Delighted to be able to post some more pictures from the Destiny of Souls launch event on 7th April. Many thanks to Linda Quashie and Bill Cleghorn for all the great photographs

The Audience Gathers in Anticipation
Chance for a Little Advertising While They Wait

The Presentation Begins With a Dramatic ...

Delighted to see two local papers carrying features on me and my second novel, Destiny of Souls this week!


The Hawick Paper


The Southern Reporter

It was back to Mainstreet Trading in St Boswells for the launch event for my second novel, Destiny of Souls. A thoroughly enjoyable evening included a powerpoint show, presentation, readings, Q&A session, book signing, drinks and nibbles. Fantastic venue, great audience, good questions, and terr...

Learning more about this craft as time goes on, I've now adopted a system for the redrafting process. This includes the 'technical draft' as I call it: the third draft, where I look at any potentially overused words (one early draft of my first novel featured the word 'terrible' 72 times) and iron o...