daynote Daynote - Wed 18th Sep 2024 I use this image on my daynotes whenever my brain feels a bit like this, and today is one of those days. I'm not exactly in a slump, per se, but definitely a bit of a post-release haze/comedown. To forestall any concerned queries, this isn't
daynote Daynote - Tue 17th Sep 2024 It's audiobook release day for A RELUCTANT SPY! The graphic above is from Audible, but it's also available on a range of other services, including Kobo, Libro.fm and Google Play. The book is narrated by Norman Bowman who has done a cracking job. It'
daynote Daynote - Mon 16th Sep 2024 And wow - back to reality. I'm back at the day job today after an incredible weekend at Bloody Scotland. I was a Crime in the Spotlight reader on Saturday, and I got to read from my novel to several hundred people in the Albert Halls just before
television Carnival Films options 'A Reluctant Spy' for TV This news broke a little late yesterday for me to get a post up before heading to my launch event in Edinburgh, but as my social media notifications will attest, it's kind of big! I'm very, very pleased (and still a little stunned tbh) to announce
events A Reluctant Spy - Launch Day Well, the day is finally here. My debut novel A RELUCTANT SPY is out! Something I've been working towards for thirty years (somewhat inconsistently at times) has finally come to pass. You can buy it pretty much everywhere, but my Linktree has a whole range of options, including
daynote Daynote - Wed 11th Sep 2024 - Here we go! Well. Here we are. One day to go. My attention is all over the place, some really lovely reviews are dropping and I am very, very excited. ON DECK: I'll be honest, I have absolutely not stuck to my plan to try and get a little writing done
daynote Daynote - Mon 9th Sep 2024 - A Signing in Brighton I was quite, quite unprepared for what it would look like when I saw all of the Goldsboro Crime Collective special editions in one place. It was an incredible honour to be selected as the launch title for this brand-new subscription book box, and an even greater honour to be
daynote Daynote - Sun 8th Sep 2024 Well, here's a rare daynote on a Sunday, for a couple of reasons! The biggest one is above, which is a review of my book in today's Sunday Times. The thing about press coverage is you quite often don't actually learn whether you'
daynote Daynote - Fri 6th Sep 2024 Last day of my day job today, then we're into Release Week Proper. Ahhh.
daynote Daynote - Thu 29th Aug 2024 - Two weeks! I'm astonished to note that there are TWO. WEEKS. LEFT.
daynote Daynote - Tue 27th Aug 2024 Hell of a day yesterday. Lots and lots of people got in touch to say how excited they were about the Goldsboro Crime Collective special edition, which was really lovely. And I got lots of writing done. ON DECK: I'm glad I started writing again yesterday, because it
daynote Daynote - Mon 26th Aug 2024 - Goldsboro Special Edition! Starting the week off on a massive high!
writing Edinburgh Bookshop Tour for 'A Reluctant Spy' Yesterday I spent most of the day visiting bookshops in Edinburgh to meet booksellers and hand out a few samplers of A RELUCTANT SPY. It was just a fantastic day.
short stories 'Best Practices for Safe Asteroid Handling' out now in Analog! I'm having a week off this week (both the day job and writing) and very much enjoying not being behind a computer monitor for 10+ hours a day, but I did want to mark that the September/October issue of Analog SF Magazine is now available, and my
daynote Daynote - Tue 6th Aug 2024 Worldcon Week continues and I'm totally procrastinating on packing.
