A Literary Life

I have been a terrible, terrible blogger. I see that this blog was birthed in 2009 and then promptly died. My new year’s resolution for 2011 was to begin again with the blog. Well, it’s Saint David’s Day now, 1 March, and I finally get around to it. First the important matters: my debut novella, “The Inheritance of Things Past” is now available for your Kindle, at the worth it price of £0.86 – eighty-six pence! – or $0.99 ! What are you waiting for? Go buy now! You don’t really have to, but if you love a good story, you won’t regret it if you do. So what have I done in the fifteen months since I last checked in: I completed writing a second novella (currently entitled “Grass and Ember”) but came in too short for mainstream publishing at 65,000 words. I began work on a third. Then a fourth. Then a fifth. I have yet to finish the third, fourth, or fifth because I began working in a shop: and that shop began to take over my life. I had one period where I worked 53 days without...

'The Inheritance of Things Past' continues to sell well, especially considering the minimal advertising it has won and the lack of publicity in the British press. To those who have bought it already I thank you, and if you are considering it, then thank you too. For those who have yet to hear of my novel, its summary is something like this: Will Hargreaves, a successful film producer, learns he has cancer. Fleeing to the wilds of Scotland he remembers the moments that have led him to this: His fiery relationship with a beautiful singer, Sarah Crowe, and the truth and depth of his love for a work colleague, Laura Johnson. Facing up to his past is only the beginning of a journey that will teach Will how to live and how to love... It has been praised by playwright Dic Edwards as "Very impressive: strange and original in feel." It is available from all good retailers for £6-99. Sales pitch over. I started 'Inheritance' as a short story for my Creative Writin...