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A collection of 60 posts

The Decrypt

The Decrypt - April 2026

Events, dear boy, events.

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On (not) quitting the day job

The risk-averse writer's guide to going part-time.

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The Decrypt - March 2026

Quarter one, done and done.

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The Decrypt - February 2026

A short month but a long update.

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The Decrypt - January 2026

Starting off the year slowly.

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The Decrypt - December 2025

And that's a wrap on an astonishing year.

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The Decrypt - November 2025

A very penultimate month.

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The Decrypt - October 2025

Another trip around the sun.

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The Decrypt - September 2025

A doubly delightful month.

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The Decrypt - August 2025

A supposedly quiet month.

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The Decrypt - July 2025

An award-winning and really quite surreal month.

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The Decrypt - June 2025

A pretty amazing month, tbh.

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The Decrypt - May 2025

The first book of the year is handed in.

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The Decrypt - April 2025

A month of events and editing.

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The Decrypt - March 2025

Finishing the first draft of Project Scarlet.

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The Decrypt - February 2025

A month of drafting and drafting some more.

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The Decrypt - January 2025

This year is off to a pretty good start.

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The Decrypt - December 2024

The end of my debut year.

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What I'm up to - November 2024

The penultimate month of an incredible year.

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What I'm up to - October 2024

And on to the next one...

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What I'm up to - September 2024

What it's like to become a published novelist. Settle in - this one's a long one.

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What I'm up to - August 2024

The storm before the storm?

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What I'm up to - July 2024

My first Harrogate Crime Writing Festival, first new story words this year, first anthology, book launch news, a blurb from an actual spy and more!

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What I'm up to - June 2024

Finishing a book and clearing the decks.

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What I'm up to - April 2024

In which I can have some new stuff I can't talk about.