To conclude a busy year I've been working on two quite different pieces this week.

For The Guardian , a blog about the Northern Writer's Award and the everyday hustle of being a writer of novels.

And for the New Statesman a piece about the Ian Watkins case, in a broader music business context.

In other news: the first print run of Snorri & Frosti published by 3AM Press has now sold out.

This is the first thing of mine other than my integrity that has sold out so thank you to everyone...