I’m proud to be included in this unusual new anthology published today, In The Night Count The Stars (Bittersweet Editions http://www.bittersweeteditions.com/ ). It’s the first time my work has appeared in a custom-made e-book and I’m feeling very cutting-edge seeing my…
Shauna Gilligan My fellow Ward Wood novelist, Shauna Gilligan has asked me to join The Writing Process Blog Tour where each writer answers four questions about the writing process and then passes the baton on to another set of writer-bloggers.…
I spent last weekend in the peaceful environment of Mortlake in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames where the occasional low flying planes reminds us that we are on the edge of the great metropolitan sprawl that is London.…
Believe it or not these are photographs not fantasy paintings. The lighthouses in these pictures are by photographers Thomas Zakowski and Tom Gill and they’ve stopped me from ever complaining about the cold here in Lewes, UK. These ice-covered lighthouses are…
Photograph: Jacquelyn Martin / AP This twenty year old man, Nicholas Simmons, from Greece, New York State, USA was found warming himself on a steam grate with three homeless men just a few blocks from the nation’s Capitol building, during…
There were dramatic scenes at London’s airports last week as the dreaded day arrived… Britain had read its newspapers and listened to its political leaders so all eyes were on the expected chaos at the country’s borders… … The UK…
Yesterday I showed you the first half of my life in 2013, a year which was dominated by my two novels – one about to be published and the other finished just in time for Christmas. Most of my time…
Happy New Year everyone! This site is now five years old and I’d especially like to thank all of my readers from round the world for their loyalty. It’s great knowing you all so here’s wishing all of you, new…
I’m excited to find out that my novel, Stephen Dearsley’s Summer Of Love is now available on Kindle and that the publishers are selling it at a special festive price for a limited period. If you want to order it…