Author: A.B. Finlayson

• Happy Birthday to Good Omens!

  A twitter thread, which I’m hoping appears below in the correct order

  May 10, 2023

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• Cats are self-absorbed twats

  (a post from Facebook) “Al, you have cats. So why are you so mean to them in your books?” Oh, I don’t know… how about this bitch, Sally. The nutter who gets the zoomies at 4am for no reason, who will sleep at my daughter’s feet then run up the bed and over her head…

  May 10, 2023

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• The one about simultaneous submissions

  After the recent news that my book, Rock Zombie, lost its publisher (due to the publisher ceasing to exist and annoyingly not rising from the dead in a blaze of ironic glory) I am back submitting. Any writer will tell you that this is far from a fun process. It isn’t just the hard work…

  May 7, 2023

  A. B. Finlayson, author, being an author, blog, publishing, submissions, submitting, writing

• The purpose of an inconsistent blogger

  Back when dad blogs were a thing, I was churning out posts on an almost daily basis. I’d write about anything and everything that took my fancy… and anything and everything people paid me to write about if I’m being honest. Now though, I’m not so sure what, if anything, I should be doing with…

  May 6, 2023

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• The one about a work in progress

  When we had the launch party for The Book and the Blade, my mate Mitch did an awesome job of MCing, filling any potential awkward silences on my part by asking questions. One of those question was, what are you working on at the minute? The answer then (and still now) is a comedy fantasy…

  April 12, 2023

  A. B. Finlayson, author, diary, writing

• At least when I write stories I (mostly) control what happens…

  A new post on the old website about not being able to control anything and Australia Post being total gits.

  April 3, 2023

  A. B. Finlayson, Albert the Great Australian Dragon, author, being an author, blog, books, TheBookandtheBlade, writing