Go from aspiration to inspiration. 10 top tips about writing from science fiction & dark fantasy author David J Rodger

I’m not claiming that my experience and advice is in any way special or unique; but it’s real, from the heart and is how I pushed through all the barriers to achieve my dreams.  So here’s 10 top tips that you hopefully find useful.  I’d like to think that some of them help nudge your [...]

New release: Cloudy Head, a dark fantasy short and spooky tale for the child in us all

This short story was first published back in 2001 within the fantasy magazine “Alternate Species”.  I made it available via LULU when the renowned Norwegian artist Kenn-Ole Moen kindly created some illustrations for me after reading the story and falling in love with the idea behind it and the character of Cloudy Head. Moving to [...]

25% discount off all my work today (25th), so grab some scifi & dark fantasy novels and post-apocalyptic RPG of David J Rodger

Buy any or all of my work today and you can score 25% discount by entering this code at checkout (DEC25). Offer ends today (25th Dec) at 11.59 pm Pacific Standard Time (or 7.59 am Sunday 26th  for UK peeps).   Novels by David J Rodger RPG (Yellow Dawn) Products by David J Rodger Wishing [...]

LULU offer: buy 2 books get 3rd FREE, for scifi & dark fantasy novels and post-apocalyptic RPG of David J Rodger

22nd Dec (up to 23rd Dec for UK) This is part of LULU’s amazing “25 Days to Save” before Christmas. Today’s offer is BUY 2 BOOKS and get 3rd FREE on all my work. Just enter this discount coupon ( DEC22 ) at checkout.  Offer ends today (22nd Dec) at 11.59 pm Pacific Standard Time [...]

Letters: Dog Eat Dog feedback – the end of the book and launchpad for what’s next

This is an email exchange with a compatriot in New York whose opinions I rely upon and trust.  He’s talking about reaching the end of Dog Eat Dog and this becomes a brief discussion about what’s next in regards to a sequel.    I’ve XXX out potential spoilers. >From: xxxxxx@hotmail.com >To: clovenfeet@hotmail.com >Subject: RE: … [...]

LULU publisher, offering FREE SHIPPING for scifi & dark fantasy novels and post-apocalyptic RPG of David J Rodger

This is part of LULU’s amazing “25 Days to Save” before Christmas. Today’s offer is FREE SHIPPING on all my work. Just enter this discount coupon ( DEC15 ) at checkout.  Offer ends today (15th Dec) at 11.59 AM Pacific Standard Time (or 7.59pm tonight for UK peeps). Novels by David J Rodger RPG (Yellow [...]

Letters: Dog Eat Dog feedback – H.P.Lovecraft would be proud of you

More fan-mail and words I’m happy to share. >From: XXXXXX@xxxxxxxx.com >To: clovenfeet@hotmail.com >Subject: DED >Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:45:56 +0000 > >David, > >I’m speechless. > >I’m at work so don’t have much time to chat, but I’m heading towards the end of DED.  The XXXX infiltration is about to go pear shaped with [...]

LULU publisher: 25 Days To Save. Daily discounts on scifi & dark fantasy novels and post-apocalyptic RPG of David J Rodger

It really doesn’t get any better than this.  LULU are offering a different delicious discount every single day leading up to Christmas.  This is on top of the fun festive discounts I’m running on many of my titles. So bookmark this link and keep checking in to see what feasts grab your eye.     [...]

Letters: Dog Eat Dog feedback from New York

This is an email from a fan in New York who is currently reading Dog Eat Dog: > From: xxxxxx@xxxxxxx > To: clovenfeet@hotmail.com > Subject: Hey > Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:16:33 -0500 > > Hi > > Getting stuck into ded. [...] > > As always I immensely enjoy your writing. Some fabulous [...]

Letters: Dog Eat Dog feedback from Germany

This is an email from a fan in Germany who is currently reading Dog Eat Dog: I read a lot of SF and Fantasy and I would say that DeD is definitely in the Top 10 percent of what I read > Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 21:57:16 +0100 > Subject: DeD > From: xxxxxx@xxxxxxx [...]

Initial Reviews & Feedback: Science Fiction Fantasy, Post-Apocalyptic Horror novel – Dog Eat Dog

¦ Dialling in from Roman Spa Town, South West England ¦ 26th November, 2010 So it’s approaching the first month of Dog Eat Dog being “out there”, and I’ve started to pick up feedback from people who’ve managed to blaze through it and I’m a little blown away by the intense enthusiasm the book is [...]

Press update: Examiner.com runs an interview with David J Rodger author of Yellow Dawn RPG.

I had the pleasure to encounter this chap, Michael Tresca, during an interview with Examiner.com.  I talk about my early experiences of gaming and what led to the creation of Yellow Dawn. I give my personal view on the world of Yellow Dawn – about Zombies and Orcs, concepts that occur within the post-apocalyptic world, [...]

New Release: Science Fiction & Fantasy Horror – Dante’s Fool

As I launch Dog Eat Dog, the first novel to be set within the post-apocalyptic world of Yellow Dawn; I’m releasing my back catalogue of novels set in the shared universe of the world before the cataclysmic events of Yellow Dawn take place.  As a sweetner, I’m offering some tasty discounts on the normal publisher [...]

Close to the edit (end of) – Dog Eat Dog – up to Ch 46

Only three more to go and I’m done. Well, just the small issue of not having a jacket design finished yet *peers over at Vega$* but hopefully that should come together this weekend.  This book’s a big deal for me. Covers a very intense personal period and is the first to occur in the world [...]

Living in Flames Chapter 26, and the temporal turmoil of messages from the beloved dead

¦ dialling in from Sky Bunker ¦ 22:02 GMT, Friday 3rd September 2010. Listening to Clan of Xymox on vinyl from 1985. Deep into chapter 26.  Big reveal session going on.  Mythos and a centuries-old occult horror rising up from the sub-plot to loom as pinacles of madness and horror above the shocked, sanity blasted [...]