Sir Terry Pratchett is my favourite author, the Discworld my favourite series, and the City Watch books my favourite subset of those novels. Snuff, therefore, had a high bar to …
Book Review: Snuff (Discworld #39) by Terry Pratchett
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Book Review: Galaxy in Flames by Ben Counter
Let’s just start with a little context setting, given that this is book III in the series. If you’ve read my review of Horus Rising, you’ll know what first enticed …
Halfway through 2025? Time for a reading update
Yes, yes, isn’t the year going quick? Where’s it disappearing to? Gosh, it’s July already? And all that. Picture the scene: it’s January and you’ve decided that you’re going to …
Book Review: Why Can’t I Just Enjoy Things, by Pierre Novellie
I’m slightly mad about this book, if I’m honest. And the reason why is because if/when I ever got around to writing a book about autism, it would have been …
Book Review: The Puzzle Wood, by Rosie Andrews
I’d like to start by apologising to any other books I may read this year, because The Puzzle Wood has set the bar incredibly high. This fast-paced gothic mystery kept …
Enjoying an uncharacteristic bout of confidence in my fiction
I submitted two pieces for competitions and I’m actually feeling…positive? Two competitions entered in April. Guess those strategies for overcoming self-doubt paid off. And weirdly, I seem to have swung, like …
How to beat the fear of submitting your work
I want to enter some writing competitions. Now would be a great time to doubt myself, right? There are two competitions I want to enter in April, and just thought …
5 thoughts that kept me going when confidence in my novel collapsed
The world suddenly seemed so vast, and I felt so small. The situation was laughable; how could I possibly have believed I was ready for this? This year I’ve challenged …
A flash review of every book I’ve read in 2021
2021 was a great year for me in terms of reading. Here’s a super-short review of all the books I read in the past 12 months, and which was my …
Writing disaster strikes: Dude, where’s my book?
A few weeks ago we had a ‘wellness weekend’ in work. They gave us all Monday and Friday off to make sure we all took some time out to relax, …