And that’s okay. What you’re doing is fine – when you publish on LinkedIn, or in magazines, or upload your side-shares, or brief your writer.
It’s all good stuff. It’s just not thought leadership.
Much of the advice available on researching novels is now dated. So this blog post includes the best modern tips on how to research fiction, with a case study included. There I’ll show you step-by-step how I used the tools described below to construct a chapter in one of my novels. Once you’ve read through the tips and […]
In the 20-odd years that I’ve been a professional writer and editor now (and they have been odd years, I can tell you) I’ve seen pretty much every example of bad writing in the book. Sometimes the bad writing was mine – sometimes it was work done by a writer I’d commissioned – but either […]
Buried rivers are cool. So cool that I was inspired to write a novel about the people who live above them. But there’s nothing fictional about the lost rivers that run underneath London. Here are some of the spooky streams that still flow beneath the feet of Londoners today. The Fleet the mysterious River Fleet […]
A Saxon King and an ancient stone are behind the name of this South London suburb
With a shiny new cover by illustrator Link Choi, Effra: A Novel is now available on the Amazon Kindle store. This is a revised edition, available now for NZ$4.59.
If you like foxes and love reading, this is for you. Try these five books for an amazing read, and a view into the life of one of the world’s most captivating animals.
* Allegedly, *allegedly, *allegedly, *allegedly, *allegedly, **illegibly, ***in my opinion, *allegedly, *allegedly, *allegedly. **** I reckon. That’s the best way to talk about this Banks / Dotcom palaver: if you get the legal tip-toeing out of the way first, it’s just asterisks, not lawyers, that break your flow as you try to explain it. It’s […]
A wedding, a pregnant wife, and a busy evening job at the Herald has meant my blog’s gone unloved for months – which is a shame because I’ve had some great adventures. A while back I abandoned my seriously morning-sick lady for two weeks and sailed to the Auckland Island and Campbell Island groups in […]
Hooray! Today my novel became available on Amazon.com. It’s called Effra: a love story, and it’s a cracking read. Click here to go through. A fast-moving gothic fairytale, the story brings together a modern-day Fagan, a young man lost in London – and something bigger and nastier than both of them – all unified by […]