One year as a published author

Today, Friday 12th September, marks exactly one calendar year since my debut novel, A RELUCTANT SPY, came out in the UK.

It's also the first day of Bloody Scotland 2025, so I'm currently on my way to Stirling for an incredible weekend of books, panels, ceremonies and, possibly, some karaoke.

The last one of these updates that I wrote was after I'd been published for six months (before that I wrote a one-month update and a two-month update). I'd expected, when I wrote that six month update, to be...