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…
What I’m writing about this week, #14: Viking human sacrifice
Sometimes you don’t realise what a book is really about until you have almost finished writing it. King of the…
The Last Berserker (Fire Born 1): what exactly is a berserker anyway?
Over the Christmas break, when I was talking to lots of people about what I do for a living and…
The Saxon Wolf hits 1,000 reviews!
This is an excellent start to 2023 – the second book in my Fire Born series (aka The Saxon Wolf)…
Merry Christmas everybody – I’m done with 2022
It’s been a helluva year in the news: the world coming out of Covid, Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the threat…
How to make a living as a historical novelist
There is an old joke that goes: How do you make a million dollars in the restaurant business? Start with…
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…
The Saxon Wolf is just 99p – for a limited time
For the next few days, The Saxon Wolf (Fire Born 2), is on sale on Amazon for just 99p. That’s…
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…