Author: J A Duxbury

I am a writer who likes to dabble in Science Fiction. I participate yearly in National Novel Writing Month to write 50 000 words between 1 and 30 November.

Sorry it’s late

Yes, I know, it’s a few days late, but I had some news I wanted to make sure of first!

Dark Reign is with the editor. She’s working very hard on it.

Consequences 3 is also with the editor after some slight changes were made. Good changes, too.

My current work in progress is a warrior-wizard story. Now, I take my hat off to fantasy writers. It is a lot more difficult to write a fantasy than a sci fi, I’m finding. I know this is my fantasy, my realm, and, yes, it has magic in it so I can change things, but it’s not a steampunk, so I still have to be careful what I put in, like, he’s a knight, so I have to know the basics of knight’s armour. Because it is based on our history.

After I’ve done this one, I have 2 more for Clans in Conflict – one’s a prequel to Dark Dimensions, and the other is – nope, not saying. It’s a surprise.

Having said that, I’m open to suggestions for a 5th book relating the MC of the first half of Dark Reign. Only if there’s enough interest, though.

I also have the skeleton of a Consequences 4, so I may also be looking at that.

After announcing all that, I have also undertaken an exercise regime because I’m sick and tired of what I can and can’t do. I have already lost 7kg and am visiting the physio tomorrow for another and final check. It’s on track for what I want and I intend to get more active. Having said that, I now have a 3 wheeler bike (or trike) and it’s the funniest thing to ride. The steering is incredibly sensitive and I have a tendency to over-steer it (it has road tyres rather than mountain bike tyres) so I have to learn to cut back on the steering. Once I realised that, I did a lot better.

And I have a friend who has an idea for another story for which I already have a character that will fit in perfectly.

Wow, there’s a lot tonight!

I have been working with a writing group right here in Midland called Grow Write. Now, while we are centred on this suburb of Perth, even if you can’t make it, we now do prompts on our Facebook group and through our email group, so if you’d like to join us, just PM me on Facebook – or message me here and we’ll work it out!

I think that’s all I have to say. It’s time to get tea started and get back to spooky TV in time for next week’s writing prompt!

It’s here! Well, almost!

Heart of Reception is due out tomorrow 9 August – or Tuesday, depending on where you are. It can be bought from:

Amazon Australia

Amazon

We’ve still got Dark Dimensions out:

Available at:

Amazon Australia

Amazon

And, then we have one of the most amazing books I have read:

Available at:

Amazon

Amazon Australia

And his redoubtable:

Available at:

Amazon

Amazon Australia

And all books are available at:

Corvus Quill Press

Books-A-Million

Amazon Kindle

Barnes & Noble

So, enjoy reading – I know we enjoyed writing them. And I will be online most of tomorrow and Tuesday at

JA Duxbury’s Weird Words

I will invite John and a few other writers to help me out! 😀

Change of frequency

Okay, so with editing, work and other commitments, I am going to start posting here once a fortnight. I’ll try and squeeze everything in for you all.

First of all, though,

Dark Dimensions

We are now in Barns & Noble and Books a Million! Woohoo! And we have a new cover! Still available through Amazon and Amazon.com.au. Haven’t looked at Amazon.co.uk, but I know a book has been sold there, so it must be available!

I want to thank everyone who has bought a copy and please, introduce others to it. I wish you all great enjoyment of it.

Also, news for you, I have almost finished editing Dark Reign, the sequel. I am still waiting on beta readers to complete their feedback, then it will be going to an editor and then the publisher!

We do still have something else to look forward to before that happens:

Heart of Deception

I can’t wait for it to come out! 😀

It’s exciting to have another book out and if you’re not into sci fi or vampires, don’t worry, there’s nothing like this in Heart of Deception – and if you think it’s a romance, I hope you won’t be disappointed.

News

So, we all know Dark Dimensions is out there on Amazon and Amazon Australia and, again, thank you all who bought it and those who are still meaning to!

But this is out in 32 days at:

https://www.amazon.com.au/Heart-Deception-Consequences-Book-1-ebook/dp/B098PMXY76/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=heart+of+deception&qid=1625704166&sr=8-5

and:https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Deception-Consequences-Book-1-ebook/dp/B098PMXY76/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=j+a+duxbury&qid=1625704366&sr=8-5

It will be available on Amazon and Amazon Australia. Waiting on a video to share with you all!

I’m soooooo excited about this.

I will admit, this is why I missed a post. It was too close not to wait!

It’s still c-c-c-cold

But it’s Simon’s birthday! Well, Monday’s the big day but today we took him out to play minigolf in Midland followed by Grill’d for lunch.

What a great day it was – we had great friends and family and I have no idea who won. I did a few really good rounds and at least Simon was one of the few who got holes in one.

We celebrated Simon’s 50th birthday and he had an absolute ball!

In other news, John McKay’s book, The Venom Protocols is due out tomorrow, 27 June 2021. It’s a gritty, hard look at life as an assassin for the underbelly of New York in the 1980s.

Available through Amazon.com and Amazon.com.au as an e-book and paperback. Gritty writing and well put together.

I’m going, now, to relax after walking around for over an hour during mini-golf!

Camp

Now, don’t get the wrong idea – I’m talking about Camp National Novel Writing Month.

This takes place yearly in April and July – sort of a warm-up for National Novel Writing Month.

And, I’ve signed up for Camp.

Now, with Heart of Deception and Dark Reign at beta readers, I’ve dragged Delta Recoveries from the mothballs and will be working on that.

Before I do, I’m rewriting Dragons on the Gold Coast (not permanent title) to keep myself occupied before July!

On a health note, I have dropped roughly 5 kilos which I am happily surprised at doing!

And just a reminder that this is a little over 1 month away from being published!