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A review of 2016

This is going to be a best of the best post for me for 2016 covering TV and films. Not the best ever. Not everything I’ve seen, or read or done, just some of the highlights. Books Book round up first. So this year book 2 (Bloodmage) and book 3 (Chaosmage) were published. And it’sContinue reading “A review of 2016”

November round up

A general update on what’s been going on for the last month or thereabouts. Starting with some book news. Book 4 The first draft of book 4 (currently untitled), the first book in the new Age of Dread trilogy, has been sent off to my publisher. Phew. I got it in a couple of weeksContinue reading “November round up”

October news round up

The Age of Darkness My first series with Orbit, the Age of Darkness, is now at an end. This first trilogy was many years in the making but for you lucky readers, it only took 13 months to come out (September 2015, April 2016 and now October 2016). So all three books are now outContinue reading “October news round up”

Guardian Masterclass and Fantasycon

Yesterday I was at the sold out Guardian Masterclass on ‘How to find a literary agent’ in London, being run by my agent Juliet Mushens. For a portion of the afternoon she was ably assisted by two of her clients, Elodie Harper and myself. It was a really great event where the engaged audience listenedContinue reading “Guardian Masterclass and Fantasycon”

Win an early signed copy of Chaosmage

I’ve received a few early copies of Chaosmage from my publisher, Orbit. It’s not officially published for a few weeks (Oct 12) so I’m going to run a simple competition. The winner will be chosen at random and I will sign and personalise a copy of Chaosmage and post it to you, anywhere in theContinue reading “Win an early signed copy of Chaosmage”

Guardian Masterclass – How to Find a Literary Agent

Next month in London, I will be taking part in a Guardian Masterclass all about How to Find a Literary Agent. The event is being led by my agent, Juliet Mushens, on Sunday 18th September. Below is a snippet of information about what to expect during the event, but there is a lot more informationContinue reading “Guardian Masterclass – How to Find a Literary Agent”

Gemmell Awards 2016 – final vote

The final vote for the Gemmell awards is now open, anyone can vote from anywhere in the world, but only one vote per person, so please get voting! Battlemage is still in the running for the Morningstar debut book award. There are 6 books in each of the categories, so vote on those too! ClickContinue reading “Gemmell Awards 2016 – final vote”

Chaosmage – book 3

So the year is racing by and it’s nearly the end of June already. There’s a lot of political stuff in the news at the moment, so steering away from all of that, below is a link to SciFiNow who have the exclusive reveal of Chaosmage, book 3 in the Age of Darkness trilogy. There’sContinue reading “Chaosmage – book 3”

June Events

This June I’m off to a few events. On Tuesday 7th June, Joe Hill will be appearing at Waterstones in Birmingham, and I’m attending as a fan to hear about his latest book, The Fireman. It sounds really, really, really good, so I am looking forward to getting my hands on a copy of that. PlusContinue reading “June Events”

David Gemmell Awards

David Gemmell was and is a huge influence on my work. More so than Tolkien, which many people cite as being their main foundation, Gemmell showed me many worlds where the main characters were not always perfect people. Long before anyone coined the phrase Grimdark, he was writing about grey people in difficult situations. TheContinue reading “David Gemmell Awards”