PeterMBall

Peter M. Ball is a speculative fiction writer, small press publisher, and writing mentor from Brisbane, Austraila. He publishes his own work through Eclectic Projects and works as the brain in charge at Brain Jar Press.

Work in the Wild

Just passing through, what with the novel draft being perilously close to being done, but I thought I’d mention a little story called On the Destruction of Copenhagen by the War-Machines of the Merfolk that went online at Strange Horizons. Not for any particular reason, mind you, I just thought I’d mention it’s there.

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And Now We Are Forty-Eight

18/03/2025 No Comments

It’s the eighteenth of March here in Australia, which means I’ve just turned another year older. We’re still fixing things up after

Two Writing and Publishing Lessons from the First Hours of A Hurricane

06/03/2025 No Comments

I’m writing this from an apartment packed down for impending cyclone/hurricane due to hit Brisbane some time in the next 24 hours.

What is Author Platform, Really?

28/02/2025 No Comments

I recently offered GenrePunk Ninja subscribers a list of options for a series of deep dive entries, and got them to vote