Retrospective: Amy
Amy is the second book in the Valerie Series, published in 2019. The gap from the publication of Valerie in 2017 came from the fact I went through the whole...
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Bottle This Feeling (With a Caveat)
I've started working on the second draft of 'As the Majestic Rises', the final book in the Majestic Trilogy. Considering that my writing brain has been rather, er, inactive of...
Retrospective: Valerie
This is part of a 2026 series of posts looking at the books I’ve released and the choices I’ve made over my first 10 years of publishing. Read the intro...
Retrospective: But By Degrees
This is part of a 2026 series of posts looking at the books I’ve released and the choices I’ve made over my first 10 years of publishing. Read the intro...
When a Second Draft Isn’t One
The novel draft I'm working on at the moment is technically a second draft. But that "technically" is doing a lot of heavy lifting. When I first conceived of this...
10 Years Since the Journey Began
Just over a decade ago I was sat at my grandmother's funeral tea with a notebook in front of me while a friend sat across the table. My grandmother had...
Fixing an Imperial Good Companion (Pt 1)
One of the strange side-effects of my growing interest in typewriters is that people want me to help with their own typewriters. Mostly, that involves me asking a friend who...
Setting Lofty Reading Goals
Last year I set a high reading goal of 150 books. Spoiler alert: I didn't quite get there. In fact, I was 46 books short. Even so, I've set the...
Did You See the Dodo?
Writing, rewriting, editing (and more editing): those are some of my strengths. I'll admit that without grimacing too much. Like many writers, though, I struggle to yell about my books...
Not the Playlist I Was Expecting
Many of my novel drafts require me getting into a particular mindset. Sometimes that’s a playlist, sometimes it’s just a few songs that get me into the zone for a...
Black Narcissus Resonating Through the Decades
The opening chapter of Majestic Days features one of the most evocative moments from any classic film: the bell tower struggle from Black Narcissus. I won't ruin the full plot...
Peeking at a Smith-Corona Capri
I'm in the depths of putting the finishing touches to Majestic Days ahead of its release on 22nd October. So, of course, I decided yesterday was the day to finally...
Pre-order Live: Majestic Days
After a little teasing, the pre-order link for Majestic Days is now active over at Amazon. If you want to pre-order the novel and give me a lovely release day...
Cover Reveal: Majestic Days
Today I get to share the cover of Majestic Days with you! As usual, I went through various iterations of covers with my designer before she came up with an...
Coming Soon: Majestic Days
My next novel release is coming soon! That's it; that's the blog post. Well, almost. As I'm here, I can tell you a little about the book. Majestic Days is...
About My Last Book
You'd be forgiven if you think I haven't released a book in a while. I wasn't exactly proactive in letting people know about my most recent release published in February....
Spinning Around Again
This is another platform hop. Sure, every writer needs to platform hop every now and then. That kind of procrastination is exactly what a writer needs to exist, right? And,...