The story behind 'Imperfectly Innocent'. When I say ‘written backwards’ I don’t mean it in a literal sense, but ‘Imperfectly Innocent’,...

Although recently I read a cracking set of horror/fantasy short stories (Chris Coppel, Last Light), horror/fantasy is not my usual fare. ...

A couple of months ago, I found two new reviews of The Death of a Smoker; one on Amazon.co.uk and one on Amazon.com (US). The UK review...

As I stepped off the kerb, the words and tune just popped into my head, after all it is a well known and popular song. Call me sweetie...

As headlines go, it doesn’t exactly grab you does it? ‘Old Man Writes Another Book.’ That’s the problem with a second novel, how do you...

A blog incorporating 50 book titles from the Cranthorpe Millner catalogue. Congratulations Publication Day has finally arrived. You have...

Literary Agents! I doubt that anyone who has ever tried to publish a book has not come across literary agents. For those unfamiliar with...

Is Big Brother still watching me, or am I paranoid? Why should I think Big Brother was ever watching me? Those really dedicated readers...

There are no two ways about it. I am a pariah, a literary pariah. An outcast. For what sin have I been cast out? Well, I made a...

I have little doubt that the title of a book influences the decision to read or buy it, but how much time do we give consciously to...

When writing ‘The Death of a Smoker’ I was, more or less flying by the seat of my pants. The plot developed as I was writing rather than...

They say that we all have a book inside of us and perhaps that's true. We all have a life story but what is it that makes us get to work...