There’s a standing joke amongst my family, that I simply cannot walk past a bookshop without going in for a browse. Once in there, nine times out of ten, I can’t walk out of the bookshop without having bought a … Continue reading
Wait, hold on a minute there! What am I trying to say here? Can it be true? Ken Preston, author of cowboy/zombie mashup Population:DEAD! and the supernatural pirate novel The Devil and Edward Teach has written a My Weekly Pocket … Continue reading
I read the The Rats when I was about thirteen or fourteen. I was on holiday with my parents, somewhere along the South English coast. We were in the local fishing town and, for some reason, my parents had popped … Continue reading
Written in 1949, The Screaming Mimi is probably Fredric Brown’s most popular book. It is certainly one of my favourites. I first discovered it in my early twenties, back in the days when I used to browse the bookshelves in … Continue reading
It’s not a big deal. I haven’t suddenly decided that self-publishing is the devil’s work, or that ‘indie authors’ are self-deluded losers, who need a swift kick up the rear end and a hard life lesson. (Although, looking at the … Continue reading
So, are you a ‘seat of the pants’ writer, or a ‘snowflaker’? In other words, when you sit down to write that first draft of your novel, do you start with little more than a notion of what it is … Continue reading
Ok, so I went to see the digitally restored rerelease of Jaws this week, and it is still a fantastic movie, holding up against modern movies remarkably well despite its age and that rubbery shark. And that got me thinking, … Continue reading
Written by Mark Stevens, Broadmoor Revealed is a collection of stories about a handful of Victorian Broadmoor inmates. The asylum’s archives became available for public access in 2008. As professional archivist responsible for the records of Britain’s first Criminal Lunatic … Continue reading
I read an interesting post on Marie Loughin’s blog this morning about her fears for digital books, and that one day, when civilization crumbles (as it surely must) the digital cloud may evaporate, leaving future generations bereft of reading matter. … Continue reading
m a n d o l i n via Compfight Due to popular demand I am hosting another free promo weekend on Amazon for The Devil and Edward Teach UK The Devil and Edward Teach US Keep your eyes peeled, … Continue reading