Month: October 2024

Nautilus is #1 on Amazon Prime in the UK

A few years ago I came up with NAUTILUS, an idea for a TV show about a young Captain Nemo. I put together a pitch deck, series outline and treatment and sold it in my first meeting. I didn’t get to write on it (boo!) It was developed by Disney (yay!), made by Disney (yay!), dropped by Disney (boo!), but the producers rallied and sold it again all over the world. In the UK it’s been number one on Amazon Prime all week (hurrah!).

I only mention this as I have books and scripts out on submission at the moment and it seems that every now and then I come up with a good idea and there’s more where that came from! Anyway, check out NAUTILUS: it’s great fun!

Join me LIVE on the Creative Differences podcast tonight!

Join me live at 8pm GMT TONIGHT when I chat to Zoë Richards, author of Garden of Her Heart, and host of the Write, Damn It! Podcast.

We’ll be discussing resilience, writing synopses, and getting people to come to book events and much more!

I’m on the Worm Hole podcast

I was delighted to be a guest on The Worm Hole podcast! This is in-depth stuff that I’ve not discussed before. Do check out the brilliant website for more details and a transcript (I love it when podcasters make all this effort!). Click on the image below for more…

The Corn Bride Cover Reveal

I’m delighted to be able to reveal Harry Goldhawk’s magnificent cover art for the fifth Witches of Woodville novel The Corn Bride…

This is darker and, frankly, more terrifying than any of the previous covers. A reflection of the contents? Well, the only way you’re going to find out is by pre-ordering the book. The Corn Bride is published in the UK on 13th March, 2025.

PRE-ORDER THE CORN BRIDE

And if you want a signed and dedicated paperback, you can pre-order that here…

pre-order a signed and dedicated paperback

American Kindle readers: there will be a Kindle edition going up for pre-order asap!

What do you think of the cover? Leave your comments below…

All my links in one place…

I’ve got a new page on the blog with all my links in one place: events, books, social media, films, the lot! Just click on the button below to go to my links page…

All MY LINKS

Join me LIVE with Zoë Richards, author of Garden of Her Heart

Join me live when I chat to Zoë Richards, author of Garden of Her Heart, and host of the Write, Damn It! Podcast.
Garden of Her Heart has been …

Join me LIVE with Zoë Richards, author of Garden of Her Heart

In Conversation with Ben Aaronovitch and other Dates for your Diary…

MCM COMIC CON, LONDON, 25-27TH OCTOBER

I’ll be at the MCM Comic Con in London for all three days, selling and signing my books and I’ll also be on the “Building Worlds” panel on Sunday 27th at 11am on the Writers’ Block Stage.

Aside from me, there’s a ton of amazing authors to see over the weekend!

GET YOUR MCM TICKETS HERE

IN CONVERSATION WITH FMA DIXON

01 Nov 2024, 18:30 – 20:00

The Pier Ceylon, 163 Station Rd, Herne Bay CT6 5NE, UK

I’ll be chatting with Herne Bay author FMA Dixon about his sequel to The House on Everywhere Street (which I loved!).

GET YOUR TICKETS HERE

IN CONVERSATION WITH BEN AARONOVITCH

TUESDAY 26TH NOVEMBER, 6.30-8PM

OXTED LIBRARY

I’ll be chatting to the legend that is Ben Aaronovitch about his latest Rivers of London novel, and there will be books for sale and to be signed!

GET YOUR TICKETS HERE

A Short Film for Spooky Season

Here’s the short film that my son George made for his final year dissertation (he got a first for this!). My daughter Emily and her fella Kai worked on the film, and my old school friend Dom did the music. I know I’m biased, but it’s bloody good (and better than the short films I made at his age) and a great film for this spooky time of year.

Here’s the logline: Dejection follows the human embodiment of death as he comes to the realisation and acceptance of his role, taking those to the afterlife.

The Crow Folk and Ghost of Ivy Barn for 99p, you say?

Yes, that’s right! To celebrate what we must all now call #SPOOKYSEASON the digital gods have selected both The Crow Folk and The Ghost of Ivy Barn for Kindle and Apple promotions throughout October.

For a mere 99 of His Majesty’s pence, you too can enjoy the thrills of the first and third Witches of Woodville books! And, because I love our American cousins, I have also dropped the price of the Kindle in the United States of Yankee Doodle Land to a mere 99 cents. That’s out of my own pocket, people! I’m cutting my own throat! (To quote a character from a much admired author’s books).

Now, the odds are that if you subscribe to this blog you probably have these books already, so any shares on the various social media platforms would be much appreciated. Where might I find these links, you might ask? Well, I will be spaffing the internet with posts on a near-daily basis, so if you already follow me on the socials (eps Facebook and Instagram) it will be hard to miss. Thank you in advance for any shares you see fit to, uhm, share…

Here are some links…

CROW FOLK: KINDLE UK 99p
GHOST OF IVY BARN: KINDLE UK 99p
CROW FOLK: KINDLE USA 99c
GHOST OF IVY BARN: KINDLE USA 99c
CROW FOLK: APPLE UK 99p
GHOST OF IVY BARN: APPLE UK 99P