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✨🚀 By Order of the Shaman Launch 🚀✨
A Magical Day to Remember – Thank You. What an incredible day! I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to everyone who came along to the launch of By Order of the Shaman, at The Bookshop in East Grinstead. From the moment the doors opened, the shop was busy...
What’s the Time, Mr Wolfdog? Revisited
There’s something strange about revisiting a story you wrote years ago. Not just reading it again — but stepping back inside it. Seeing the fingerprints of the person you were when you first created it. The risks you took and even the literary experiments. That’s...
OFFICIAL LAUNCH !!! By Order of the Shaman
A Secret Conclave. A Locked Room. No Escape. I am delighted to announce the official launch of my latest novel, By Order of the Shaman, taking place on Saturday, 18th July 2026 at The Bookshop in East Grinstead. This special launch day will celebrate the release of a...
A Day at the London Book Fair
Every year the publishing world gathers in London for one of its biggest events: the London Book Fair. It is the first time I have been so I thought I would share my experience. Held at Olympia and drawing thousands of publishing professionals from around the world,...
The Butcher’s Apron
A new book is on the horizon. It’s a new novella. My publisher, Chris, asked me to write another story for an upcoming anthology of short stories that we are putting together. And I am lucky enough to have the extremely talented Dawn Lauder creating...
By Order of the Shaman – new release
Part of me wants to whisper that December 2025 is now here — but as much as I like Christmas, I’m not ready yet. I’ve still got too many presents to buy and far too many things to do… The days are shorter, the nights feel heavier, and there’s this kind of quiet that...
There’s Music in the Air…
What’s that phrase… “If music be the food of love, play on”? I stumbled upon something recently—pulled it off a dusty shelf, gently blew off the cobwebs—and thought it best shared with you. This gem has not been made… perhaps it was simply too ambitious. Or maybe it’s...
👉🏻A Spellbinding Day: Our Magical Visit to the Warner Bros. Harry Potter Studio Tour👈🏻
There are days in life that stay with you forever, and our visit to the Warner Bros. Harry Potter Studio Tour was exactly that—an unforgettable journey into the heart of magic and imagination. As a special treat for our mother’s birthday, my two sisters and I embarked...
Featured in: ingénu/e, Cue and The Lady Truck Drivers
I was talking to someone the other day about the impact of being featured and reviewed in different magazines. And now that the month has almost come to a close, I thought I would share with you a few magazines I have been mentioned in over the years. As I’ve...
The Secret Puzzle Box
As some of you may know, I have not just worked in the arts as an actor and writer, I also trained as an engineer. I’ve studied basic engineering, electronics, electrical and security installations and also the testing and inspection of such work. The current “day...
Nikon Owner
Can you believe we are heading towards the end of February 2025…? Now where did that cold and dreary January disappear to? Never the most exciting month in the year, is it? Especially when everything always takes a while to get going for the year ahead. However, my...
September News
Cannes World Film Festival VIP Interview I said last month that I had been a winner at the Cannes World Film Festival in May 2024 this year. And they were kind enough to give me a VIP interview afterwards. I also said that I would post the full interview in this...
August News
Screenplays & Scriptwriting Gosh, where do I start… For the most part, I am focused on my teenage Christopher Daring Adventure series and various stand alone novels and novellas. I actually have two books ready to be published. In fact, they have been ready for...
Christopher Daring Update
I have been pretty silent since the release of the first two Christopher Daring books: Spirits of the Dead & The Forest of Riddles Can you believe that was nearly 5 years ago? After the book signing on the 6th October 2018, I became immediately immersed in the...
December Newsletter
Hi everyone, Wow! here we are already in December with the last newsletter of the year! So, I am going to give you a quick round up. My first piece of news is another incredible Book Hub Giveaway! Following on from the recent thriller books success this one is a...
Spirits of the Dead – Character Insight
I was recently asked who my favourite character is from Spirits of the Dead. It is always hard to pick a favourite character that I have written about. Part of the fun in writing, is coming up with lovable or evil characters! If I write well, I hope to enjoy each and...
November Newsletter – Amazing Giveaway!
Well, with the Christopher Daring rush of madness now settling into a more normal routine I thought it was time to give some love to my other books. That is why I am excited to say that I am participating in another Book Hub giveaway! Book Hub are offering readers a...
Spirits of the Dead – My Inspiration
My initial inspiration for this book came from a real ghostly building in my local town. The high street here contains many preserved buildings dating as far back as the 14th century so it has many old and unusual locations. One foggy morning, at 3am, I was out...