How I Write series How I Write - 2024 By The Numbers How'd I do in my debut year? The spreadsheet never lies.
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
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.
writing Working on a body of work Writing and publishing can often feel like a series of limbos. So what do you do when you feel forever suspended between an infinitude of probabilities?
publishing The challenges of a dual writing career If you've heard of me at all, it's probably because of my short SF work. But I describe myself as a 'dual career' writer who also writes spy thrillers. What does that mean and how do I deal with the challenges of working in two different genres at once?
How I Write series On finishing that project You've been staring down the ending of that creative project of yours for quite some time, huh? Here's why you should finish it, even if it feels wrong.
How I Write series How I Write - 2023 By The Numbers Another year has run its course, so it's time for another round of 'what's in my spreadsheets'!
awards Awards Eligibility 2023 It's that time of year again! Here's the work of mine that's eligible for awards in 2023.
How I Write series The Draft to Idea Cycle Where do ideas actually come from? I have both good news and bad news.
How I Write series Daily writing routine - February 2023 The lowdown on how I'm getting the words down.
How I Write series How I Write - 2022 By The Numbers I'm finished with writing for this year, so I thought it was time to take a look at how the year shook out for me based on the numbers I track in my writing logs.
interview Author Interview at Track of Words I've got a brand new author interview up at Track of Words, as part of their December Advent SFF Advent Calendar.
How I Write series How I Write - Editing as I go This year, I started developing a process for editing my work (particularly novels) as I worked on the draft, rather than after I finish. It’s evolving, but here’s where I’m at with it now.
How I Write series How I write - Editing Part 2 - Developing a process Working out what to do with my editing
How I Write series How I write - Editing Part 1 - Learning How (Not) To Edit When you learn by doing everything wrong first.
How I Write series How I write - measuring effort This is the first in an occasional series of posts about writing process stuff that has worked for me. This time I’m talking about METRICS.
personal A few updates It's been quite a while since I updated here. But as usual I got my yearly auto-domain renewal email and it reminded me that I have a website. So here's what's up with me.
