I’m so pleased to be able to announce my new book The Stamp Brotherhood is available on Amazon now in paperback and on Kindle. I’ve kept the cover under wraps for the longest time and it wasn’t until I saw it in all its glossy glory that I realised how special the work Adam had …
Category Archives: Writing
The Stamp Brotherhood – teaser trailer
What a beautiful morning in god’s county (Essex). I’ve had my dippy eggs on toast and a mug of green tea and I am excited to reveal the teaser for my new novel The Stamp Brotherhood. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG8BXyXvmn0 When I wrote The Stamp Collective I thought I was using a lot of myself up. It is …
Judgement Day
Last weekend we were standing in a queue for an ATM in the small market town of Hay-on-Wye. I was convinced to go to the small market town of Hay-on-Wye because it is a pilgrimage for bibliophiles. What is it about the suffix -phile that still makes me feel a bit dirty? I love books. …
Poo-ru
This week I have started redrafting my book about my time trekking in Peru. It is between titles at the moment. I was shocked to discover the level of exposure I had given to how poorly I became on my trek. I’m concerned it might be a bit much for a travel journal but wanted …
The Avenue Of Overhangs.
My friendship with Zach can be described by two and a half words; rock ‘n’ roll. It was at least the search for, or our attempt to be rock ‘n’ roll that led to us becoming friends. We came at it from different angles, him from the harsh unforgiving north with the strikes and the …
Dear Self Confidence
This week I was invited by the lovely nun-mums of Old Trunk to give a reading at another of their Tales & Ales events. The subject was ‘A Letter To…’ and performers had free reign to write a letter to whoever or whatever they saw fit. Here is mine. Dear Self Confidence, Hi, it’s me …
Contact.
This week I got drunk and decided to send emails. I can’t be held responsible for what I do when I’m drunk. If anything, I consider the moron who occupies my body when I’m drunk to be an entirely different person to myself. I call him Drunk Paul. He’s sort of like my Tyler Durden, …
Feedback to the future…
This week I got my first actual written correspondence from an actual literary agent. This is huge for me. As you may be aware I started sending out manuscripts to agents in 2011. Situation One, Visions Of Violet, The Stamp Collective and Yours Sincerely, Southend have all been packaged up at one time or another …
Peru: a review.
It has been a week since I got back from Peru. It feels like I never went away but it also feels as if I was there for a lot longer than the week I was allowed. It was one of the most beautiful countries I have ever visited, the locals were engaging and incredible, the …
Free download of Yallah!
My new book Yallah! The Sahara Journal is free to download on Kindle until Friday. Get it here.
