13 months

Yesterday I completed my final edit of Altitude. I made my last few small changes and stepped away from the book, declaring it finished. This is always a bittersweet moment for any author, it’s exciting to finally finish your novel, to put it to bed and move on to the next project, but it’s also …

Plus Four Years

It’s hard to believe it’s been four years since my first book came out. Sorrowline was published in the UK on the 3rd of January 2013, following later in other countries around the world. It’s been an exciting four years; I’ve visited schools, libraries and festivals across Europe, and been shortlisted for several book awards. …

Publication T-Plus 3 Years

It’s three years to the day since Sorrowline came out and I became an official author. In some ways it feel like a long time ago, in other it’s just like yesterday. I can clearly remember the excitement and anticipation in the run up to publication, I can still recall everything we did on that …

30 Days!

You know, when I started doing these blog countdowns at 100 days it felt like I’d never get there. Now its 30 days to go, which is nothing! All I have to do is get the big messy hump of Christmas and New Year out of the way and there it is: January the 3rd, …

40 Days!

It’s getting close now! Really close! Just 40 Earth days till the 3rd of January and the publication of Sorrowline. But the truth is it’s been published already! On the 13th of November, somewhere in a  factory unit in Croydon the presses rolled on the first edition of Sorrowline. Right now I imagine there are …