I was recently interviewed by Rachel Doré about my upcoming science fiction thriller. She hosts a fantastic weekly radio show called ‘Words from the Bubble’ on Manawatu People’s Radio. We talked about the new book, my obsession with bees, and...
Category: Book updates
News about my books, including cover reveals, upcoming launch plans, and posts about how my first book came to be.
Another book has my title!
I’ll be honest. This news really upset me at first. I recently learned that another book from a major publisher has the same title as my upcoming science fiction thriller, The Last Beekeeper, and it’s currently scheduled to be released the same week as mine. Oh...
Cover reveal for ‘An Olive Grove at the Edge of the World’
I have finally found a new cover for ‘An Olive Grove at the Edge of the World’ – the international edition of ‘Moon Over Martinborough.’ And it’s fantastic. The tools I used to find it were 99designs and PickFu. First, I...
‘Moon’ goes international – under a new title
Wisteria after the rain Four years ago, Random House New Zealand published my book, ‘Moon Over Martinborough: How an American city boy became a Kiwi farmer.’ Time flies! The print and ebook rights have now reverted back to me, and...
Book launch media roundup
Today I’m listing all the incredible things that have happened since I launched my book with Random House New Zealand on 7 June 2013. It all started a couple days before the big launch when I heard someone walk in...
Publisher comes to visit
My publisher was coming to lunch, and I was nervous. She wanted to see the property and meet CJ and me, but she wanted something else as well. She wanted to talk to CJ about changing his name. What if...
Never give up: From blog to book
“I’m giving up,” I said. “‘Moon over Martinborough’ is never going to be a book.” Ever since I’d started this blog I’d wanted to turn it into a book, but I was losing hope. “Maybe you shouldn’t give up just...