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 […]
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 […]
So I’ve been gone for a little while, but the absence was worth it. If you follow my social media, then you’ll have doubtless seen my rather shitty TikTok documenting the little milestone I yet at 23:40 on Sunday night. I’ve finally completed the first draft of Herakles, and unlike last time, I’ve done so […]
There’s a particular clip from the 2005 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice that I’ve always found strangely poignant and timeless. It’s also one I think is utterly stone-dead hilarious, and frankly, I’ve been awaiting the day I can share it with baited breath. I’ve been away from this blog for longer than anticipated, though for […]
Ahoy! Just when I thought I wouldn’t be able to muster a reason to post this month… One thing I’ve come to realise, going down the self-publishing route, is that you end up relying on many other people’s schedules as well as your own. Editors, cover designers, formatters, as well as whichever platform you’re publishing […]
So, ‘weekly’ blogging my arse. Apologies for just how late this post turned out to be, folks. A close family member went to hospital to have a routine operation – something that, these days, is even more of a logistical nightmare than usual – and after a few days of complications, setbacks and jaw-droppingly alarming […]
Here I am, another week on, not a single AZ-related blood clot in sight. All is well. I’m no expert on the various paths to publication (of which, it’s worth noting, there are more than two), but given I’m hoping to talk a little more about my own publishing journey over the coming weeks and […]
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