This is the story that happens when you think sod it, let's write the daftest thing we can think of and tie it in to all our teenage memories. Rock Zombie is a novel about a young lad drinking at the Beach Park on Redcar seafront... he dies... he comes back as a ghost... but … Continue reading Rock Zombie (or One Night in Redcar with the Dead)
Tag: publishers
Flibbertygibbets and jiggerypokery
A lot has happened in a short space of time so I thought I'd write a little post to let everyone know what the flibbertygibbets is going on. - The Book and the Blade has a new release date - February 28th, 2023. I've known for quite a while that this was going to happen … Continue reading Flibbertygibbets and jiggerypokery
Whoring myself out to publishers…
The wonderful thing about being a writer is the joy you get from putting your heart and soul into a piece of work, spending hours, days, weeks, years poring over it, making it as amazing as possible, as perfect as possible, getting it polished and ready to hand out to the world and then giving … Continue reading Whoring myself out to publishers…
A few things…
There are now less than seven weeks to go until The Book and the Blade is released into the wild so I thought I'd write a little post in order to give some updates. - pre-orders for the ebook are available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Booktopia, Kobo and more - pre-orders for hardback and … Continue reading A few things…
Premature ejaculation
Premature Adjective Occurring or done before the usual or proper time; too early. Ejaculation Noun Something said quickly and suddenly. I've had a habit of this my whole life (stop giggling and get your mind out of the gutter. We're using the Queen's English here). What I mean is, I regularly do or say something … Continue reading Premature ejaculation
How’s the writing going?
I get asked this a lot. It's nice. It's also a wee bit depressing when the answer is, has been, and will probably continue to be... it isn't. I have a "work in progress" but instead of my usual all-consuming attacking the keyboard like a starving dog going at a bag of hot chips I'm … Continue reading How’s the writing going?
Zombies, ghosts and nunchucks. What shenaniganary is this?!
Yes, that's a word (maybe) A short post here, ladies and gents... I wrote a daft zombie story set in the 90s. A kid dies and comes back as a ghost while his body reanimates as a zombie. He then spends the night trying to summon his inner Patrick Swayze in order to stop the … Continue reading Zombies, ghosts and nunchucks. What shenaniganary is this?!
Judge a book by its cover!
It has no doubt become abundantly clear to anyone who saved this website (and there are a few of you - sorry) that I'm absolutely rubbish at keeping it updated. Well, here's one for you... The Book and the Blade has a cover! Remember, beautiful people... sharing is caring
It’s easy to get a publisher, right?
It turns out I keep this online diary almost as consistently as I keep my personal diary, i.e. hardly ever. This is quite normal for me. I seem to work in flurries of madness separated by long periods of nothing. Well, I say nothing, but the old noggin is always ticking over. It's like a … Continue reading It’s easy to get a publisher, right?