A quick but overdue update, as it’s been a while since the last one. I have been burying myself down rabbit holes researching and coming up with ideas for the next India Bones book, until finally forcing myself to stop and crack on with it properly. So I’ve been writing it and enjoying it –…
It’s my pleasure to say I’ve finally finished Book 5 of The Fifth Place series, called DANCER. It’s been a bit gruelling and draining at times, and I reckon I need a break now, to concentrate on other things (like India Bones). DANCER is the darkest book of the series. I hope you fans of…
Check it out … Art by Jon Gibbons. Bigger news soon to follow!
No spoilers Instead of taking the time to make a coherent review, here’s nothing more than a scattered list of positives and negatives that occurred to me: + Cinematography. This is the main thing. I’ve made no secret of not being a fan of too much CGI. Obviously this has a lot. But this has…
CW: Sexual assault, domestic abuse. When I was in a club in York I witnessed a drunk young guy – a fresher, I think – unwantingly invade women’s personal space when dancing. He groped one and she responded with that briefly visible window of evident anger and shock, then moved away from him. There’s a…
No/mildest of spoilers included. No revelations, no particular plot events. Brings up the world as we learn about it early in the novel. Themes and qualities of the novel are chiefly discussed. PREAMBLE There is always a concern when buying, and starting, a book that isn’t by a tried-and-tested author. One that, if you don’t…
I’ve been seeing others posting their 2020 retrospectives and being honest about their year, I’ll do the same, without apologies for just how horribly open I might be about it. Seeing as I’ve written a book on depression and suicidal ideation called How Not to Kill Yourself, and seek to (possibly hypocritically) encourage emotional honesty…
I’ve been struggling a little – with S.A.D., not to mention the lockdown, and existence in general I suppose. It’s been a bad year (though you don’t need me to tell you that). And things I should be cracking on with I haven’t been as much on the ball with as I should be. In…