Newsletters
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I've been publishing newsletters since before everyone started publishing newsletters. This is where you can learn more about them, get stuck into the archives or join the gang and become a subscriber.
Active newsletters
Right now, I write and publish two active newsletters to 1700+ people. You can click through to find out more or subscribe for free to start receiving one or both of them. And don't panic – you can unsubscribe or switch at any time.
Draft Mode
Monthly, 2013–
Draft Mode is my long-running newsletter where I write about the writing process, publishing, creativity and design. Join 1700+ other subscribers and get both my collected thoughts and exciting links to the things I enjoy and recommend.
Beating
Weekly, 2025–
Soon to launch, Beating is a writing diary in the form of a pop-up newsletter, in which I document the process of writing my second novel. The aim is to a) hold myself accountable, b) show my work, and hopefully, if I could be so bold, c) help other writers by showing them the sausage, so to speak.
Inactive newsletters
These newsletters are the ones that came and went, mostly on purpose. You can still see what they were all about and trawl through their archives.
Pieces
Pop-up, 2021
Pieces was a pop-up newsletter that lasted for three weeks and documented my home-based writing retreat, where I spent an entire week in my shed trying to make progress on my second novel.