I’m one of a hundred writers taking part in an amazing project to commemorate the centenary of the armistice run by 26, an organisation of professional writers, in partnership with Imperial War Museums. The idea is that each of us would write 100 words about someone who was alive during the First World War and …
I’m going to be doing a prize draw tonight with a signed hardback of my new novel to give away. To enter all you have to do is like or share or leave a comment on the vimeo page for the book’s trailer. You can watch the video here. If you share AND leave a …
With Brexit grinding on and President Trump in the White House, some people might argue we’re already living in a dystopia, so why write a dystopian novel? I began work on Psychotopia in 2016. We were in the middle of the Brexit campaign. Remember the lies on the side of the bus? The moment blatant, …
Things can only get worse – thoughts on writing a Dystopian novel. Read More »
It’s Halloween. It’s also the day a really scary book is published. My new novel, PSYCHOTOPIA. Here’s the trailer, with some suitably creepy music composed and performed by a very talented young musician, my son Luke. The book is only available in hardback at the moment. Amazon are saying it will take 1-2 months to …
Sir Walter Raleigh’s head was separated from the rest of his body on the 29th of October, 1619. Wikipedia tells us that Raleigh is ‘well known as the populariser of tobacco’. It also tells us that his last words, after he lay his neck upon the block, were: “Strike, man, strike!” And that his embalmed …
On the 400th anniversary of Walter Raleigh’s death. Read More »