We now have confirmed publication dates for both the UK meet related anthologies, along with a list of the confirmed contributors so far (this will be added to, as we approach D-day). A really good blend of oldies and newbies. British Flash – to be published on 16th June as a free ebook Contributing authors:…
The first ever novel I wrote and finished (as opposed to abandoning 5 chapters in) was a historical fantasy that featured Loki interfering with the lives of people in two Anglo-Saxon villages, while simultaneously re-telling some of his adventures from the Norse myths. It was called “Wildfire (in his own words)” and seeing the film…
Under the Hill is officially finished! Huzzah! I must say – even though it probably counts as blowing my own trumpet – that I love it. I’m sure it’s a good sign when you finish writing a book and immediately want to tell everyone about it so that they can enjoy it too. (Either that…
I’m still wasting away on this diet, having lost 2 stone 4lb so far. (A stone is 14lb, so that’s 32lb in total). Only 8lb more to go before I hit my target of 11 stone, which will take me into the ‘healthy’ range of the BMI. I’m losing between 1-2lbs a week, but that…
I really meant to have some sort of launch event for this, and then it turned out to be the week of the Livejournal DDOS attacks. Most of the people who comment on my posts do so on Livejournal, so I felt that doing anything while it was down was not a good time. Then,…
I went to see The Eagle last night. I’m fairly certain that I read the book in my youth, but it must have been at least 30 years ago, and the only thing that struck me as familiar in the film was “Roman discovers that his slave is actually a very important person & undergoes…
It’s been a long dry spell since Shining in the Sun came out. In fact I’ve been writing more than ever before, but as it’s all been going into Under the Hill, I haven’t had anything to show for it yet. However, I can now proudly announce that I’ve just signed a contract with Carina…
First of all, I was summoned to the door this morning and handed a great big box I had not been expecting at all. And lo! When I opened it, there were my author’s copies of Shining in the Sun in print: It’s such a great moment when you can hold your book in your…
I haven’t been well today, so instead of writing I have been brainstorming, which involves less shutting myself in an unappealing spare room while hammering at a keyboard, and more sitting in a sunny lounge with a cup of tea and a blank notebook. One of the most magical things about the writing process for…
For this brilliant review of Captain’s Surrender, made all the better by the fact that she didn’t think she liked Age of Sail stories 🙂 I wish I could tell you how much I loved this book, how it transported me, how profoundly it moved me. If this blog did its job, I would be…
