With the release of The Vampire, I figured to coincide I'd release the 'soundtrack'. It's a super short one, just two songs, but I feel they encapsulate a lot of what The Vampire is about, they capture its themes and its mood. I won't post it again as I posted it as...

I spent yesterday finishing off the follow-up to The Motel Whore, The Vampire, and spent last night uploading it to Amazon Kindle. Exciting stuff! Anyway, here's the cover: Again, it's designed by Ben Shanks. Looks pretty snappy, fits the same style already set down...

That's a picture of my to-read pile. It gets bigger and bigger, no matter how many books I get through. I keep telling myself to stop adding to it, and then I keep ignoring the little voice that says that. Plus, I work in a bookshop which makes things difficult, and...

Thats my hand, hard at work on something for the future, unconnected to The Motel Whore and the loose trilogy it's part of, something set in the UK. At the same time I'm still at work on The Motel Whore's follow up, but I do that on the laptop. I do most of my writing...

When I write something of novella/novel length I like to give it a soundtrack in my head. I think a lot of writers probably do this - the first I read of it was Andre Duza with Jesus Freaks. At the end of his book he listed the songs he would use to soundtrack his...

So, a little bit of follow up since last time. It feels like we're still in the introductory stages, and it's necessary to share a little bit more about myself. I've always written, as far back as I can remember. When I was a kid I'd write stories by hand (it's worth...

Introductions.

Okay. So. Starting is hard. Ive started this blog to talk about my writing. It's something I've been meaning to do for a while, but now finally feels like the right time. Why? Well, after years of stop-start attempts, I finally published my debut novella on Amazon...