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Daynote - Fri 27th Sep 2024

I had a lovely day down south yesterday. I was in Bristol for my day job (where my very lovely team celebrated my book launch, I gave a talk on my parallel career as a UX designer and I had a very nice pasty for lunch) and then caught the

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Daynote - Thu 26th Sep 2024

An early start today, waking up in central London on the Caledonian Sleeper. And as of this writing, I'm just about to arrive in Bristol for my day job. ON DECK: A cheeky 1,728 words this morning on the train to Bristol. Something about trains really works

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Daynote - Wed 25th Sep 2024

It's a beautiful, crisp morning, but I didn't get out for a walk today, which makes me sad. Still, I'm heading off to London this evening, so I'll get plenty of steps in later today. ON DECK: A solid 1,346 words

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Daynote - Fri 20th Sep 2024

September weather has properly set in after a few days of unseasonable sunshine and heat - as evidenced by the soaking wet cat that woke me up this morning. One of those mornings where I have no memory of turning off my alarm and just wake up late, so I

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Daynote - Thu 19th Sep 2024

Hard to believe, but A RELUCTANT SPY has been out in the world for a full calendar week as of this morning. That's kind of wild to me. I had been warned by various author friends about the huge crash that comes after a book launch, and I&

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Daynote - Wed 18th Sep 2024

I use this image on my daynotes whenever my brain feels a bit like this, and today is one of those days. I'm not exactly in a slump, per se, but definitely a bit of a post-release haze/comedown. To forestall any concerned queries, this isn't

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Daynote - Tue 17th Sep 2024

It's audiobook release day for A RELUCTANT SPY! The graphic above is from Audible, but it's also available on a range of other services, including Kobo, Libro.fm and Google Play. The book is narrated by Norman Bowman who has done a cracking job. It'

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Daynote - Mon 16th Sep 2024

And wow - back to reality. I'm back at the day job today after an incredible weekend at Bloody Scotland. I was a Crime in the Spotlight reader on Saturday, and I got to read from my novel to several hundred people in the Albert Halls just before

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Carnival Films options 'A Reluctant Spy' for TV

This news broke a little late yesterday for me to get a post up before heading to my launch event in Edinburgh, but as my social media notifications will attest, it's kind of big! I'm very, very pleased (and still a little stunned tbh) to announce

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A Reluctant Spy - Launch Day

Well, the day is finally here. My debut novel A RELUCTANT SPY is out! Something I've been working towards for thirty years (somewhat inconsistently at times) has finally come to pass. You can buy it pretty much everywhere, but my Linktree has a whole range of options, including

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Daynote - Wed 11th Sep 2024 - Here we go!

Well. Here we are. One day to go. My attention is all over the place, some really lovely reviews are dropping and I am very, very excited. ON DECK: I'll be honest, I have absolutely not stuck to my plan to try and get a little writing done

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Daynote - Mon 9th Sep 2024 - A Signing in Brighton

I was quite, quite unprepared for what it would look like when I saw all of the Goldsboro Crime Collective special editions in one place. It was an incredible honour to be selected as the launch title for this brand-new subscription book box, and an even greater honour to be

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Daynote - Sun 8th Sep 2024

Well, here's a rare daynote on a Sunday, for a couple of reasons! The biggest one is above, which is a review of my book in today's Sunday Times. The thing about press coverage is you quite often don't actually learn whether you'

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Daynote - Fri 6th Sep 2024

Last day of my day job today, then we're into Release Week Proper. Ahhh.

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Daynote - Thu 5th Sep 2024

Seven calendar days. Wow.

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Daynote - Wed 4th Sep 2024

Eight days to go and a new blurb.

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Daynote - Tue 3rd Sep 2024

We are in single figure days, people. Not long now!

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Daynote - Mon 2nd Sep 2024

Hey, it's me, in the FT!

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What I'm up to - August 2024

The storm before the storm?

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Daynote - Fri 30th Aug 2024

It's the last day of August.

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Daynote - Thu 29th Aug 2024 - Two weeks!

I'm astonished to note that there are TWO. WEEKS. LEFT.

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Daynote - Wed 28th Aug 2024

A status update full of things I can't talk about.

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Daynote - Tue 27th Aug 2024

Hell of a day yesterday. Lots and lots of people got in touch to say how excited they were about the Goldsboro Crime Collective special edition, which was really lovely. And I got lots of writing done. ON DECK: I'm glad I started writing again yesterday, because it

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Daynote - Mon 26th Aug 2024 - Goldsboro Special Edition!

Starting the week off on a massive high!

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Edinburgh Bookshop Tour for 'A Reluctant Spy'

Yesterday I spent most of the day visiting bookshops in Edinburgh to meet booksellers and hand out a few samplers of A RELUCTANT SPY. It was just a fantastic day.