The helleborus flower features strongly throughout the BLOOD BRUTE Series: in RISE OF ONE, Rise plucks them from the base of a fallen...

This is something I'm grappling with lately, as reviews for Rise of One come in. Some readers naturally expected a lot more horror...

The 6th January is traditionally when the Xmas decorations come down and the festivities are finally over for another year. During...

A stunning copy of The Man With a Fox at His Back by Chani Petro! This isn't the first Kickstarter of hers that I've supported, I'm...

I've posted before about the giant A3 calendar that I created for November / December, leading up to the launch of Rise of One. And, with...

As the first year of a new decade, I was fully prepared to head into 2020 ready for action and huge change. Of course, we all know how...

LOOK what arrived! A huge box of Rise of One paperbacks, all waiting to be signed and sent all over the world to those kind and amazing...

2020 has been a year where we've had to confront so many aspects of our lives that just aren't working for us. Sure, I published my first...

Literal footage of me trying to keep everything from slipping off the sofa while taking a selfie! I adore this lull between Xmas & New...

Since RISE OF ONE's launch, things have been a bit of a blur! However, one thing that's really stood out are the messages I've received,...

Between my mum's death in January, COVID & moving to WFH full-time, to getting a throat abscess that still messes with the nerves in my...

⁠ With Rise of One's launch this coming Tuesday, it's hard not to feel overwhelmed with everything, all the last minute marketing bits...

I learnt that lesson from @evelynfromtheinternets and I think, being Irish, it's particularly important. We have a culture here of 'the...

One word at a time, is my answer to that! People often think that being an author also means you need a Degree in English or a Masters...

Christmas is my favourite time of year & there's nothing I love more than that cosy wind-down, the early darkness, the laziness that...

The quotation that I decided on for BLOOD BRUTE's first book, RISE OF ONE, is from a poem by Theodore Roethke called ROOT CELLAR. He...

I work full-time on top of being an #indie #author and running my own imprint, Thunderloft Press. It ain't easy, I'll tell you that! It...

Inspiration . . . Mary Renault is the author I most aspire to be like, to write like, and she’s also just my gosh darn favourite writer....

Today, there was no focus. There was some gaming & goofing off in Minecraft Realms. But, for the past week that I’ve had off work,...

I’m currently working hard on the outline for Book 2 of the Blood Brute series. Having a vision for not just this book, keeping in mind...