8 April, 2026

In publishing, genre is the ultimate shortcut to your reader.

Readers aren't randomly browsing for their next favourite novel. They go straight to what they already love.

Romance readers want more romance. Crime readers want more crime ...

1 April, 2026

This week, my publisher confirmed that the 1,000 fundraising copies of Unspoken will be arriving in Tassie the first week of May!

This is a significant milestone so I thought I’d recap how I got to this point and the motivation behind this fundraising initiative.

25 March, 2026

Here's your first glimpse of the full cover of my debut novel UNSPOKEN ... with a couple of bonuses thrown in.

18 March, 2026

A few years ago, a U.S. court case pulled back the curtain on the traditional publishing industry. What began as a legal fight over a merger ended up revealing once-secret details - including sales data, advances and industry realities that are usually kept well out of sight. For writers and readers alike, it offered a rare, unfiltered look at the business of book publishing, and some of the numbers were genuinely shocking.

11 March, 2026

Earning a “return on my investment” was never part of my writing journey. But once the publication deal with Ventura was settled, I began to wonder: if I do make any money from this book, how could I use it to do some good?

4 March, 2026

The title plays an obvious role on the front cover of any novel.

Here’s the thinking behind the title Unspoken.

4 March, 2026

There’s always a lot of hype around a cover reveal, and I wanted to make sure you saw it here first.

4 March, 2026

The editing process is full steam ahead and in the last sweep through, the proofreader picked up a ‘dangling modifier’. Do you know what that is?

26 February, 2026

Sydney-based publisher Ventura Press has acquired world rights to Unspoken, a gripping political crime novel by D. A. Fletcher.

Fletcher has spent nearly twenty years working at the heart of Australian politics – across the Senate, the House of Representatives and the Tasmanian House of Assembly – following careers in teaching and corporate finance.