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January 15, 2014
Bring on the Night published – a New Short Story and Sequel to Chivalry
If you have read and enjoyed my short story Chivalry, then hopefully you’ll be pleased to hear that there is now a sequel available: Bring on the Night. Bring on the Night tells the story of what happened after the events of Chivalry – what happened to Jake and to the boy, all set against [...]


Published on January 15, 2014 04:39
January 13, 2014
Nice Review of my Short Story Collection Through a Distant Mirror Darkly
Seamus Sweeney has posted a very nice review of my latest short story collection Through a Distant Mirror Darkly over on SF Site. I think this must by the first review of one of my works that has appeared on a really big SF review site, so I am very pleased! Seamus has some positive [...]


Published on January 13, 2014 04:39
January 3, 2014
Get The Return of the Free – for Free!
The Return of the Free is the first installment in an epic fantasy series – and is currently available as a free eBook from the usual suspects. To get your copy visit: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk Smashwords | Kobo | iBooks Out of the steppe came a lone rider. A man of destiny whose prowess would change the world of the Bachyan [...]


Published on January 03, 2014 04:22
December 31, 2013
Top Blog Posts of 2013
It’s traditional at this time of the year to take a look back – a review of the best bits if you like of 2013! Highlights for me were getting 2 1/2 novels published – although Hell has its Demons still needs some work doing to it, plus getting a number of short stories sent [...]


Published on December 31, 2013 04:19
December 30, 2013
New TV Series set in Hundred Years War: Bastard Executioner
Came across this news today – looks like an interesting new TV series is in the works from the creator of Sons of Anarchy (story via Deadline.com): Bastard Executioner tells the story of a warrior knight in King Edward III’s charge who is broken by the ravages of war and vows to lay down his sword. [...]


Published on December 30, 2013 04:33
December 29, 2013
Through a Distant Mirror Darkly Now Published
My latest short story collection has now been published. Through a Distant Mirror Darkly is now available in all eBook formats and as a printed edition. The collection is dedicated to short stories with a medieval theme – some of them are straight historical fiction, while others contain an element of fantasy and the supernatural. [...]


Published on December 29, 2013 10:40
November 8, 2013
Through a Distant Mirror Darkly – new Medieval Short Story Collection out soon!
Just wanted to update you all that I am currently working on putting together a new collection of my short stories. The title will be Through a Distant Mirror Darkly and it will collect all my short fiction set in a Medieval setting. Here’s the blurb and cover: Not all is as it seems in [...]


Published on November 08, 2013 11:22
October 24, 2013
Naked Writer #17: Getting Anglo-Norman
So since last week’s update I have started actually looking at the sources for the Pontvallain campaign. First up is the Anonimalle chronicle – an English chronicle written at the Abbey of St. Mary in York, which covers most of the fourteenth century and is best known for its account of the Peasant’s Revolt of [...]


Published on October 24, 2013 12:32
October 16, 2013
Naked Writer #16: Getting Ready
Since last posting an update to the Naked Writer series at the start of October, I have made some more progress getting my research sources ready for the next section of Stonhearted. I have now sourced pretty much everything I was hoping to source – including a copy of an Anglo-French chronicle that I needed [...]


Published on October 16, 2013 05:57
October 2, 2013
Using Archive.org to Research Your Novel
The Internet Archive, archive.org, has to be one of the most valuable resources for any historical novelist. The Internet Archive contains a lot of things from archived versions of internet pages, to audio and visual material including films. But for me the most valuable resource is the number of scans of old, out of copyright [...]


Published on October 02, 2013 04:51