My mood has continued in its downward track. This is another way of saying I’m having a depressive episode. This isn’t what I wanted to talk about but- when I was still working full time and I started getting signed off work due to depression, I got really annoyed when the doctors wrote ‘low mood’…

I have a new book out, which is always a strange experience for me. Many, many years ago I went to the doctor. I told him I’d been feeling depressed for a long time, but I really struggled to articulate what that actually meant. I had to see several doctors because I got them to…

I finished up a novel draft this week, which means it’s time to start working on the next one. Normally I might have a bit of time off but we’re still under lockdown in the UK, and writing is giving me a sense of purpose. One of the most enjoyable parts of novel pre-production, for…

There is an idea that is popular on the internet: big business stifles creative expression. There is some truth to this. All you need to do to understand this truth is to look at the films put out by the largest production companies, or the games produced by EA, Ubisoft and Activision. Obviously, if all…

Here is an incomplete list of my health problems: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Depression and Anxiety, likely as a result of the CFS Skin Cancer (in remission) Dyslexia A possible sleep disorder These things together mean maintaining a daily routine is hard. I can never garauntee how much I’ll be able to do on any one…

I wrote an end of year Top Ten list at the end of 2017. I am uploading it now. Life is hard.   LIST: Top  ten TV shows of 2017 1)      The Good Place – Series 2 What is it? The Good Place follows four characters who are in the afterlife. In this universe there…

I’m in pre-production of my next book, it’s very exciting. When I wrote my first book, I didn’t even know I was writing a book. It just happened. I started off writing a short story that got really out of control. More or less the same thing happened with my second and third books (the…

As you can probably tell, I don’t blog much. This is mainly because I have limited concentration for writing, so when I write, I want to be working on useful stuff. Right now, this means my books. But I’m on a little holiday from my current book, so I thought I’d do an update. Why…

Television: It’s been a bit of an odd year for Television. Two of my favourite 2015 shows were renewed for a second series… but they wouldn’t broadcast until 2017. Doctor Who, similarly, took a year off. No, I have no idea why. Still, we’ve had no shortage of good shows this year. Some of them…

Well, I must say it’s lovely getting all these nice reviews for Confessions of a Gentleman Arachnid.  ‘…certainly one of the most original stories I’ve read, not least from the characters. Clodthorpe is a character who finds himself utterly out of his depth, which renders the action that much more entertaining and the supporting characters…