The Last Berserker (Fire Born 1) is 99p!
The first book in my new(-ish) and surprisingly successful Viking series – The Last Berserker – is now on sale…
The over-enthusiastic etymologist, #3: Fulsome, Rum and Hooker
I’ve always loved words and, as a schoolboy, I desperately wanted to become an etymologist. I had a collection of…
Pantser division: two ways to set about writing a historical fiction novel
Someone asked the other day how I set about writing a novel, and since I have written a fair number…
Have yourself a very Viking Christmas
What’s that emerging from Santa’s sack? Is it a huge, hairy, axe-wielding, 8th-century maniac? No? Would you like it to…
Go on, buy me a horn of foaming ale!
The life of a writer is always financially precarious but, recently, with inflation leaping upwards and the cost of living…
The Loki Sword (Fire Born 3) Chapter One – an extract
The third volume of my Fire Born Viking saga – The Loki Sword – will be out on August 11,…
Free Book Friday: grab your signed copy of The Last Berserker – gratis!
To celebrate Father’s Day, I am giving away THREE signed copies of The Last Berserker (Fire Born 1), my new-ish…
Books and Booze: a conversation with Matthew Harffy
I had really enjoyed myself last night chatting online with my friend and fellow historical fiction scribe Matthew Harffy, author…
Three more Robin Hood novels?
I was having a long, boozy lunch with my Last Berserker publishers a couple of weeks ago – yeah, I…
Could the real Robin Hood have been German?
Every five or six years, a new book or magazine article comes out claiming to have discovered the identity of…