Lexi Revellian

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• Dreams of the Machines (Time Rats Book 2)

  

  I've finished Time Rats 2 (I'm still doing ever more minor tweaks, and will be until it's published - and on that topic, see below). Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Final Tweaks to Time Rats 2

  

  A week or two ago I listened to a BBC radio serialisation of a really good book, Traitor's Purse by Margery Allingham. It was read by Roger Allam of Cabin... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Finish Line is in Sight for Time Rats 2

  

  And it's that happy time once more when I celebrate reaching the 60,000 word mark with the WIP. 60,000 words is the point where nothing short of a truck... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Chariots and Muses

  

  There's a very good piece about writing written by Steven Pressfield I'm going to quote from today as it's been on my mind. I'd recommend reading the full piece... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Earning out with Kindle Press

  

  Yesterday I got my first royalty report from Kindle Press (my first royalty report ever, come to that). And it was good news.The Trouble with Time (Time Rats... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Writers Do It S-l-o-w-l-y

  

  We were discussing what to write in the flyleaf of a book when signing it for a reader. Donna Glaser said, "And you're supposed to think of something witty righ... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Kindle Scout Myths and Reality

  Do you remember when Amazon launched its Digital Text Platform (now KDP) back in 2010? Members of the Ancient Guild of Doom-mongers and Naysayers rushed to the... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Time Rats Launch ~ Woohoo!

  

  This is how I imagine Saffy McGuireToday is the day.Time Rats 1 is available to buy on Amazon, and so is the paperback in the UK and US. And the Look Inside is... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Time Rats 1 on Pre-order

  

  Yesterday evening Time Rats 1 The Trouble with Time went live for pre-order on Amazon, and nice readers who nominated the book on Kindle Scout got an email... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Big Publishing, Kindle Scout, and the Next Lee Child

  Lee Child and his publisher, Bantam Press (a Random Penguin imprint) have done well for each other. There's no reason Child would want to jump ship. But what... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• My Kindle Scout Author Tee Shirt Arrives!

  

  Yesterday a parcel arrived at the workshop, all the way from Seattle. Inside was my exclusive Kindle Scout Author tee shirt, to celebrate the anniversary of... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• My Kindle Scout Kirkus Edit

  

  On Saturday I received the Kirkus-edited typescript of Time Rats 1. The editor says kind things in his summary about my plot, characterization and dialogue - an... Read more

  Posted on 29 February 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• TIME RATS 1 Paperback

  

  For the print edition of Time Rats 1, I decided to try Createspace. I've always used Lightning Source before, since I thought their product was superior, but... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Amazon's Kindle Press Choose TIME RATS 1

  

  I woke up to the fantastic news this morning that my latest novel, TIME RATS 1: The Trouble with Time, has been selected for publication by Kindle Press. (I... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Cookie Notice, Or: I Hate You, EU

  

  You may have noticed recently an annoying grey bar descending on Blogger blogs. One appeared on this blog, without warning or permission. Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Time Rats 2 and Androids

  

  I've decided that the best use of my spare time in the thirty days TIME RATS Book 1, The Trouble with Time, is on Kindle Scout is not to fret over the Hot and... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Amazon's Kindle Scout: TIME RATS

  

  My latest novel, TIME RATS Book 1: The Trouble with Time, is up on Kindle Scout. What is that, I hear you cry? I will tell you, faithful blog readers.Amazon... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• HAPPY CHRISTMAS - Remix on Amazon's 12 Days of Kindle

  

  HAPPY CHRISTMASto all my blog readersand may your dreams come true in 2016Today I can tell you, Amazon chose Remix for their 12 Days of Kindle promotion,... Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Douglas Adams' Flat in London

  

  I find it helps to describe a scene if I've seen it, so I was looking on Rightmove for a suitable place for my heroine's mother to live near Highbury Fields whe... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Reason for Amazon's Success - Everyone Else is Rubbish

  

  At the funeral of an old friend of mine, a great guy called Charlie Feathers, someone told a story about him from the 1980s. Charlie had recently done work for... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE