Category Archives: Writing

Pleased to be sharing my writing for Free since June ’25…

Since June ’25, it has been pleasing to see a steady increase in downloads of the books I’m sharing for free via BookFunnel. So far, over 250 copies of my books have been downloaded, and hopefully read, and I’m looking forward to sharing my trilogy of Action-Thrillers starring Lissa Blackwood in 2026. Here’s what myContinue reading “Pleased to be sharing my writing for Free since June ’25…”

“Signal 238” – a Lovecraftian horror story set in the New Cold War…

I’ve just published my latest short story, ‘Signal 238’… Set on a Royal Navy nuclear ballistic missile submarine, the crew unexpectedly discover the resting place of one of the ancient rulers of the Earth, the ‘Great Old Ones’… … but when K-Thalassa is disturbed, they expose their boat, its nuclear weapons and their very livesContinue reading ““Signal 238” – a Lovecraftian horror story set in the New Cold War…”

I’ve Just Published 3 New Paperbacks…

Life in my day job is very demanding, but over the past week I have just found the physical & emotional energy needed to publish 3 paperbacks with Cold War / New Cold War themes: “Cold War – How The Cold War Nuclear Arms Race Affected The World” collects together a series of non-fiction articlesContinue reading “I’ve Just Published 3 New Paperbacks…”

Cold War – How The Cold War Nuclear Arms Race Affected The World

It has been a while since I posted on my blog. In the background I’ve been working on my ‘Lissa Blackwood’ action-thriller series, preparing these articles about the Cold War for publication and considering how I want my website to look in 2023. I hope you like the new-look banner! As time passes we areContinue reading “Cold War – How The Cold War Nuclear Arms Race Affected The World”

Lots of Progress with my Cold War / New Cold War stories…

… it has been nearly a year since I revealed that I was now writing a series of fictional stories and articles with a Cold War theme… – although I have been quiet, a lot has been happening behind the scenes! This is the current status of my writing projects: The ‘Lissa Blackwood’ novels wereContinue reading “Lots of Progress with my Cold War / New Cold War stories…”

I’m writing again after a nice long break…

I started writing sci-fi short stories around 2009, and by 2017 had self-published two novels and an anthology. That had been enjoyable but hadn’t sold very well, so by 2019 I had decided to switch to writing Thrillers. Having reached the mid-point of a first draft for book 2 in my new ‘Lissa Blackwood’ seriesContinue reading “I’m writing again after a nice long break…”

Choosing how to format your author name…

Every author has to decide on how to present their name when publishing work… Do you go for the straight first name followed by last name format? Or first initial followed by last name? How do you present any middle names? Should you reverse your names for impact as a pen name, or even discardContinue reading “Choosing how to format your author name…”

I’ve just shared my latest update about my second “Lissa Blackwood” conspiracy thriller novel

from my original blog on 20/8/19: – take a look at https://youtu.be/Mpni7Ldni0c I’m very excited to be 15k words into the writing, with just circa 85k to go! I also reflect on whether I should self-publish this trilogy or seek an agent + Trad deal.

More progress on my 2nd ‘Lissa Blackwood’ conspiracy-thriller…

From my earlier blog on 9/6/19: I’m now ready to start writing the 2nd novel in my ‘Lissa Blackwood’ Conspiracy-Thriller series. The overall plot has been fully defined and now works within the 7-Step Story Structure. Over the past month I have really enjoyed defining the 5 increasingly significant attacks that Lissa Blackwood will haveContinue reading “More progress on my 2nd ‘Lissa Blackwood’ conspiracy-thriller…”