithick Sex Tape Leaked On T'internet

Just hours after famous author Rosen Trevithick released her new darkly-comic novel, My Granny Writes Erotica - Threesome, a video featuring Rosen measuring a banana was leaked online.

The twenty-second clip which depicts a pair of woman's hands determining the length of a six-inch overripe banana with a tape measure, has been viewed on Yo...

Here's the second in my series of spoof news articles designed to promote .

Rosen Trevithick Sex Tape Leaked On T'internet

Just hours after famous author Rosen Trevithick released her new darkly-comic novel, My Granny Writes Erotica - Three�some, a video featuring Rosen measuring a banana was leaked online.

The twenty-second clip which depicts a pair of woman's hands determining the length of a six-inch overripe banana with a tape measure, has been viewed on Y...

I am disappointed that, so far, the press have not featured the launch of my novel, .

In one of my more creative sour grapes moments, I made a list of some news stories that were given more coverage than me.

If you would like to know which books won the 2013 SpaSpa Book Awards then head over to

The awards were created to celebrate self-published and small press talent. Here are my comments on the results. I also .

Firstly, congratulations to all the winners. The short-listing and voting processes were long and involved, so nobody has won an award by accident. Further congratulations to the runners up.

Thank you to everybody who vot...

Since I started self-publishing in 2011, I have been keeping notes for a worst-case-scenario-style eBook about self-publishing.

Upon becoming successful, hundreds of authors write books called 'How I reached a Squillion downloads'. Not wanting to follow the trend, I have decided to publish a book about the things I avoided in order to get to my squillion.

Here's a little fun...

Terrified as water levels rise

Famous author Rosen Trevithick, 34, had to be rescued by a helicopter after getting stranded on a sandbank off the Cornish coast, trying to save a starfish that she found in her dishwasher.

Starfish invading dishwashers is becoming increasingly prevalent. The star-shaped ocean dwellers chew their way into dishwashers risking damage to human health - not...