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Defrosting The Thaw: Surveying Beta Readers

I’m currently in the process of gaining feedback from a selection of beta-readers for my work-in-progress post-apocalyptic thriller novel The Thaw, which is now at draft 3 stage. I’ve had three out of the eight people who have been sent the work respond, and I’ve undertaken a couple of beta-reads myself in that time. First…
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Review: Displaced

Disclosure: I was provided with a copy of Displaced ahead of release by the author, Dan Hook, for review purposes. Post-apocalyptic books, from my own experience, live or die on the strength of the imagery and world-building, but also on the strength of the characters that populate that world and the plot that befalls them.…
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The Thaw – Third Draft Triumph
It’s been two years and change since my last post about The Thaw having hit the second-draft milestone and it feels like an eternity. However, I am thrilled and excited to announce this project has hit the third draft stage and you’ll be hearing a lot more about it from here on out! So, firstly,…