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Continue reading →: Out now: Disunited
Good news, everyone! You can now buy Disunited for Kindle in the usual places, such as Amazon UK and Amazon US. It’s also available for Kobo, and via Lulu for other ePub-capable ereaders. In the next few days, fingers crossed, the book will also be available for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch…
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Continue reading →: Coming soon: Disunited
A couple of years ago I wrote a short story — very short, only about 1500 words — set in the dusty office of the manager of a football club. A young, talented member of his team came to him with a confession: he was gay. More than that, he…
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Continue reading →: 2012-2013
Happy New Year! I thought I’d take a few minutes to write a short review of my 2012 and how I see 2013 unfolding. My plan for 2012 was to write and publish as many stories as I sensibly could – a mix of mostly shorts with some longer form…
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Continue reading →: The equality wagon
Reality is so much worse and so much better than advertised in the brochure. It is forty years since any human looked up at Earth from the surface of the Moon and yet we are exploring the solar system and beyond, with automated probes dancing around the planets and…
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Continue reading →: Till Undeath nominated for Best Book
I took the above photo yesterday as Cambridge was enveloped in freezing fog almost as I’d imagined it in an early scene in Till Undeath Do Us Part. Add a few rowers, a marginally denser fog and the weak early morning light, and it would be a perfect fit. Today…
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Continue reading →: In the media
Review by So So Gay: The Pink and the Grey Leading and fast-growing online LGBT lifestyle magazine So So Gay has reviewed The Pink and the Grey, awarding it four stars. I’m happy with that – who wouldn’t be happy with a review that starts “Undefinable and brilliant”? Read the…
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Continue reading →: Till Undeath: photos part three
Here’s the third part – the final part, unless anyone has any specific requests – of the photographic tour of some of the locations in Till Undeath Do Us Part. I don’t think the captions are spoilers. Look closely and you can spot the faces used for the cover image…
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Continue reading →: The Casual Journalist
The Register has a short piece on the ebook formatting problems of JK Rowling’s new book The Casual Vacancy. It’s a shame the quality control wasn’t up to much for what would undoubtedly be a highly popular ebook. But what really irks me in the article is this comment: But…
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Continue reading →: Till Undeath: photos part two
And now the long-awaited part two of the photographic tour of some of the locations in Till Undeath Do Us Part. As in part one, the captions are excerpts from the story and I’ve tried not to make them too spoileriffic. I took the photos earlier this year during a short…
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Continue reading →: Nemo scit aliquid
When I was young, my dad worked for the family business. So did my uncle. Until I was about ten years old I thought that’s what happened: you followed in your father’s footsteps. I distinctly remember the conversation with my mum where she told me I didn’t need to do…
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Continue reading →: Out now: The Pink and the Grey
It’s done. The Pink and the Grey has been published for the Kindle, for Apple’s iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch, and as a DRM-free ePub from Lulu. I’ve created a page where you can read the blurb and find links to the book. I’ll update that as more formats come…
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Continue reading →: Till Undeath: scene one in photos
In an earlier post I promised you a photographic tour of some of the locations in Till Undeath Do Us Part. Here’s the first post in that series. Expect further posts at highly irregular intervals. These locations appear in the very first scene. The captions are excerpts from that scene…
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Continue reading →: From concept to publication
The path from hazy idea to page is long and rocky and filled with cliché. Ideas can tumble into my brain anywhere and at any time, but they usually sidle up and cough quietly while I’m doing something else, like showering or sitting in a coffee shop staring through the…
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Continue reading →: Pride and visibility
Last Saturday I marched through central London as part of World Pride 2012. I was with friends as part of the Families Together London group, helping boost their numbers and generally pointing my camera around the place. (I’m not directly associated with FTL but they do good work.) For me…
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Continue reading →: Coming soonish
Hello! I’ve been far too quiet here and on Twitter, so here’s an update. It’s been a few months since the release of Till Undeath Do Us Part and I’m extremely pleased with the critical reaction. The book has some very complimentary reader reviews on Amazon and I’m proud that…













