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A Bump in the Night – book trailer!

Here it is, the book trailer for A Bump in the Night. Enjoy! A Bump in the Night is available in ebook and print at Click to rate this post!

A Bump in the Night – book release

After much ado, I can finally say that A Bump in the Night is now available! So… what’s it about? Despite the title, A Bump in the Night is not a horror story. It’s not going to scare you (it really isn’t – but it might make …

A Bump in the Night – cover reveal

Good things come to those that wait… or so I’m told. If so, there is a rather large van speeding its way towards me as I write with a logo plastered on the side displaying the words ‘Good Things’. Of course, the driver has never heard of …

“Beware!” – a poem from the novella “A Bump in the Night”

This is the poem that comes from the soon to be released novella, A Bump in the Night. Originally, I had intended to release the novella for Halloween. The fact that living in a rural part of the world that exists outside of the US means that …

Running Upstream

How do you choose a book? I was asked this question a few months ago by a visitor to this blog. You won’t see the question if you search the comments. The reason is not that I deleted it, but because the person asking the …

The Forgotten Picnic Basket

In between shaping earth, scribbling in notebooks and bringing Mac back from the dead, I have also been working with an author/illustrator on their short story, “The Forgotten Picnic Basket“. The story is a simple, but heartwarming, tale about a forgotten picnic basket and the little mouse …

“Glade” – another excerpt

As I haven’t posted much in the last few months, I have decided to post another brief excerpt from “GLADE” (brief being the keyword here). This glittering shard of text is part of the poem that presents itself to the reader, all draped in leaves and …

Six Months On and Not Counting, or: How I Stopped Worrying About Deadlines and Continued to Ignore Word Counts

Six months? Already? Well, certainly as the calendar reads, but whoever believes those things anyway? What follows is a brief interview with a mirror… Are you finished? In short… no, “GLADE” is not ‘finished’. Despite having largely written “GLADE”, I cannot bring myself to call …

“Glade” – a brief update

It’s been a while since I gave an update regarding “GLADE“. In short, the book is very nearly complete. It will not, however, be released before the next deadline comes… and goes. As a result, I’ve taken down the counter. There really is no point …

‘Glade’ – an excerpt

Despite my better judgment, I have decided to post a brief excerpt from Glade. The book is to be divided into three parts. This fragment will appear within in part one. I won’t explain who, where, and why. It is, as I say, just a snippet …