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Revisions, cover reveal, and unfinished business

Acapulco Gold revisions, a look ahead to launch, and why December is never as quiet as it seems.

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The Gatwick Freeport Heist + more

A brand-new short, a curious argument, and a couple of thriller bundles.

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Update + where ideas begin

Progress, inspiration, and a couple of giveaways.

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Edits, charts, and the road to Mexico

Developmental edits, a charting surprise, and aiming the story south.

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A small win, a bigger push

Dev edits in, a quick chart smile, and two new scenes on the horizon.

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Character, covers, and cons

Meet Paul, peek at cover experiments, and grab a free short story.

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Meet Paul Coles

Notorious for terrible advice; even worse at resisting it himself.

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Maps, myths, and messy writing

Learning by doing, composite characters, and the question that kept me writing.

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Learning as I went…

No outline, no map — just characters, scams, and the story finding me as I wrote.

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