Lexi Revellian

LATEST ARTICLES ( 130 )

• Time Rats, Animatronics and Robots

  I've been researching robots and androids for the second book in my Time Rats series (first book available soon). I was amazed with what is already out there. Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Finished My Time Travel Novel, Woop Woop!

  

  I've just written the last page of the last chapter of my time travel novel, currently called The Trouble with Time. (Or that may be the name of the series, as ... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• More Thoughts on Kindle Edition Normalized Page Count

  

  I really approve of KENPC (though goodness me, did they put any thought at all into that clunky acronym?) There is, however a downside.Any less than best-sellin... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Amazon Makes KU Payouts Fairer; Some Writers Miffed

  

  Yesterday Amazon's Kindle Unlimited lending library started paying authors a different way.Instead of payment per book once the reader had reached the 10%... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Woohoo, 60,000 Words!

  

  Today the work in progress hit the 60,000 word mark, which is my personal point of no return (see this blog post) and a cause for celebration, even though... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• READERS in the KNOW - Replica Podcast

  Readers in the Know is a handy website to help readers find good books at bargain prices (see brief video below). Simon Denman, its founder, makes short podcast... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Google Alerts, Piracy, Poverty and Politicians

  Google Alerts isn't what it used to be. Once it actually worked, and now it just occasionally informs me that I have written a blog post. Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Conflict - a Pain in Life, Essential in Fiction...

  

  ...or why bad things need to happen to your characters, especially the nice ones. Consider the following:Romeo meets Juliet and they instantly fall for each... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Time Travel Bartering...

  

  A character in my WIP is recalling when, having got his hands on a time travel device, he attempted to visit the Colosseum and see the gladiators. Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Thirty Years Ago and Thirty Years Ahead

  Part of my work in progress is set thirty years ahead. Musing about the changes that might happen in the next three decades, it seems useful to consider what ha... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Happy Christmas!

  

  HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL MY READERSNature having unaccountably failed to provide snow, here is a picture of some. And a dog. Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Killing Hitler

  It is not possible to research a time travel novel without coming across the trope of going back in time to kill Hitler. You can listen to brilliant John... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Time Travel Via Google

  

  The current work in progress is to do with time travel, and in the course of the novel my characters will visit the same places at different eras. Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• We Are All Heroes in Our Own Stories

  I haven't posted a video for a while. I came across this one after watching another via a Seth Godin email. It's apposite for any writer inventing characters,... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Getting to Keep 10% of Everything You Earn

  

  This is a brief snippet from an old BBC sitcom, Hancock's Half Hour:Sid James: “You’ve forgotten something, mate. I’m your agent, remember? I got a contract wit... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Present Tense Again

  

  I've grumbled before about writers using present tense for no good reason in fiction. I'm not unreasonable. I'm prepared to admit that sometimes it's okay. Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Truth in Fiction - Dos and Don'ts for Authors

  

  A biography can only tell you what the biographer thinks happened. (Imagine your biographer after you've died earnestly interviewing family, friends and enemies... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• REMIX the Audiobook - Free Copies

  

  Remix the audiobook is now for sale on Audible and Amazon. Yay! But hang on ... as a new release, it has no listener reviews yet, and I need those to persuade... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Tired Tropes in Fiction

  There's an interesting thread on Kboards on the topic of over-used storylines, and here's a selection of my favourites:1. The thriller hero with a mysterious... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• REMIX the Audiobook

  

  Soon the audio version of Remix will be available to buy on Audible - an exciting moment for me.I've always wanted to have audio versions of my novels, but for... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE