Evening all…

I think it’s probably worth a little catch-up, for anyone reading this blog for the first time. Given that my previous entries were trashed by my hacker friend, you may well be wondering just who on earth I am and what all this writing nonsense is about. Here’s a potted history.

2005 – I start writing an urban fantasy (one that’s at least partly set in the real world, or as my friend Huw says “fantasy without the hobbit shit.”)
2006 – I finish my first draft of Chosen.
2007 – I start hawking it about to agents and even blag my way onto BBC 5Live, to talk about trying to get published. That’s where this site comes in: I upload a chapter for listeners to read and text vote on. 75+% say they want to see it published.
2008 – Still not even a whiff of interest from agents so I consider getting ‘a couple of copies bound’. This evolves into full-on self publishing with the help of York Publishing Services. Chosen is born in October 2008, the same week as my youngest child Daniel. He’s much cuter.
2009 – Chosen is now on sale in all branches of Borders, after I do some signings in various branches and head office become interested. Waterstones follow suit a short time after. One other chain, Wesley Owen, like the book a lot but can’t stock it because it’s “heretical”. Crikey.
2010. I finish book two, provisionally entitled Ghosts. Chosen now has its own Facebook groups and is still selling in Waterstones and various indies. Borders have now gone bust. The ebook world now beckons.
2011 – Not yet written.