Tomorrow my first book, Sorrowline, is published. This is something I’ve dreamed about since I was a small boy, a day I sometimes thought might never come. It’s been a long wait, but it’s finally here. It’s a strange feeling, a mix of uncertainty and excitement, wondering what people will make of my book. I…
Christmas has conspired with our germ-filled house and stolen the last few days from me! Each day I’ve told myself I have to blog, and each day I just couldn’t quite get it together to sit down and do it. The truth is I’ve been really exhausted lately, and this cold has been the last…
It’s getting close now! Really close! Just 40 Earth days till the 3rd of January and the publication of Sorrowline. But the truth is it’s been published already! On the 13th of November, somewhere in a factory unit in Croydon the presses rolled on the first edition of Sorrowline. Right now I imagine there are…
So what’s all this Next Big Thing chatter in writer’s circles on Twitter? I wasn’t sure until I was tagged not once but twice! The idea, it turns out, is simple. Its a way to discover new writers, and find out a bit about what they’re up to. In return for being tagged I’ve got…