Twelve Months and Two Thousand Miles – A writing year in review
At this time last year, I had just taken a few weeks off from my laptop, having written and published three books during 2017, as well as another couple of, as yet, unpublished short stories. I felt relatively new at the writing gig still, but was enjoying both the...
On the writing road again!
With five published novels under my belt within three story-lines, I no longer feel like the complete novice writer I once was, though i’m still struggling to figure out what the best writing routine is for me. The difference is, that to begin with I was also...
The Ghosts of Winter
What better way to start the new year than with a free Ghost story? Well, if you enjoy skiing, snowboarding or just the idea of visiting the mountains in winter, then my Ghosts of Winter story may well be for you. Here’s the blurb: The Fever can strike anyone at...
The Embers of Time
The Embers of Time, the second book in my Flames of Time is published. A cross between Indiana Jones and the Da Vinci Code, the Flames of Time is my Thriller/Mystery/Action Adventure series set in the 1930s. It follows a group of friends who discover hints of an ages...
The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin – A Review
See larger image There’s a good reason this book has recently been republished, and that’s because it’s a brilliant and original work of fiction with a small cast of well described and memorable characters and a unique thought-provoking story. BUT! Having said that,...
Release the Bats by DBC Pierre – A Review
See larger image ‘You can be insecure and be a writer. You can be unsuccessful and be a writer. You can be a bad person and be a writer. You can be a drinker, a procrastinator, a freak. You can be compulsive, dependent, delusional, manic. You can be under house...
Beyond the Pyrene by John Williamson – A Review
A wonderfully bitter-sweet and poignant tale, Beyond the Pyrene is the second and concluding part of the Chronicles of Talakhonsu. See larger image Beginning directly where the first book Beyond the Black Earth leaves off, Beyond the Pyrene see’s Talak the former...
For the love of words
Come inside and meet the prologue. It is dark inside the prologue. Dark and cool and welcoming. Whatever is to come, the prologue welcomes you absolutely, accepts you unconditionally, receives you graciously, providing all that is necessary to endure the rest. The...
Stepping between long shadows
It’s a terrible thing to admit to as a writer, but every now and again I need to be reminded to take note of the world around me. Taking the time to observe, but just as importantly and infinitely more difficult trying to maintain a frame of mind in which I also...
Beyond the Black Earth by John Williamson – A Review
Okay, so cards on the table. The author of this book is a personal friend of mine, and I was one of the editors who worked on this book when I finally managed to prize a copy out of the authors overly protective hands. I’m currently editing the second book in this two...
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