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  • The Witches

    Has Entered The Editing Stage The Witches book has finally entered the final editing stage. I am up to 4th Draft of the book and I feel it is storywise as good as it’s going to get. Time to get this book completed and published. But even when the edit is completed there is still…

  • The Witches are Coming (soon)

    So my next book is progressing well. The Witches of Rumbly Combe is nearing the end of the drafting phase, and then starts the long a laborious process of editing. It has been fun writing this book, I have yet again taken off the shackles of normality, thrown away the rule book (well most of…

  • An Artist, I’m Not!

    I recently received some criticism over using AI to generate my cover art work below. It went along the lines Oh AI this and AI That. Now here the thing, I am by virtue a writer. I can just about hold a cup of coffee and type at the same time. What I can’t do…

  • People Watching is the Best for finding Characters

    I have been pondering how I find the characters for my books. and I have concluded that it isn’t by sheer chance that most of my characters appear to me. I am; and I have to admit this shamefully, a people watcher. I find the thrill of street theatre to be compelling. I love watching…

  • Back at the Keyboard (An Exciting Announcement.)

    So after launching the last two books (Ralph and The Four Unicorns of the Apocalypse, and MacDonald’s Farm – Fleas Have Feelings Too!), I am once again sat in front of the trusty old keyboard working on my next novel. Based in the same insane and whimsically weird, village of Rumbly Combe in the deepest…

  • Ralph and the Four Unicorns of the Apocalypse – Illustrated Audio Book – Chapter 3

    He everyone, Charlie here, I’m please to announce that I have started converting Ralph and the Four Unicorns of the Apocalypse to an Illustrated Audio Book on You-Tube. I started this little project so my Brother-in-law could enjoy the story. He is suffering from a degenerative condition which makes it difficult for him to read…

  • Ralph and the Four Unicorns of the Apocalypse – Illustrated Audio Book

    He everyone, Charlie here, I’m please to announce that I have started converting Ralph and the Four Unicorns of the Apocalypse to an Illustrated Audio Book on You-Tube. I started this little project so my Brother-in-law could enjoy the story. He is suffering from a degenerative condition which makes it difficult for him to read…

  • New Book Announcement

    I am very excited to announce the imminent release of my next book MacDonald’s Farm – Fleas Have Feeling Too! I am starting to get through a large backlog of books I wrote, but never really quite got around to doing the edits and preparations for publishing. I’ll be posting updates, and offering some promotional…

  • New Promotional Short

    Hi, well being broke makes you try different things than people who have large advertising budgets. But here is the thing, your audience still expects a certain level of professionalism. And without any budget that can be really hard to achieve. So I rethought about AI and its uses. For me it allows me to…

  • Shocking Image Released From Jones’ Bakery

    Jones’ Bakery have release a shocking image of a recent incident where a small Black Pug raided it’s shop on the High Street and proceeded to eat all the sausage rolls and the tray they were served on. Mr Jones said about the incident; ‘He just pushed his way in to the shop, hopped up…