I’m in haste, so this update will be brief.

New Novel

I’ve made a solid start to 2025 and am hard at work on the first draft of my next novel. What’s it called? What’s it about? I can’t give out any details at present, but I will say it is a supernaturally tinged mystery thriller and I’m very excited about it. That doesn’t really tell you anything, considering my genre mainstay, but if you want a few facts and figures, I can tell you I’m working on chapter eight, and I’m about 30,000 words into the manuscript. It’s also the first in a series that I have planned in rather minute detail. That said, each novel is a standalone story.

Other activities

Beyond that, I’m currently preparing A Thorn in Winter – the mystery novel I wrote in 2023 – to send to agents and publishers. I hope to have exciting news to share on that front soon, so watch this space.

I’ve also started serialising The Thistlewood Curse on Substack in weekly instalments. This is one of my earlier novels – another supernatural thriller – that has had tremendous response from those who have read it. I decided it would be fun to make it available this way as well. If you want to check it out on Substack, you can subscribe here (you’ll also get access to many of my other short stories, plus lots of film articles).

That’s it for now. I’d better get back to writing the new novel. Watch this space for further updates.