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.

Steve Almond on getting paid in Karma over @ the Coachella Review

Apparently there really isn’t a point in a writing career where you get to stop having this conversation.

I find this vaguely depressing.

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Is Social Media Really “Free” Book Marketing?

29/05/2025 No Comments

Part two in an ongoing series thinking through the relationship between social media, marketing, and being an active writer. You can read

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.