#31daysofshade
When Dead Men was published in 2012, and after my publisher’s miniscule marketing budget had run out, one of my hobbies became carefully placing Dead Men advertising cards into other people’s… Continue Reading
Browsing Category: Writing
Just in time for Valentine’s Day
Quite a few people have been asking me if they can get hold of a paperback copy of Bee Bones. Well, now you can, and just in time to make… Continue Reading
#MyWritingProcess
I’ve very kindly been asked by Lisa Hinsley to take part in the #MyWritingProcess blog tour. This is a tour where you can follow a thread across the blogs of… Continue Reading
Why Stradbroke Library is the perfect home for Stradbroke Post Office
It’s more years ago than I care to remember, that we managed to get over 200 people to protest outside Stradbroke Library against the threat of its closure. And it’s… Continue Reading
The Jewel That Was Mine – WIP
Chapter 1 London, January 2014 My name is Molly Cloud, and I’m going to rob a museum. Chapter 2 London, 1635 On the… Continue Reading
Time
Back here, in real life, half-term over, and in the last week of February. One sixth of this year gone already, and Christmas still not fully digested, nor finances recovered…. Continue Reading
A publishing contract turned down
I got an offer yesterday, from a small ebook publisher in the US, to publish one of my as yet unpublished novels, Bee Bones. The offer came as a result… Continue Reading
New writing draft
He was a sprawl of a man. In his chair. In his bed. On his feet. On his back. And today he was staring, staring at the wall, through his… Continue Reading
An Experiment
Some people have been busy telling me that everyone is tired of writing reviews. So be it. I can understand that. And it doesn’t just apply to book reviews. There’s… Continue Reading
A Study – transcript from my journal, 20/02/2013
Sitting in Waterstones Piccadilly. Queues forming for Nicholas Sparks and two actors from his latest book to be made into a film. I’ll be there one of these days. I… Continue Reading