Death of a distributor.

Unfortunately that headline is not a title of an upcoming book in my Inspector Stone Mysteries series, it's something that happened to me at the beginning of the week. Since the first half of the year I have been published through the distribution platform Pronoun, which is owned by MacMillan. I've enjoyed my time with...

The Foley Chronicles #2

Hello out there to all my fellow readers and authors.  No matter what our genre of preference, I’m sure none of us will ever forget when we first fell in love with the written word.  For me, it was The Hobbit.  I still have the first, and only, copy I bought many, many decades ago....

A gold star for Written In Blood

I got one of the best surprises I could hope for today; I got an email from the cover designer I use to say that the cover for Written In Blood, my second released novel, has won a gold star in the ebook cover design awards for April 2017 from  www.thebookdesigner.com I wasn't even aware...

Written In Blood – On Tour

I Hello my faithful followers, as I indicated not too long ago, Written In Blood is going on tour, well now it is on tour. The tour started yesterday and will run until Friday 12th, during which time my dark thriller about a serial killer terrorising an English village will visit and be featured on...

Going on tour

I have today signed up for a tour on Xpresso Book Tours. I was a little uncertain because of the price, this will be the most I've spent on my books outside of the covers, but hearing from a few of my fellow authors who have used the service I decided that the old adage...

Problems – fixed

As some of you may be aware, I have recently had problems with my books on Amazon, this would be annoying at the best of times, but immediately following the release of a new book, which has just hit 6 top 100 charts, is something of a disaster. Fortunately I have moved my books to...

A great start

Thank you everyone who pre-ordered my newest book, Written In Blood, and those who got it during its limited discount run over the last couple of days, all of your purchases have managed to do something quite amazing; as of 9:30 a.m. today the book is on 2 top 100 charts and 4 hot new...

Pre-order for just 99c

After discussing the question of how to develop interest in a pre-order title for someone who is still in the early stages of their writing career, I was given the following advice Make the book 99c/99p during the pre-order period, and let the world know that the book is at a special price prior to...

It’s coming – April 1st is the day

Okay everyone, this s**t is getting real; I have an awesome cover, some fabulous bookmarks (who doesn't like a good bookmark) and I'm halfway through the editing. It's time to announce the release date for my next novel, and that date is April 1st Written In Blood is not a part of my Inspector Stone series,...

A preview of coming attractions

Now that 2017 has started, it's time to look ahead to what's in store, both personally and on the writing front. Discounting the release of my first novel, 2016 was not a very good year, I had to have a major operation early last year for a burst appendix; it was good for losing some...