Author and Renaissance wannabe
As time gets closer to the release of Has The Lady Been Yet? I’m finding myself conflicted with how I feel about this new book. It’s something I’ve wanted to write about for a while, not least to help me work through my own feelings …
Read MoreHow many projects can you work on at once and still give them the attention and priority they deserve and need? I don’t think there is one good answer, but it occurred as I was sitting in the audience, waiting to watch a stage adaptation …
Read MoreThe Holy Grail for most of us as writers is feedback, as it drives interest, sales and reads, and I by no means under estimate the importance of comments and feedback. But I’ve found that in some cases, the value of not getting feedback can …
Read MoreThis isn’t an existential question, just a quick update on my present activities. Which, as we speak, is realising that many of my sentences are so passive they could be in a petting zoo. But, anyway… I’m currently on a career break, so am evaluating …
Read MoreI’m never anything other than honest, no doubt to my own detriment, and the launch of Hope Is A Six Letter Word was a mixture of (excuse the pun) hope, excitement, and crushing disappointment. Authors play the long game, and I’m happy that with time, …
Read MoreIn the interests of tidiness (and for those of you viewing on a phone or tablet), I’ve edited my free fictions page a bit. To be honest no-one downloads the samplers of the novels anyway (and the ‘look inside’ feature on Amazon serves the same …
Read MoreVery pleased to announce that as the book wholesalers Gardners Books are now carrying my titles, you should be able to order, where they aren’t already in stock, from your local bookshop as well as online. Please do support your local bookshops where you can, …
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I’ve been feeling very guilty recently over the lack of promotion I’ve given to The Raven Sound, which is one of my favourite and most personal book babies. The other novels have had digital giveaways and pushes on social media, but I seem to have …
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So, a week off work and very little what I hoped to do actually done, though I did manage a research trip to Llangollen. I’m at one of those stages when there are so many writing tasks I feel I should be doing that it’s …
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Phew. I really wanted to use my time off to complete Hope Is A Six Letter Word, and we’re there, after several days of intense corrections from my proofer, and another ‘Read Aloud’ edit (using the inbuilt functionality of Word) which I can’t recommend enough. …
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