• Doomscroll painting by Niel Bushnell

Category: Writing


  • 60 Days!

    60 Days!

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    60 days isn’t long, is it? Less than two months till Sorrowline is out there! A lot has happened in the last few weeks. First up I’ve just signed off on the last round of copy edits to the Sorrowline text, so its finally done. Its a odd feeling, having stepped away from it after…

  • 80 Days!

    80 Days!

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    Sorrowline has been on its travels, to the Frankfurt Book Fair no less. Billed as the world’s largest book fair its the place to be for agents and publishers to sign new books. Its not really a place for authors, its all about the business! My literary agent, Juliet Mushens was there with Rachel Mills,…

  • 90 Days!

    90 Days!

    Things are starting to get exciting! In the last 10 days I launched my Facebook author’s page and its managed to get over 80 ‘likes’ already. I’m really grateful to everyone who has sent me messages of goodwill there too. Two parcels came last week that cheered me up as well. The first was the…

  • 100 days!

    100 days!

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    I love a countdown. Who doesn’t? If its good enough for Astronauts and Bond villains then its good enough for a début author. So, today is exactly 100 days till publication of Sorrowline on January 3rd 2013. And by way of a celebration of that landmark date it gives me great pleasure to finally reveal…

  • I’ve never been an adrenaline junky.  I like the ground under my feet and the sky above me. Years ago, when I had the opportunity to do a bungee jump I considered it for about three seconds, then decided it wasn’t for me. The thought of two weeks of anxiety in the run up to…