Dragging myself out of my sick bed (nothing serious) to share some exciting news. Cover Story has been shortlisted for Indie Crime Novel of the Year in the Crime Fiction Lover Annual Awards! I’m not sure how this has happened but I am just going to run with it until the clerical error is discovered.
It seems that this is one of those awards decided by the popular vote. So if you feel like it, please do head to the Crime Fiction Lover website and cast your vote for Cover Story. If you haven’t read Cover Story yet, now might be a good time to do so. There’s an ebook and a paperback edition, depending on your preferences.
My thanks to everyone who has read and championed the book. I really am chuffed to be on the shortlist, not least because it entitles me to use the rosette above. A rosette! It doesn’t get much better than that.
In other news, I’m currently working on a sequel to Cover Story, which will again feature Col Newton, a hapless writer who gets embroiled in the world of espionage. This bout of mild lurgy has set back my writing schedule a little but I hope to be back at it as soon as I can.
Progress was also slightly stymied because I have been experimenting with stop-motion animation. Below is my attempt to fight the onslaught of AI slop by creating slightly amateurish films that look as though they were made by candlelight in the 1970s. Enjoy!