⭐️⭐️⭐️ I’m honestly not quite sure what to say about Morsels by Abe Moss. It’s one of those books that isn’t bad at all — the writing’s solid, the pacing works fine — but for some reason it just feels very… average. “Meh” really sums it up. I didn’t dislike it, but I never felt … Continue reading Decently Readable, But Mostly Meh
If you read this blog regularly, you’ll already know that I’ve recently started doing a creative writing degree at university. What I’ve not said is that I’m not yet doing my degree proper; I’m doing what’s termed a “Foundation Year”. As I’m a mature student and haven’t been in education since I was 17, the … Continue reading What is a Foundation Year at University?
If you follow me on Twitter, you’ll have seen earlier this week that I revealed a little teaser for my latest WIP. It wasn’t much, but I wanted to show you at least something about what I’m working on. And Then I Killed Her has been progressing quite well, until this week when I’ve not … Continue reading My Current WIP: A Teaser
Well it's that day again. The day when I get to announce that a book I've written is being sent out into the world. Blindsighted is a story I started writing before the release of my last book, The Next Stage. It's a completely different type of story. Where The Next Stage was a cyberpunk … Continue reading Blindsighted Release Day!
A first draft. What is it? Well, it’s a draft...that came first. For every writer, it could mean something different. I’m coming to the end of my first draft of my ghost story, so I wanted to address what it means to me. I asked my fellow writers on Twitter what the first draft for … Continue reading Writing: To First Drafts and Beyond
I'm taking a break from my regular schedule of posts but will return to it next week. The new year is upon us. We can put the sh!tshow that was 2020 behind us and try to move on. To bring a little good to the first day of the new year, I've decided to make … Continue reading New Year, New…Book?
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)
So today is just an end-of-the-week catch-up. Today, to celebrate The Next Stage getting over 50 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reviews - 61 at the time of writing this post - the Kindle version is free over on Amazon. But, if you'd like a Google or Apple Books version, I have so promo codes to giveaway so just … Continue reading Friday Catch-Up
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)
I'll start the week with some good news that made me happy this morning. I woke up to my first review for The Next Stage on Goodreads, and what made it even better was that it was a 5-star review. It means so much that even just one person has read and enjoyed what I've … Continue reading Welcome to Another Week
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