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The Divide is out now!

The Divide is out now!

One dead girlfriend. One missing girlfriend. Who will believe he is innocent? My short story,...

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My Mother’s Secret – Location

My Mother’s Secret – Location

There’s a thin band of cream silhouetting the cranes that hover over the half-built office...

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How to create the perfect villain!

How to create the perfect villain!

https://youtu.be/SmP_Svt1Elo Today I ran a lesson about villains for homeschool with my nine-year-old daughter. She...

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One Year Later on Bristol TV

One Year Later on Bristol TV

    Bristol TV has just put out a short film about my latest psychological...

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My writing talisman

My writing talisman

My writing talisman is a beautiful painting by artist, Elaine Jones. It's of Cornwall -...

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How to write a thriller

How to write a thriller

In a few days time I’m heading to Ted Hughes’ old house, Lumb Bank, in...

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Diversity in Fiction

Diversity in Fiction

I’ve written as a Jesuit priest in Outer Mongolia, a nine-year-old in inner city Bristol,...

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My Mother’s Secret: Stories within the Book

My Mother’s Secret: Stories within the Book

I'm delighted to welcome Tasha Locke to my blog this week. Tasha graduated from Bristol...

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One Year Later

One Year Later

As My Mother's Secret has been wending its way into the world, I've been working...

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My Writing Toolkit

My Writing Toolkit

Book blogger and health journalist, Victoria Goldman,  asked me to tell her what my essential writing...

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In a thriller, nowhere is safe…

In a thriller, nowhere is safe…

This is a blog post I wrote on the importance of setting for The Asian...

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The octopus and the pirates

The octopus and the pirates

I'm giving a talk on plot at Novel Nights on Wednesday 23 Many. This is...

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I’m an award-winning thriller & nature non-fiction writer. I teach writing to people who want to be published.