It’s been a long time since I blogged, mainly due to having moved to the other side of the world. I took a brief intercalation from my PhD, which helped with the readjustment, then picked up writing where I’d left…
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Exciting news!
Fahrenheit Press tweeted the following. It won't last forever but it made me smile:
It's Book Launch Time...
The design team at Fahrenheit have created a wonderful cover (they also came up with the new title 'Iteration' to replace my working title 'Jennifer's Garden') - and the book is due to hit the shelves tomorrow.
Here’s the…
Read moreHow Mslexia magazine's Indie Presses guide connected me with my new publisher Fahrenheit Press (Facebook article for Mslexia)
My MA novel The Eternity Fund was shortlisted for Mslexia’s unpublished novel competition in 2013. The shortlisting may have been a factor in securing me an agent four months later - it added something to my covering letter, making…
Seriously?
Recently, I came face to face with one of those odd little unsolvable mysteries.
I was ordering an on-line shop including ice cream for the kids, when I noticed that the Morrisons site had somehow put a picture of The…
Out in paperback!
Fahrenheit Press's Chris McVeigh has signed The Eternity Fund, which is now a published e-book, and will soon become, for the first time, a paperback. This is after what seems like a very long wait, during which time the novel…
'Words With Jam' article: 'An industry view on the Creative Writing MA'
About a month ago, a friend asked me to write an article for an e-zine. I duly wrote it and submitted the text with a selection of JPeg photographs, then continued with my novel-in-progress, wondering if and when the piece…Read more
Writers’ Retreats
Having experienced a ‘taught’ retreat as an MA student battling with my debut novel, I have to say that I found it liberating.
There’s nothing like escaping from the daily drag in order to be able to write exclusively.…
Something I found today...
I went through a few desktop documents today, and found a screenshot I took when The Eternity Fund reached number 2 bestseller position in the 4,000 plus SF/F titles available on Audible.co.uk. It may not have been there for long…Read more
Some thoughts on reaching the end of my first year as a Creative Writing PhD student
I’m now a year in, and delighted I made the decision to enroll. In the hope that my experience will be helpful to others wondering whether this step is the right one to take, I’ve summarised some of what I’ve…