Books | Alison Morton Author

INCEPTIO won 'We've Got It Covered' competition

‘We’ve Got It Covered’, an Indie Cover Hall of Fame competition asked readers to nominate and vote on their favourite indie-author cover. There were 23 nominations. Joanne Phillips who ran the competition on her blog, commented,’ What is fascinating to me, seeing them all lined up next to each other, is the breadth of design […]

INCEPTIO - Excerpt II

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‘You are dismissed from the Conservancy Corps, with immediate effect. Hand your uniform, ID and any other park property to your supervisor and leave within the next thirty minutes. You have become an embarrassment to the Autonomous City of New York. We cannot stop you as a member of […]

INCEPTIO - Excerpt I

The boy lay in the dirt in the centre of New York’s Kew Park, blood flowing out of both his nostrils, his fine blond hair thrown out in little strands around his head. I stared at my own hand, still bunched, pain rushing to gather at the reddening knuckles. I hadn’t […]

On making a book trailer

https://youtu.be/CxOZzf_DA7g

(This is an updated version made in November 2016, but everything below is still true!)

As a big fan of the moving image, I wanted to make an animated advert for my forthcoming book, INCEPTIO. Could I do it myself? I’m no Steven Spielberg, but I had the track record of […]

Official launch - update

I’m delighted to announce that Sue Cook, writer and broadcaster, will be introducing me at my book launch on 12 March in Tunbridge Wells.

Sue is one of the UK’s most experienced broadcasters. TV viewers know her from many BBC shows – such as Crimewatch UK, the annual Children in Need appeal and Holiday. To […]