Category: A. B. Finlayson

• The unprofessional professional

  Let’s be honest, I’m not particularly good at this whole ‘professional author’ gig. The truth is, I’m not entirely sure I am one anyway, and I certainly won’t feel like I’m cresting that little hill until I hold my book in my hands. As I write this, my debut novel should have been out for…

  September 10, 2022

  A. B. Finlayson, A. Crazy World, author, being an author, blog

• Flibbertygibbets and jiggerypokery

  A lot has happened in a short space of time so I thought I’d write a little post to let everyone know what the flibbertygibbets is going on. – The Book and the Blade has a new release date – February 28th, 2023. I’ve known for quite a while that this was going to happen…

  August 18, 2022

  A. B. Finlayson, A. Crazy World, author, being an author, blog, books, diary, publishing, TheBookandtheBlade, writing

• Whoring myself out to publishers…

  The wonderful thing about being a writer is the joy you get from putting your heart and soul into a piece of work, spending hours, days, weeks, years poring over it, making it as amazing as possible, as perfect as possible, getting it polished and ready to hand out to the world and then giving…

  July 30, 2022

  A. B. Finlayson, author, publishing, submissions, submitting

• A few things…

  There are now less than seven weeks to go until The Book and the Blade is released into the wild so I thought I’d write a little post in order to give some updates. – pre-orders for the ebook are available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Booktopia, Kobo and more – pre-orders for hardback and…

  July 23, 2022

  A. B. Finlayson, A. Crazy World, author, being an author, blog, diary, publishing, Reviews, TheBookandtheBlade, writing

• Premature ejaculation

  

  Premature Adjective Occurring or done before the usual or proper time; too early. Ejaculation Noun Something said quickly and suddenly. I’ve had a habit of this my whole life (stop giggling and get your mind out of the gutter. We’re using the Queen’s English here). What I mean is, I regularly do or say something…

  July 16, 2022

  A. B. Finlayson, author, being an author, publishing, writing

• In Terms of Terms This is it!

  MY BOOK COMES OUT THIS TERM! As a teacher by day (and a barely functioning man-child by night) much of my life is controlled by bells, schedules and timetables. Even now, during the school holidays, I have a Pavlovian response to sniff out the nearest coffee at 8:15, 10:55 and 3:01, but it’s not just…

  July 2, 2022

  A. B. Finlayson, A. Crazy World, author, being an author, books, publishing, TheBookandtheBlade