Earlier this year, I relaunched my newsletter for writers and other creative folks, The Broome Cupboard. Every week, I send an email to 400-odd people, sharing interesting links and goodies that I’ve found on my internet travels. I also include an original microstory. Unflashy fiction Almost every good idea I’ve ever had has started as […]
I appeared on episode 56 of Inquisitive on Relay.fm to talk about my favourite album, Damien Rice’s O. Relay.fm is a great podcast network set up last year by my internet pal and former co-host of the Write for Your Life podcast, Myke Hurley. Doing this show was like stepping back in time and we […]
One month earlier than expected, I’m pleased to say that the audiobook version of A is for Angelica is now on sale. Read with a Yorkshire lilt by Tim Bruce, it is complete, unabridged and I think it sounds great. I hope you like it. Here is a free sample, the first three chapters: You […]
Today I send out the first issue of a new-look version of my email newsletter, The Broome Cupboard. Mailchimp has been my go-to email service for years and it’s great in almost every way. However, I wanted to find a better, quicker way to share the links and goodies I find on my daily trawl […]
I start by telling you that the Writing Style Guide Starter Kit is now available to buy. I didn’t follow the exact Small Product Lab (SPL) guidelines in the last couple of days, but I did launch my product bang on time. Day 8: Launch plan? This was the day that everyone taking part in […]
Time for another update on my progress with Gumroad’s Small Product Lab. We’re at a point now (Day 8) where I’m panicking about whether I’ll get my product out on time, so I’m going to write this quickly. But before I begin, I should say that you can now pre-order the Writing Style Guide Starter […]
It is day four of my foray into creating and launching a product in 10 days. In my case, the product is a package of three writing style guide templates – the above image is the first glimpse of what they look like. I’m finding the process rather fun. Yesterday I added more content to […]
I’m taking part in Gumroad’s Small Product Lab, which gives me 10 days to take an idea from just that to an actual thing that people can buy. I’ll be writing about the process here on my blog and this is my first update. Forgive any awkward sentences. This is agile writing. A minimum viable […]
Sometimes I write in silence but most of the time, I listen to music. Songs with vocals and actual words tend to be more difficult to write to, but it depends on how I’m feeling. My list here contains a good mix of albums that I turn to often when I’m writing. Some have been […]
I’m tickled pink to tell you that Oakhill Publishing has bought the UK rights to the audiobook version of A is for Angelica, my debut novel. It’s in production now and will be available in libraries from 15 September 2015. You’ll be able to buy and keep a copy from Audible some time in October […]