Every series needs a solid foundation, and Vinci’s designers have delivered the goods. Your first chance to see the super A+ Content for the opening title in The Phoenix Series – The changes keep coming for the remaining 11 titles in the series: And another thing: What always surprises me is how many famous authors […]
Read Full PostHere are the fabulous new covers for The Phoenix Series. What do you think? Many thanks to the amazing Stuart Bache at Vinci Books. These covers should appear on Amazon in the next few days, together with the re-branding Vinci decides is right for the Product Pages. The new images are striking and represent the […]
Read Full PostExciting times lie ahead. I’m delighted to announce that I’ve signed with Vinci-Books, a new UK publishing house. This partnership with Vinci-Books brings a host of benefits. It will significantly increase my distribution footprint, making my books more widely available. They are currently available on Amazon in English as paperbacks and eBooks, with audio versions […]
Read Full PostMany years ago I learned the lyrics of the song – ‘You Never Can Tell’. Chuck Berry had a way with words that was so different from the standard pop song lyrics. They were complicated, and a devil to learn. That seems to sum up everything facing me at present. You never can tell what […]
Read Full PostWhen I get an unexpected success, it’s all the more satisfying. As many of you know, I closed the door on Larcombe Manor and the Phoenix Series in 2018, and spent a year polishing the twelve books I’d believed would get me noticed. A Featured Deal in March 2019 started the ball rolling, and a […]
Read Full PostUnicorn – a legendary creature described since antiquity as a beast with a single large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. So, what have I been up to? I trawled through the long list of Also Bought authors on my Freeman & Phoenix titles, and produced spreadsheets allowing me to produce League Tables. Think […]
Read Full PostMusic is one of my passions, and at the end of February a DJ from a club we played at regularly reminded me it was 50 years to the day since we supported Genesis at the Granary Club, in Bristol. Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, and the others were on the brink of stardom and they […]
Read Full PostFive weeks ago, I was heading to Ibiza for a holiday in the sun. I took plenty of reading material, plus paper and pens to start Sowing The Seeds for the new series. I had a great time… and apart from a few random thoughts I scribbled on the homeward flight, I admit to achieving […]
Read Full PostTHE PHOENIX: A NECESSARY EVIL? One book grabbed my attention a few weeks ago. It was ‘Closure’ written by Randall Wood. ‘Closure’ was #1 in his Jack Randall novels and published in December 2009. Even though my review would be lost among the hundreds that the story has received in the intervening period, I needed […]
Read Full PostWHAT MOULDED THE CHARACTER OF THE PHOENIX? Colin Bailey was the main protagonist in my first two action thrillers; his story began in ‘The Final Straw’ where the events took place which led him on a seemingly endless campaign of revenge and his quest for justice. His character was set in stone the moment I […]
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