What I’m writing about this week, #6: the two Burgundies
No, I haven’t opened a couple of bottles of a crisp, flinty Puligny-Montrachet at ten in the morning to cope…
My Robin Hood – a hero I’ve lived with for nearly 20 years
I first started thinking about Robin Hood as a protagonist for a series of historical fiction novels in 2002, when…
Another year over . . .
Christmas is a funny time of year for me. A love-hate sort of thing. I deeply resent it in early…
A life-changing session with a “psychic love coach”
This is a rather sweet piece I wrote for The Times in 2005. I came across it online the other…
Battle of the Boyne: myths and misconceptions
It was only when I began to research Blood’s Campaign – the third book in the series about my distant relative Holcroft…
Holcroft Blood – the world’s first autistic action hero
One of the weirdest things about being a novelist is how your characters come to life. I used to think…
My new Robin Hood novel
Some of you know this, some don’t – but I’ll tell you anyway. I’m writing a new addition to The…
Update: two more Holcroft Blood books coming your way
It’s been a month or so since I blogged on this site so I thought I would tell anyone who…
Cover reveal: Blood’s Campaign
I’ve been sent the cover of the third book in my 17th-century Holcroft Blood series – Blood’s Campaign. This is…
Bad news/good news about Robin Hood and the Caliph’s Gold
As the old joke goes, I have good news and bad news about the novel I’m writing: Robin Hood and…