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Post-birthday blog

Friday was another birthday for me, not a landmark one, so following that and a few other developments, I thought I’d do a bit of a round-up blog for the end of this month. Today I just received copies of the French version of Battlemage – Mage de Guerre – from my French publisher –Continue reading “Post-birthday blog”

Bloodmage UK tour dates

Bloodmage is out in the UK and USA on April 14th from my publisher Orbit books and I will be visiting a few places in the UK on a launch tour . Thursday 14th April Waterstones Birmingham High Street – 7pm – The event is free but please call 0121 633 4353 to reserve aContinue reading “Bloodmage UK tour dates”

Bloodmage is here….early!

Even though it is not out for another month, today I received a box full of copies of Bloodmage! Feast your eyes on these lovelies. I can’t stop looking at them and sitting them next to my copy of Battlemage. It is so close now to the release date! I’ve also arranged a few moreContinue reading “Bloodmage is here….early!”

Guest Post at Ragnarok Publications

I recently wrote a guest post for the lovely people over at Ragnarok Publications about some of the things I think are the hardest part about being a writer. This post was partly inspired by a discussion I saw elsewhere on social media and it inspired me to write down my thoughts on the subject.Continue reading “Guest Post at Ragnarok Publications”

Book 3 is away…

It is getting close to the end of February and it’s time for another quick update. I’ve been pretty quiet on here and haven’t written a new post in a while as I’ve had my nose to the grindstone. The copy edit for book 3 came in and it was two and a bit weeks ofContinue reading “Book 3 is away…”

Bloodmage – Cover Reveal

Those lovely people over at Fantasy Faction have the exclusive cover reveal for Bloodmage, book 2 in the Age of Darkness trilogy, plus some more info about what is to come in the story, and some details about who created the cover. See the cover and more info here.

February worklog

I thought I would do a quick post about what I’m up to at the moment on various things. So, book 2, Bloodmage, is completely done and dusted. My publisher, Orbit books, has just sent me the latest version of the cover and I think it looks really good. So that is all set toContinue reading “February worklog”

Battlemage heads to France

In March this year Battlemage comes out in France from my French publisher, Bragelonne. It joins the ranks alongside versions from Orbit and Piper in Germany. Battlemage is currently available in the UK, USA and lots of other countries around the world in English, but very soon it will also be appearing on French shores.Continue reading “Battlemage heads to France”

Wailing Heights

I can finally reveal a little bit more information about another of the secret writing projects I’ve been involved with. I recently had the pleasure of working with Outsider Games, on their latest project – Wailing Heights. It was a real challenge for me, bringing humour to the content. It was very different to whatContinue reading “Wailing Heights”

First Bloodmage event of 2016

It’s now only a few months until Bloodmage comes out in April and I’ve already got one event booked. There will be a couple of signing events to mark the publication of Bloodmage and as soon as they’re sorted I’ll post the dates and details on the events page. They will likely be around theContinue reading “First Bloodmage event of 2016”