I’m a self-confessed sun-worshipper. I love the sun and its radioactive, ultra-violate rays baking down from above on a hot summer’s day. There’s nothing better than a healthy dose of vitamin D that’s been proven to prevent colds and flu, depression and even MS. It gets even better when you’re spending time on a great […]
My t-shirt was clammy. I was still perspiring from an hour of hot yoga. In another reality, I would be agitated and short-tempered but after a combination of body contortions and deep-belly breathing, I was quite calm and relaxed. The clerk at the Post Office looked at me and simply said, “sorry sir, the system […]
Congratulations to the following 20 winners of the Goodreads competition. They have each won a signed paperback copy of Return To Lemuria: Tammy Pooser Susan Jackson Pamela Muldowney Kris Cram Marcie Sasso Sabrina Wilson Nicky Harvatt Laura Fry Sarah Sarg Louis Richards Kai Wong Bernie Cinkoske Tara Bittler Christina Kelly Ralph Pelaez Candice Lemus Rick […]
My author-idol, China Mieville and his words of wisdom…. “When people dis fantasy—mainstream readers and SF readers alike—they are almost always talking about one sub-genre of fantastic literature. They are talking about Tolkien, and Tolkien’s innumerable heirs. Call it ‘epic’, or ‘high’, or ‘genre’ fantasy, this is what fantasy has come to mean. Which is […]
Technology continues to amaze me. In a few simple steps, I was able to upload a sample of my novel to a website called #booktrack and then record personalised background music over paragraph text to create an immersive reading experience. As a reader, you can adjust the speed at which you read, while a cursor bobs […]
About six months ago, with my limited Photoshop skills, I designed a book cover for my novel, Return to Lemuria and I wasn’t happy. Finding and designing a book cover for a novel must be one of the most frustrating things to do! As an author, you want it to resonate with the story, depict […]
You know that weird sense of looking at the spelling of a word for too long or saying it out loud too many times so that it begins to make no sense? I have developed the same kind of feeling when writing down numbers. Up until recently, I have not had much concern when writing numbers as […]
My first magazine review in Get It Mag. #publicity #review. More reviews here.
Meme. An image, video, piece of text, etc., typically humorous in nature, that is copied and spread rapidly by Internet users, often with slight variations. I came across one of these memes recently that put things into perspective. It was a snapshot of 5 bicycles lying haphazardly on a piece of lawn in front of […]
It’s competition time! I’m giving away 20 books via Goodreads.com. Simply click the link below to enter. Goodreads Book Giveaway Return To Lemuria by Richard Gradner Giveaway ends December 24, 2014. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win