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Hello, chaps!

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Sapphire the dolphin visits some faraway friends. The Sejong family is well-read and always enjoys hearing Sapphire describe life under the sea.  

Sift Books reviews “The First Sacrifice”!

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A new review of “The First Sacrifice” is up! Erica Woolridge at Sift Books has awarded it four stars out of five, writing:   The First Sacrifice is a wonderfully written short story brimming with enough conspiracy and action to easily fill a full length fantasy novel.   Head on over to check our her … Read more

And my novel has a blurb…

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Writing a blurb is harder than it looks! But, less than a week out from the start of NaNo, here it is:   The world’s greatest empire is no more, its last champions cast adrift from all for which they’ve fought. But one woman amongst them could change the course of history. In service to … Read more

A useful resource for writers – FILM CRIT HULK

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Working on my novel outline in preparation for NaNoWriMo, I discovered this gem of a site: FILM CRIT HULK. Don’t be fooled by the Hulk-speak — the actual content is deeply analytical, and the three posts I’ve read apply to writing in general, not just movies:   “The Myth of the 3-Act Structure“; “Why We … Read more

Fiction Snippet: “Though the World Perish”

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As a bonus, here’s a singleton scene I wrote a little while back, set close to 1,000 years after “The First Sacrifice”. (If you’ve read “The First Sacrifice”, you’ll recognise one character who appears here.) One day, I hope to expand this, but for now, enjoy the snippet!   ***   Fiat justitia et pereat … Read more

Two Weeks Later…

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It’s been a little over two weeks since “The First Sacrifice” went live, and in that time I’ve been promoting it through friends, family and social media. And I’ve been tremendously encouraged by the response so far. I already have my first Amazon review, which gave me four stars out of five. To my delight, … Read more

Adventures in Self-Publishing

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I’ve been writing fiction as a hobby for years, and like many other authors, I wanted my short stories to be published by an established magazine or website. For most of that time, to say self-/vanity publishing carried a stigma was an understatement. Sure, if you were a crank who claimed that Elvis revealed himself … Read more