Category: Books

  • On Pirates and Parrots

    Had a question come in via Twitter the other day, asking why pirates have traditionally been depicted as having parrots on their shoulders, so thought I’d post some quick thoughts… Truth be told, there is little evidence that lots of pirates did have parrots perched on them – the image appears to have begun with…

  • Errata

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    As copies of Mutiny! get around and are being read, people have been getting in touch highlighting some typos etc.. I have mixed feelings about this… obviously I aimed to put out a ‘perfect’ manuscript, but at the same time, was aware that with the model I was using I didn’t have the services of…

  • ‘For Nic’

    “Cancer takes so much, it’s ruthless, however there are some things it can’t touch. It can’t take how you feel about someone; it can’t steal what has already been written…” Seems that copies of Mutiny! are arriving and people are getting stuck in, which is brilliant. Can’t wait to hear how people have found it…though,…

  • Press / Review Copies of Mutiny

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    As Mutiny! is being self-published, there’s no ‘big machine’ behind it to be able to easily distribute lots of gratis copies for reviewers…sorry! However, I obviously want people to be able to get hold of the book if they are going to help publicise it. So, for a limited time, I’ve arranged for reviewers to…

  • Mutiny! Available Now!

    The time for Mutiny has finally come! I was going to wait until everything had worked itself through various systems and things were sorted on Amazon and iBookstore etc, but in the end I thought sod it – just let the thing run free now… especially as Lulu are offering a really nice site-wide discount…

  • Mutiny [5] – Original Pirate Material

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    Check back tomorrow for some big news on Mutiny… but in the mean time, here’s the book stack that influenced most of my thinking. Some you should be familiar with, others may be not so! As you can see…the source material for this one is wide and varied, and hopefully a little different from some…