The corona virus is wreaking havoc across the globe, and many people are required to self-isolate and/or have lost their incomes. Smashwords authors banded together to request Smashwords run a special sale: “These authors wanted to show their support to readers who now face unprecedented social isolation, anxiety and economic hardship as a result ofContinue reading “Smashwords Authors Give Back Sale”
Category Archives: The Edge of Darkness
I predicted this controversial new black hole theory in 2011
This post contains spoilers for my 2011 novel THE EDGE OF DARKNESS, a sci-fi about cyborgs in deep space. Please visit The Edge of Darkness page on my website and to find places you can purchase. Just today I saw a news article about a new theory regarding the event horizon in black holes. BLACKContinue reading “I predicted this controversial new black hole theory in 2011”
Write What You Know: Knowing More Than You Put On The Page
As a writer, I feel the need to really know my characters, their situations, their props and settings. For The Edge of Darkness, that wasn’t so hard. It was largely a made-up world, set in deep space on a spaceship and the weapons used were also made up. Internet-Based Research I did some research onContinue reading “Write What You Know: Knowing More Than You Put On The Page”
Diversity in Books: Why It’s Important and Why I Write It
#weneeddiversebooks I’ve published two full-length novels and both of them contain people of colour as either the main character or the love interest(s). In The Edge of Darkness, my protagonist Max(ine) is Filipino. I consciously made the decision to write her as non-white building on my father’s experience of being the son of immigrants to Australia,Continue reading “Diversity in Books: Why It’s Important and Why I Write It”
The Edge of Darkness new cover
Can you believe it’s been three years this year since I published my first novel, the deep space cyborg adventure The Edge of Darkness? I can’t. Time has flown. Normally when books are traditionally published sometimes they’re first put out in a hardcover version, which is more expensive for publishers to sustain, so after aboutContinue reading “The Edge of Darkness new cover”
Lissa Bilyk 