Category: Blog 2021

Being a writer is like having a perpetual crush on all the readers. You like them. You think they might like you too. It seems as though maybe they do?...

My goodness. It's been a wee minute since I last launched a new book, and even longer since I launched one out my comfort zone, so, in short I AM...

As some of you might have noticed, I haven't written a book in a while. After Dark of Night came out, I got a wee bit carried away and wrote seven novels...

William Desmond Taylor, world’s greatest director, British Army captain, art connoisseur, traveller, dilettante, divorcée, bon vivant, occultist, et cetera, et cetera, as well as sole proprietor of the finest, best...

It happens every single time. I have written seven novels and two seasons of a prose audio drama (essentially audio books with no reading option!) So nine novel drafts. That's...

One of the most consistent pieces of advice I see getting dished out to writers is to write every day. It's a load of nonsense. I don't do it, and...

I was in my late twenties, had found myself unceremoniously back in London after my Canadian visa ran out (and strangely enough the Canadian government hadn't leapt to extend it,...

When I was at film school, we studied a book called The Artist's Way. I can't remember all the details, but the gist of it was to do with unlocking your...