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  • Ralph and the Four Unicorns of the Apocalypse – Published

    Hi every one, well good news, I finally published this epic comic fantasy book – Ralph and the Four Unicorns of the Apocalypse. It should be available to purchase really soon using the link below. https://books2read.com/u/3JzRpP Time to get one with editing the next Book – The Phantom of the Nativity

  • Ralph and the Four Unicorns of the Apocalypse – Updated Cover design

    So I’ve been tinkering with the AI again late tonight, and have tweaked my previous and rather lame attempt at a book cover for my latest book ‘Ralph and the Four Unicorns of the Apocalypse. It had drama, a spaniel named Ralph, and Small hellhound in the form of a Pug, and of course Gordon…

  • Ralph & The Four Unicorns Of The Apocalypse.

    Chapter 1 There are many places in the world where one might reasonably expect to find the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. A battlefield, for instance.A plague‑ridden city.A motorway service station at 2 a.m. But on the particular Tuesday when the world’s doom was officially scheduled, the Horsemen were instead sitting in a rural Somerset…

  • An Admission

    So I have tried and tried to not use AI, but here is the thing, It is just getting so good, and so cheap to use, that I have found myself questioning why I pay an exorbitant amount of money to editors and cover designers for stuff which cost pennies using AI. Now I know…

  • Exciting Announcement.

    Ralph and the Four Unicorns of the Apocalypse, 1st Draft completed I know it has been a long time since I last wrote on this blog, but I have been concentration on getting the 1st draft of my latest book complete. ‘Ralph and the Four Unicorns of the Apocalypse’ is a comedy/fantasy/fiction about how a…

  • Why Does it Feel Like I’m Writing a History Book Right Now!

    So I’ve been trying to work on a new project, a Novel. Some would say its a bit Orwellian, and In truth it is. But I’ve been struggling with it for the last couple of weeks. The premise of the story is that AI has already taken over control of the world, and us the…

  • Was I right to Sh1t Can my Writing Career

    So I looked back and my last post was in August, and I want to apologise to anyone who may of been waiting for my next post. Life has a nasty habit of creeping up behind you and giving you a good hard kick up the arse sometimes, and September was just one of those…

  • When Things Don’t Go As Expected

    I’ve been working on a project which I have publicly called TPOTN. And the base of this was to take a screenplay I wrote last year called The Phantom of the Nativity and make it into a novel. Simple you would think. I have the script surely all I’ve got to do is follow the…

  • A Walk on the (literature) Wild Side.

    Welcome to this weeks blog post, and if you are a new reader, Welcome and I hope you enjoy reading it. If your a returning follower, thank you for coming back. This week has been a bit of an eye opener for me. If you remember from my previous post, I said I was going…

  • Glad To Be Back From The Real World (It’s scary out there folks!)

    So I’ve been away from the desk for a week or two. Unfortunately I had to visit the real world for a while to earn some cash. But I’m back, and raring to go on my current project TPOTN. So what did I learn out there away from the desk. Firstly normal people are weird,…