Lexi Revellian

LATEST ARTICLES ( 130 )

• When Editing Escapes into the Wild...

  

  I tend to worry. As a novelist, I have a good imagination, and readily imagine what could go wrong in any given situation. You can imagine I've had lots of scop... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE

• My Tenth Novel is Published, Woop Woop!

  

  And here it is - The Last Enforcer, and you can buy it here in ebook or, in a day or two, paperback. For a limited time, the ebook is on sale for the... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• All Those Regular Readers of This Blog Whose Lives Have n...

  

  All those regular readers of this blog whose lives have not been the same since I stopped writing it will be pleased to hear I am celebrating - on my own,... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• R.I.P. Kindle Scout

  

  Goodbye, Kindle Scout, it was fun. Back in February Kindle Scout stopped selecting books. The weeks passed, and speculation grew. No books chosen for four weeks... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Future Warrior is Out!

  

  I've just clicked Publish on KDP, and the third in my Time Rats trilogy is out in the world, blinking in the sudden light and hoping someone will buy it. For th... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Russian Assassins, Real and Fictional

  

  Five years ago I wrote Wolf by the Ears, a novel involving a Russian oligarch. The spark for the story came from the death of Boris Berezovsky, which struck me... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• TIME RATS 3 is on Kindle Scout

  

  It's that all too rare occasion when I have completed a new book. Hurrah! This one is Future Warrior, (Time Rats Book 3).Normally I post when I reach the magic... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Hunting Down Repeated Words in the WIP

  

  I've blogged about word echoes before. They used to be a particular problem for me, one I like to think I've now mostly got the better of. Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Anthology with Time Rats Short Story

  

  Kindle Press authors have banded together to produce a book of short stories called Summer Solstice, and I'm part of it.My story is a Time Rats one; it's about... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• On Tweaking the WIP

  

  I am an inveterate tweaker. I'm currently halfway through Time Rats Book 3. Before starting to write, I reread what I wrote the day before and improve it, addin... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• New Developments at Kindle Press

  

  Yesterday several Kindle Press authors had a surprise - they were told their covers were going to be updated, and were sent the new images. No notice was... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• What is It with Charts?

  Since putting my first Time Rats novel on Kindle Scout, I've continued to nominate other authors' books on there. I'm a bit spasmodic about it, depending how... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Not Quite Angel's Robotic Snake, but Pleasing

  In Dreams of the Machines (Time Rats Book 2) Angel the android makes a robotic snake. The offspring, in a nod to my book, got me this remote control serpent... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Dreams of the Machines (Time Rats Book 2) Published!

  

  And it's that rare occasion when I release a new book! Woop woop! (For once I feel entitled to scatter exclamation marks. There may be more to come. You have... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Tigers, Real, Robotic and Quirky

  

  I came across this beguiling video from the World Wildlife Fund......and it occurred to me that tigers have been on my mind lately. Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Imagining the Alternative

  

  I took this photo early Sunday morning on my bike ride into the workshop. It's a particularly nice street in Hackney, bollarded off so the only through traffic... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Rambling Thoughts on Killing Hitler Via Time Machine

  

  Anyone writing time travel sooner or later trips over the trope of Going Back In Time To Kill Hitler - I did while procrastinating researching Time Rats 3.... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Dreams of the Machines (Time Rats Book2) Selected by Kindle Scout

  

  I was spoiled on Kindle Scout the first time. The Trouble with Time (Time Rats 1) was selected within 48 hours, before I'd begun to look for a result. Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Dithering, Part 2

  

  I'm blaming the heat.Any strong feelings from my readers? Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Dithering Over Covers

  

  I was rather proud of my Time Rats 2 cover, until someone suggested it looked like a dystopian thriller cover, and didn't go with TR1's cover. Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE