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Yesterday, I was in Manchester for the Society of Authors Annual General Meeting. I’ve been on the committee of the Authors North sub-group for the last few years and, until yesterday, I was its Chair. Don’t worry, this isn’t going to be a story about how I got kicked off the committee, I was due …
The fifth book in the Arkship Saga, Arkship Prophecy is coming soon. No, really! Hey, I mean it! I’ve just been sidetracked by other work, which means that Arkship Prophecy might not appear until after Christmas. I really wanted it out before now, but hopefully you won’t have too much longer to wait. And the third audiobook, Arkship …
I’ve been thinking a lot about an old project lately, one that almost took off in a big way. Farmageddon began life way back in 1991 as The Funny Farm, a daily newspaper strip in my hometown newspaper. It was created by my school friend Gordon Fraser and me as a way for us to …
Want to see how I went about creating the cover for Tobin Artichoke and the Queen of Heaven? Take a look at this short video on YouTube for in insight into the process. And if you want to read the book you can find it here!
Exactly one year ago I released Arkship Obsidian, the first book in the Arkship Saga. Now the saga is four books and growing, and I can’t quite believe that I’ve managed to write and release over a quarter of a million words on the subject of big spaceships! The saga so far consists of: Arkship Countdown – …
Today’s the day! Tobin Artichoke and the Queen of Heaven is out now, and you can read it here. What’s it about? When an ancient artefact – The Queen of Heaven -is found in the junk of a flea market, Tobin Artichoke and his decapitated brother Drake find themselves on a quest that takes them from London to a secret …
With just one week until Tobin Artichoke and the Queen of Heaven is released I thought it’d be a good idea to give you a taste of what to expect. So here’s another of Tobin’s odd adventures, this time in the ruins of Atlantis. What’s it about? Mapping Atlantis should have been an easy task for a …
Meet Tobin Artichoke, a crypto-cartographer. He maps secret, forgotten places, like the Back Door to Hell, which is actually quite nice, not as hot or as overdeveloped as the more touristy parts of Hell. Or the Faerie City of Finklestone, which only exists for an hour on mid-summer’s eve and smells of fish and plasticine. Or the Tower of Forgotten …
How was your summer? I should have been writing, but I took a break from the keyboard to recharge my system, but as autumn peeks its woolly head round the corner, I’m back into writing the next instalment in the Arkship Saga: Arkship Prophecy, the fifth novel in the series. As the Church of the Infinite forces …