This page is updated occasionally to let you know what I’m working on now.
March 2020
I’ve started work on a new story, which I’ll be giving away free to anyone who signs up for my mailing list. The story is a prequel to Peloton of Two. It’s set two years before the tandem tour and it tells the story of Catherine and Nick first meeting.
January 2020
I’ve just spent a few fun hours creating a short book trailer for Crossing Live. The trailer focuses on the park Roland uses to bury £50,000 in gold. There’s more about that, plus a link to the video here.
June 2018
I’m working on a video book ad for Peloton of Two. The idea has been in my mind for a while, and now I have a few hours available to devote to it.
It’s more complicated than I thought – I’m trialling Shotcut, a video editing package, so there’s a learning curve involved in that. But it’s fun.
I’ve found the music for the background audio, and have the visual elements finalised. So the package should be ready soon.
May 2018
I now have a few weeks available to concentrate on writing a new story. A rough draft has been in place since January, but I haven’t had an opportunity to do the detailed work of restructuring and rewriting. More on the story soon.
February 2018
A change in my work routine has meant some adjustment in the way I write. I work away from home more, so I’ve been looking for ways to make that easier. I’ve started using Google Docs more so that I can work more easily across devices. With Google Docs I can start a start a document at home on my Windows laptop, then continue working on an Android phone or Applie iPad. More on that here. I’ve also tried dictating using my Android phone. The accuracy and speed can be very good in the right circumstances. More on that here.
January 2018
Can there possibly be a better time than now to start writing a new story? It’s a wet Tuesday in January, there’s 6 hours of classical music queued up on BBC Radio 3, and a fresh novel template loaded into Scrivener. Starting a new project is always exciting.
December 2017
The paperback edition Crossing Live is available. Unboxing a batch of paperbacks is always exciting.
27 October 2017
The paperback edition of Crossing Live is in the final stages of preparation and will be released in November. October has been pretty much devoted to preparing the interior and cover files and proof checking. Can’t wait to press the publish button.
I also ran my first Goodreads giveaway for the paperback edition of Peloton of Two. It just finished and Goodreads selected a winner from the 950 entrants. I’m planning another Giveaway in November, this time for Crossing Live.
22 September 2017
September is publication month for Crossing Live. The ebook has just been released (on 20 September) on Kindle and will be available at a reduced price through the Autumn. This month is also the publication anniversary for Peloton of Two. Hard to believe a year has passed already since my first book was published.
July/August 2017
If, like me, you like reading books set in France, check out my new list of 20 novels set in France. There’s a range of genres on the list. Reading is always a fantastic distraction from what I should be working on now: writing and editing Crossing Live.
May/June 2017
Visiting Brisbane on holiday in late May, early June has given me the opportunity to do some last-minute location scouting for Crossing Live. It’s set in Brisbane in 1990. The city has changed a lot in the last 27 years, but many of the locations look much the same. For more on the locations, check my blog post on the location scouting.