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May 02

April Wrap Up

April was a pretty good month. I wrote over 10,000 words, started querying agents and launched Welsh Writers Wed on Twitter.

Apr 26

#WelshWritersWed

If you're on Twitter take a few minutes to check out #WelshWritersWed - it's a weekly celebration of talented Welsh fiction writers of all genres.

Feb 25

Inspiration in Miniature

I get some of my best ideas when I'm travelling. But on my recent trip to Hamburg, I managed to go one step further!

Jan 08

Thanks to everyone who took the time earlier this week to vote for their favourite version of the cover for 'First Blood'. It was a very close run contest! I'm delighted to reveal the winning cover...

Jan 03

Happy New Year! Happy New Book!

New New Year! And best wishes for 2017! I spent most Christmas writing a fifteen chapter prequel to Blood Will Tell, entitled 'First Blood', which I hope to release as an e-book in February.

Dec 02

Reading in London

In November, I took part in my first public reading. The event was organised by Novel London, which brings together writers and book lovers at monthly events across the capital.

Nov 15

A book is a dream you hold in your hands…

Neil Gaiman wrote those words. I find them beautiful and very apt. He also wrote “Then he grinned, like a fox eating shit from a barbed wire fence” which I also find beautiful but for entirely different reasons.

Nov 03

The nature of inspiration

Inspiration is a funny beast. It sort of crept up on me over several months until I woke up one morning fully in its grip. The characters I’d dreamt up were so real they were chattering in my head demanding I get their story down on paper.