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INCEPTIO - Excerpt I

The boy lay in the dirt in the centre of New York’s Kew Park, blood flowing out of both his nostrils, his fine blond hair thrown out in little strands around his head. I stared at my own hand, still bunched, pain rushing to gather at the reddening knuckles. I hadn’t […]

On making a book trailer

https://youtu.be/CxOZzf_DA7g

(This is an updated version made in November 2016, but everything below is still true!)

As a big fan of the moving image, I wanted to make an animated advert for my forthcoming book, INCEPTIO. Could I do it myself? I’m no Steven Spielberg, but I had the track record of […]

The exotic Christina Courtenay ...

I’m delighted to welcome Christina Courtenay to my blog today. She’s currently Vice Chairman of the Romantic Novelists’ Association and a member of The Historical Novel Society. Her debut novel, Trade Winds, was short-listed for the RNA’s Pure Passion Award for Best Historical Fiction 2011. Her second novel, The Scarlet Kimono won Best Historical […]

Roman dating essentials

Julius Caesar (He’s the one on the plinth.)

Watching the countdown calendar to the publication day of INCEPTIO on 1 March reminded that the first of the month in the Roman system – the Kalends – ended up as our word for measuring the whole thing.

In my Roma Nova thrillers, I use […]

Official launch - update

I’m delighted to announce that Sue Cook, writer and broadcaster, will be introducing me at my book launch on 12 March in Tunbridge Wells.

Sue is one of the UK’s most experienced broadcasters. TV viewers know her from many BBC shows – such as Crimewatch UK, the annual Children in Need appeal and Holiday. To […]