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Cor, this is exciting isn’t it?

So perhaps I should just get on with it.

THE SPY IN THE SCHOOL will be out soon, and this is what it will look like. Yay!

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Alf and Wilf are back, and this time they’ve been tasked with investigating suspicious activity at Gribble school.

The trouble is, there isn’t any.

It looks like they’ve got no chance of catching whoever’s been spying for a magical corporation from another reality … until someone loses their head. Literally. All of a sudden there’s suspicious activity all over the place, from some surprising directions, and Alf and Wilf no longer know who to trust. It’s time for another trip over the Nameless...

Amazingly, it’s a whole year today since THE DRAGON IN THE DRAIN was published. Before Brexit. Before Trump. Before Peter Capaldi told us he was leaving Doctor Who. What a difference a year makes. Unless you’re a rock or some other static geological feature. Then it hardly makes any difference at all.

Anyway. To celebrate THE DRAGON IN THE DRAIN’s first birthday, why not read it again? Grab your paperback or your Kindle, get yourself a nice cup of tea and a piece of cake, and enjoy the first...

So. Yesterday I attended my first book signing event as an author. YIKES. Along with 20 other local and regional writers, I rocked up at Sandbach Town Hall yesterday morning with a suitcase full of books and a serious case of butterflies. In case you’re wondering what is more terrifying than telling people you’ve written a book and putting it out there for people to read, it’s the thought of going to an event with said book and actually having to do it face to face. I knew none of the other a...

I’m currently like a small child on Christmas Eve – excited, annoying, and unable to sleep. The reason for this is that I’m going to be attending my first book signing event as an author this Saturday, November 5th 2016. Go me!

The event is happening between 10.30am and 4.30pm at Sandbach Town Hall, Sandbach, Cheshire, and there will be more than 20 local and regional authors of all genres signing and talking about their books, participating in panels and workshops and generally being fabulou...

It’s fivemonths almost to the day since THE DRAGON IN THE DRAIN was published. Surely it’s time for a new book, right? I mean, WHAT I AM DOING ALL THE LIVE-LONG DAY?

Well, Book Two is still in progress. Oh yes. It’s still happening. But there has been a little bit of tension behind the scenes. You see, as much fun as Wilf, Alf and Miss Daggerare, I was spending an awful lot of time with them. And you know how it is when you spend too much time with the same people, don’t you? Yep. They start...

Those of you who enjoyed THE DRAGON IN THE DRAIN will be pleased to know that Book Two is well underway. Woohoo! After trying a few different titles out I’m pretty sure I’ve settled on the right one nowand the cover design is looking pretty good too. But I’m not going to give away anymore than that fornow. There will be title and cover reveals at some point, so keep your eyes peeled for more announcements!

Some of the characters from THE DRAGON IN THE DRAIN will be making a comeback (hurrah!)...

During the last month while I’ve been gallivanting around showing off about having written a book, people have asked me questions about it. Possibly they felt they had no choice but to ask me questions about itbecause I kept going on about itand most of these people were British and thereforeliterallyincapable of telling me to shut up about writing a book, being forced instead to smile politely until I went away.

The questions were various but almost all of them could be gathered beneath them...

In the two weeks since the digital version of THE DRAGON IN THE DRAIN launched I have been asked one particular question with some frequency:

I suppose these newfangled Kindlesare alright if you like that kind of thing, but when canI get THE DRAGON IN THE DRAIN as a real book?

And the answer is …*fanfare* … RIGHT NOW!

THE DRAGON IN THE DRAIN is now available in paperback on Amazonand the normal price will be 8.99.However,because I know lots of people who want to purchase a copy already very...

It’s been an amazing few days for THE DRAGON IN THE DRAIN. It’s been doing very well in the Amazon UK store, and is currently on the Top 100 Best Sellers list in the UK for three subcategories; in fact for one of those categories it’s in the top 20, rubbing shoulders with some of my literary heroes.

The fantastic feedback I’ve had so far from readers old and young, plus this screenshot (taken yesterday afternoon) has made all the work it’staken to get this far worthwhile. A huge thank you to...