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January 20, 2015
Jake and the Angel – A New Jake Savage Flash Fiction Story
Here’s a free flash fiction story featuring Jake Savage – the main character from Chivalry and Hell has its Demons. Hope you enjoy it! Jake and the Angel Jake groaned. His neck hurt. By God’s holy bones did it hurt. This was a new way of suffering from a hangover—it was usually the top and … Continue reading Jake and the Angel – A New Jake Savage Flash Fiction Story →
January 7, 2015
Chivalry – the first Jake Savage Adventure – eBook Now Free
You can now grab a copy of the short story Chivalry: A Jake Savage Adventure for free from most major eBook stores. Chivalry is the first story I wrote featuring the character Jake Savage. Jake goes onto feature as one of the main characters in my novel Hell has its Demons and also in two … Continue reading Chivalry – the first Jake Savage Adventure – eBook Now Free →
December 3, 2014
1,356 thoughts on Bernard Cornwell
Herewith, some thoughts on writing techniques of Bernard Cornwell following reading 1356. This is a case of me making some fairly random observations that are important to me as a writer of historical fiction. If you are not a writer, then you might find them a bit uninteresting. If the thoughts are relevant to you, […]
November 2, 2014
Busy Times
Just a quick note to followers of this blog to apologize for my lack of posts in the last few months – things have been busy at work – lots of travel and things to do. But, I am planning to get back to the writing and the blogging more now that the nights are […]
August 18, 2014
Magic in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
I am working on a project at the moment to improve my understanding of the beliefs towards magic in the Middle Ages – specifically fourteenth century England, where I set much of my historical fantasy. I would like to know more about what people of this time thought about magic. One of my first stops is […]
June 25, 2014
Book Review: Edinburgh Dead by Brian Ruckley
Edinburgh Dead by Brian Ruckley Here’s the blurb from the author’s site: Edinburgh 1828: it’s a city populated by mad alchemists who treat Frankenstein as textbook rather than novel and by a criminal underclass prepared to treat with the darkest of powers. And one officer, from the recently formed Edinburgh City Police, must follow the […]
June 20, 2014
New Short Story Published: Judge a Book by its Cover
Just to let anyone know who reads my stuff that I have a new short story out. It’s called Judge a Book by its Cover. Unusually for me its a contemporary fantasy story – I tend to base most of my writing either in the historical past or a fantasy world. I feel its kind […]
June 18, 2014
The Perils of Making eBooks Free
Free ebooks can be a great way of getting the word out to potential readers about your books. This helps by putting your book into “others also bought” lists, putting it on free best seller list and hopefully getting reviews. But there can be some downsides. These are some of the ones I have experienced: […]
June 10, 2014
Subscribe to My Newsletter – Hear About New Books Quicker!
Roll up, roll up! Hear all about it! Stay in Touch! If you want to get all the news about my latest books published then sign up to my newsletter – you’ll just get announcements about new books published, when they’re published – and you’ll be the first to hear! To join the newsletter simply […]
June 3, 2014
Jake Savage – Character Profile – a man and his demons
If you have read my latest novel, Hell has its Demons, then you might be interested to find out more about one of the main characters: Jake Savage. Here’s the character history I wrote for him while I was planning the novel. Hope you enjoy it! The cover of the book might be Jake – […]
