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.

The Reason’s for my absence

Last week was dominated by day-job dramas; this week has been dominated by bad news (often of the medical kind) among friends and family.

On the whole, I’d rather go back to the job-dramas.

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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