Today’s the day! My short horror story collection, Short Sharp Shock, is officially out in the wild. After months of writing, editing, and nervously waiting, it feels surreal to finally say it: my book is available to read right now!This collection has been a labour of love—and terror. Each story was crafted to deliver a … Continue reading Release Day: Short Sharp Shock is Here!
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Update + New Book on the Way
It’s been a busy few months, what with university, writing, and other stuff, so as much as I wanted to revive this blog sooner, I just haven’t had the time to sit down and write anything worth posting. But now, with the imminent release of the second book in the Creatures series, Back to School, … Continue reading Update + New Book on the Way
100th Post!
As we’re in the middle of our move and I’m currently not doing any writing due to this, I wasn’t going to do a blog post, but I noticed that this would be my 100th post, and I didn’t want it to pass by without acknowledging it. I started this blog back in September 2020, … Continue reading 100th Post!
Paperback Proof Editing: Blindsighted
It’s that time once again. Time to go through a paperback proof copy of my next book – in this case, it’s Blindsighted. I did this with my last book, The Next Stage, and it really helped me pick up on some errors that I had missed entirely when going through my digital drafts. When … Continue reading Paperback Proof Editing: Blindsighted
The Next Stage; 100! (Bonus Entry)
It's been a little under two months since The Next Stage released in Kindle and paperback form. Today it an amazing milestone. It now has over 100 ratings on Goodreads, and every single damn one of them is ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ It has now overtaken Creatures with number of reviews and rating average. This, to me, is … Continue reading The Next Stage; 100! (Bonus Entry)
5 Stars! (Bonus Blog)
I just wanted to thank everyone who has so far read The Next Stage. Especially those that have rated it on Goodreads. It now stands at an average of ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ with 50 ratings. I can't believe that it has gone down this well with people and you're actually enjoying it. If you haven't yet read … Continue reading 5 Stars! (Bonus Blog)
It’s All in the Eyes
It's been a long week in an exceptionally long year. Writing has this week saved my brain from having a meltdown. My new project-and hopefully next book-is called It's All in the Eyes. I don't want to give away too much at this stage, but it's turning out to be a sci-fi/horror story. It's set … Continue reading It’s All in the Eyes
Ups and Downs
I decided the other day that I was going to aim to do a new blog every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I didn’t manage to do it this week, so I’m posting today instead. A few months ago, I found out that I have a torn labrum in my left hip, this has meant for … Continue reading Ups and Downs
The Aftermath
On Monday, I finally released The Next Stage into the world. The Next Stage is now available on Amazon to buy and on Kindle Unlimited. (Click image to go there now) Since then I've been taking this week to play some games, watch some stuff and generally relax. I've tried not to think about writing … Continue reading The Aftermath
Proof Copy Editing
This week I'm spending my time armed with highlighters and post-its reading through the proof copy of The Next Stage and doing some final editing before release. There's something about having the physical book in my hands and reading it as it's supposed to be read that's helping me find any issues there may be … Continue reading Proof Copy Editing
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