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  • Smashwords Formatting Guide

    EDIT: It’s 2024, so more than a decade later, although much of this information is still useable to create a clean file for Smashwords, things have changed, and I strongly recommend looking at more up to date guides as well. Ok, it’s not a clever title, but that’s what it is. Quite a lot of Read more

  • The Next Generation

    I am going to talk (moan) about something completely unrelated to books – because I’ve never done that before… I want to talk briefly about next gen console gaming. The jump from Xbox to Xbox 360 was very exciting for me. The jump from Playstation 2 to PS3 not so much, in my case, because Read more

  • Giveaway!

    Just a quick update to let you all know that I have listed a giveaway on Goodreads. So to be in for a chance of winning a signed paperback copy of Shadow of the Wraith, enter it here! For anyone in Northern Ireland, you can also buy signed copies from Waterstones in Coleraine and Little Read more

  • Long Time No Somethingorother…

    I’ve been moving stuff for nearly two weeks, and not doing much else, so I’ve had very little to blog about. Not that I blog much anyway. But I thought I should update a bit. At the weekend, I took up another shipment of books to Waterstones. The manager had me sign them all. That’s Read more

  • Try Kira For Free!

    Kira, my steampunk novella will be free on Smashwords for the rest of the week. It is available there for any e-reader, in a variety of formats. Even if you don’t particularly like steampunk, you won’t lose anything by trying it! And you might find you like my writing enough to get my sci fi Read more

  • Witty & Clever Christmassy Title

    Yes, my post titles are getting worse. I think ten days was enough of a break. Now that Temple of the Sixth is out, I have started work on the third novel of the NEXUS series – with the working title of Rise of the Fallen. Yes, it appears every NEXUS title will be something Read more

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