Category Archives: Tales from the Typewriter

It’s time. Although it might still be a little early, I’ve decided to reveal the cover art for my upcoming book, Mika Ito. The book will land this August, all being well. It’s with the editor as we speak, then it’s off to the typesetter, then to the proofreader, so stay posted for updates (don’tContinue reading “Mika Ito Cover Reveal”

I recently re-acquired the rights to my debut novel, The Shelter, and I’m currently re-editing it (I’ll explain why later), and by the time I’m done it’ll have taken me around 30 hours to re-edit, re-format and list the bugger. Self-publishing is like having homework everyday for the rest of your life. The Shelter wasContinue reading “Under New Management”

An interesting thing has happened. How’s that for a hook? Needs work, but never mind that – something has happened to my debut novel, The Shelter. The publishing rights have reverted back to me less than 12 months after it was first published (and that much be some kind of record). I won’t go intoContinue reading “An Interesting Thing”

We’ll get to ‘Rapid Releasing’ and Short Reads in a moment, but first I have to tell you about the loudest noise I ever heard. It sounded like a shotgun discharging at close range and it made my cat, Mr Mau, bolt from the couch. It happened while I was sitting down, doing nothing atContinue reading “Rapid Releasing and Amazon’s Short Reads”

I’ve finally got my cat, Alfie, to stop lying on my typewriter long enough for me to put something down, so I better take the opportunity to write before King Alfie wants his throne back. It’s a stop-start spring outside my window and I’ve just spent longer than I care to admit searching through aContinue reading “Book Blogs – Thoughts in Progress”

Crank up the machine, it’s time to write again. It’s a sunny April day (Sunday 10th), and war is still raging in Ukraine, Elon Musk has bought 10% of twitter, my nephew Sam turned four years old, Wigan Warriors beat beat Wakefield 36-6 in the Challenge cup, and I’ve had some Mika Ito merch T-ShirtsContinue reading “An Idea To Work On”

So this might be my first blog post. Written on my Lexmark/ IBM series 2 typewriter, the whole idea is to get words on the page in a kind of journal format. There will be no advice here on how to publish, write, or anything else for that matter. There are too many people offeringContinue reading “Ducks Out of Line”