Time and Tinplate is the third of my 2021 Flash Fiction Collections. It’s coming out in June –the 10th to be precise– and features the stories in which time or time travel are of the essence. And it’s my T
M is for the Messenger Misadventures #AtoZChallenge2021
The Messenger Misadventures has been out for a week, and I’m very grateful to those people who have already bought it! About the Messenger Misadventures This collection of four short stories for young readers (8+) is set on the Isle
K is for Kaa Birith | #CampNaNoWriMo #AtoZChallenge 2021
Kaa Birith is the main antagonist of my Viridian System science fiction series. I thought as I’m writing the third book, Zanzibar’s Rings, this month, it might help if I gave you a hint or two about him. My protagonists
Greed and Retribution #AtoZChallenge2021
Greed and Retribution is the second of my Flash Fiction collection to hit the press. And it’s my G for the A to Z Challenge today. Greed and Retribution: The Carruthers Collection and Other Twisty Tales If you’ve been reading
D for Dylan, Deirdre and Dougall #AtoZChallenge2021
Dylan, Deirdre and Dougall are coming to you on Thursday! They’re my three Ds for the A to Z Challenge today. But if you can’t wait – see below for my pre-sale offer – which subscribers to my mailing list
Another star in the heavens… RIP Sue Vincent
Sue Vincent 14th September 1958 – 29th March 2021 R.I.P
Two weeks to the Messenger Misadventures #mgfiction
Two weeks until the launch of the Messenger Misadventures, and I’m still editing the final version. Mailing list subscribers should get an advance offer as soon as I’ve uploaded it. Dylan, Deirdre, and Dougall This is the collection of stories
Question of the month / Critters and Crises launch #IWSG
Critters and Crises launches tomorrow. What? you ask. Well, more below. Today is the Insecure Writers Support Group monthly post. IWSG is a lovely group of people all posting monthly on the first Wednesday of the month, exploring all sorts
Collected Adventures – what to call it?
The collected adventures of Dylan, Dougall and Deirdre is nearing completion. I’m wondering what to call it. This is a project that emerged from the short stories I originally did for the BookElves Anthologies. Then I did a follow-up in
Reading Challenges – successes, failures, and promises
As usual, I give you a round-up of the trials and tribulation for my reading challenges, and tell you which ones I’m doing for the coming year. Lessons learned from Reading Challenges in 2020 Don’t take on hefty reading challenges
2020 My Year in Books
Once again, I’m taking a look at my year in books as I did in 2019 and before. But no, this is not my book of the year. I’ll do that after the year has ended, since I expect to
Princelings Revolution published today! #princelings #booklaunch
The day has finally come for the last in the series, which I started writing in the dim dark days of 2008, thanks to inspiration from some guinea pig friends. Today’s post has an extract and a Giveaway, so there’s
The List gets Longer – an update
The list gets longer and longer. That’s the list of things to do, of course. You’d think, while we’re on lockdown, I’d be crossing things off my list by now. Not a bit of it. I suppose part of it
#IWSG April | How Are Things In Your World? #staysafe
How are things in your world, Insecure Writers? I hope you are safe and well, and keeping yourself to yourself in order to neither catch nor spread this virus. Thank you once again to our founder, Alex J Cavanaugh (whose
First Lines for social distancing
First lines rewritten according to the current guidelines for social contact. It’s a thing found on Lithub, well, I found the link someone else posted on Facebook, and who knows where that came from. That’s how our modern world works,