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So, look at you – you’ve finished your novel! Or should I say you’ve finished the first draft? Because there’s an old saying: books aren’t written, they’re rewritten….
My first set of minimalist, typographically based posters for writers, were very popular, particularly on Pinterest. So I thought I’d do some more. These new ones concentrate on…
This is the astonishing story of how a prolific, hugely popular, but now almost forgotten spy novelist, William Le Queux, single-handedly caused the creation of Britain’s spy agencies. It’s the true…
Here’s some great Alternative James Bond Themes, songs that could easily have been used in the opening credits on James Bond movies. Many of them were actually considered by…
I love alternate history and I find propaganda fascinating, so I find taking alternative timelines and designing alternative history propaganda posters for them fun. What is alternative history propaganda? It’s…
A great story ending is a paradox: it has to be the inevitable consequence of everything that has gone before and at the same time it can’t be…
Deep within the Stronghold of Seclusion, in the Ice Woods of Perpetual Revision, far beyond the Thrice Barred Gates of Insanity, sits a Superhero. The Writer. Who is this…
Trying to start writing a story is a daunting prospect. Whether it’s a short story or a novel, sometimes it’s putting the first few words on the page that’s…
My book A Kill in the Morning has been shortlisted for the Terry Pratchett Prize! Here’s a picture of a bemused me trying to absorb the news. About…
The Riddle of the Sands, written by Erskine Childers and published in 1903, is the prototype of all modern spy novels. Arguably, the only earlier spy novels are The Spy,…