Summer’s never long enough, is it? If the reappearance of PSLs at your Starbucks wasn’t clear enough, or the resurgence of Gilmore Girls to the top of your Netflix algorithm, September’s upon us once more and the seasons seem to have finally turned. Here we go. I’ve long transcended caring enough about this blog to […]
Dear lord, that last blogpost did not age well. As any long-time followers of this blog will know, a gap of seven months between posts isn’t exactly out of character for me. Nor is waxing lyrical about a novel’s progress, and proclaiming it will be done in a month or two. In actual fact, after […]
Ahoy. Shadows‘ wordcount hit 80,000 this weekend, which by my usual standards is a bit of a suspicious milestone. I started writing this novel in March of this year – as a direct result of visiting the marvellous (and sadly over) Life in the Roman Army exhibition at the British Museum, as a matter of […]
Ahem. Been a while. Long enough for WordPress to completely reformat into a more user-friendly layout, that is a pleasant surprise as I type this. I’ve said a couple of times on posts this year that I’m trying to think about what this blog is going to do or say, and I’ve come to realise […]
Ahoy there. Anyone who follows this blog semi-regularly is probably well accustomed to my whiplashing pace of content. Going from four posts in a month to nary a single update for three is very, very, on brand for me. To anyone who’s been getting their teeth into Herakles during this time (and they’re aren’t exactly […]
Ahem. So it would seem I missed a rather key milestone on this blog the other week. Not a lot to say here, but given how the last three years or so I’ve been trying (and largely failing) to build a following for my work, which could translate into any sort of meaningful impact on […]
This afternoon I happened to hop on YouTube – as I often do, most days – and scrolling through my feed of subscribed channels and suggested videos, I came across a rather familiar thumbnail. Intrigued, I clicked through. And then peered a little closer. Shit, I thought. I know that guy. I can now confirm […]
Pahaha. As if I look at any of my life in retrospect. I’ve seen my fair share of retrospective and Top Ten Pics post from people sharing their 2022 highlights, and I’m not necessarily going to lean into that here, but I haven’t posted this since November and today felt like the opportune day for […]
I have a decent track record on this blog for missing important anniversaries and milestones, or at least letting them whoosh by before remembering them, but this time round I’m fairly on the money for once. Today marks 365 days since Legion That Was debuted on Amazon KDP. My humble little tome has turned 1! […]
Another month, another rather longer absence than I expected. Hey now, I’m shambolic but at least I’m consistent. As Mr Eliot once said, April really can be the cruellest month sometimes. I was genuinely hoping that March and April would have a few more posts than my habitual one-a-month, but as is depressingly usual, sudden […]
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