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Nothing new under the sun
Posted on January 2, 2016 5 Comments
I’m often asked by writing students about copyright and plagiarism, and the best ways to make sure no one steals your ideas. It’s something that beginners seem unduly concerned about. I’m not saying it can’t happen but I’ve never really worried. I know a lot of writers and I understand the mindset; the very last thing […]
The Troll at Christmas, post 3
Posted on December 20, 2015 Leave a Comment
I got all excited in the pub last night, when someone suggested that my TROLL novella might be the first social media thriller. They said they’d never heard of anything similar, so I immediately needed to find out if they were right. I didn’t think it was likely but always worth checking these things out…. The first […]
THE TROLL at Christmas: Post 2
Posted on December 20, 2015 Leave a Comment
My apologies, folks. I had promised to post this yesterday and ended up out with friends for most of the day and all evening. So here it is now. Chapter 1 of the the first novella in my TROLL series. Chapter 2 will be up early evening today. Enjoy… The book is currently available on amazon […]
The Troll at Christmas
Posted on December 18, 2015 Leave a Comment
If you are a regular reader of this blog, or my facebook and twitter feeds, then you won’t have been able to miss that, this year, I wrote and published a trilogy of thriller novellas called THE TROLL. What you might not know is that the first story in the series is a Christmas story. Perhaps not quite so […]
In other news. The Troll.
Posted on September 21, 2015 Leave a Comment
The latest book in my TROLL series is out now, on Amazon. To celebrate, the first book is currently free on Amazon UK, and the second is reduced to 99p. Fill yer boots, ducks. If you’re USA based, watch this space.
Protecting us from the threats of poetry
Posted on September 12, 2015 1 Comment
Today I read the prime minister’s ‘vision for a smarter state’ and, as I glanced across the page, I misread a line about how he intended to protect us from ‘terrorism, poetry and climate change’. It actually said poverty, which is a laugh. I’m pretty sure the way I read it was more accurate. You […]
Words and how to use them, number 1: Internet Troll
Posted on August 25, 2015 Leave a Comment
In a bizarre moment of synchronicity, I was reminded today of one of the factors that influenced me when I was writing my latest book series THE TROLL. It was all to do with a recent post someone made on facebook, in which they referred to not feeding trolls. And it was interesting, because I […]
Neil Gaiman on writing, publishing and ideas
Posted on July 26, 2015 Leave a Comment
The latest video on my YouTube channel is of Neil Gaiman answering questions from various interviews. I’ve pulled together the ones I liked the best. He’s wise and very funny, as one might expect. I hope you enjoy.
The Troll book 1: The boy with the sliver of ice in his heart
Posted on July 13, 2015 2 Comments
My new book, the first in THE TROLL series, is out in just four days time, and available for pre-order now here http://mybook.to/TheTroll_Sliverofice You can find out more about the book and hear some extracts in this video. I hope you enjoy it 🙂
Independence Day
Posted on June 24, 2015 1 Comment
Back in May, I wrote a little here about my first foray into Independent Publishing, or what would have been called self-publishing until recent years. I’ve set up my own imprint, which I’ve called Blue Morpho Press (in honour of the wonderful butterfly MORPH who is a feature of The Killing Jar, my first novel) but I […]
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