If you don't follow my Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or other social media, you probably missed my big announcement about the future of my crime comedy series (with ghosts) set in Cornwall called Salmonweird. I will self-publish the first volume of the book on 2nd September 2019. It's available on Amazon Kindle. You may preorder the [...]
I Made Inauthentic Roman Honey Cake – My Excuse is "Research"
Anyone who knows me will know I am a big dessert person. Since 2015, I have made a Christmas Pudding every year without fail. I also occasionally feel the need to make a Spotted Dick or Jam Roly Poly. After watching the Fantastic Beasts Harry Potter prequel I made my most ambitious yet - Apple [...]
Five Ways You're Doing Twitter Wrong
Ah Twitter, love it or hate it. I've recently discovered a new-found love for the platform after ignoring it for years. I opened my first account in 2015 to pose as the character Jim from Dead Heat. I didn't give it enough time or tweet enough as a marketing tool. A year ago, I repurposed [...]
Announcing Phobetor's Children 2020 Release
Welcome to the official announcement blog for Phobetor's Children! How excited are you for this? Not nearly as excited as I am. Once named Romans vs Aliens, I started this in 2013 and this year I will finally unleash it on the world. Seven years in the making, this is all you need to know [...]
2020 Vision – What Happens Next?
As I'm blogging a lot less these days (thanks to expanding social media presence in 2019), I guess I should sign off for the year and wish you all a great 2020. With 13 days to, it would normally feel too early to do so, but I'm unlikely to post again in 2019. Business has [...]
Read The Christmas Goblin children’s eBook
Read a brief excerpt from my children's novelette The Christmas Goblin.
Confused About Social Selling? Here’s What You Need to Know
If you're still #advertising on social media with "buy our stuff!" type post, you're using out of date practices. #SocialSelling is where it's at now.
My 2019 Maltese Adventure – Part 2
I wanted to break these posts down because the last two days of my holiday were arguably the busiest. Realising we were running out of time to see the things we wanted to see on the islands, we decided to make a plan. But the plan never went, um, according to plan. Day 5 - [...]
My 2019 Maltese Adventure – Part 1
I promised I'd blog about my holiday to Malta and here I am, finally here with some images and a run through of our holiday. After a difficult year in many ways, Cat and I were looking forward to this much needed holiday to Malta, (Ancient Roman Melite, the honey island although by rights it [...]
The Most Difficult Scenes A Novelist Will Ever Write
Or, a recipe for psychologically torturing your characters. 250g of resenting dependency of others150g of feeling like a failure100ml of selflessness and being used by people100ml of social pressures3tbsp essence of personal injustice5 medium sized organic unrequited love pods Mix all the ingredients in a pot and stir thoroughly until fully blended, leaving no lumpy [...]
Learning to Murder Your Darlings
Although most of my focus has been on releasing Salmonweird, (just two weeks away from release now!) I've made a lot of progress on Children of Phobetor this year. I've made more progress in one year than I ever thought I would for a book that's 6 years in the making. Now I'm staring at [...]
