The Magpies was launched a month ago today and it’s been a pretty phenomenal month. The book has now sold 40,000 copies, which is way beyond my initial expectations (although I am always optimistic). It’s currently sitting at No.2 on Amazon UK and has over 90 five star reviews. Of course it could all go [...]
This week has been crazy – after stalling in the thirties, The Magpies has flown into the Amazon UK top ten and is currently sitting at No.7 (although it changes every hour so could well have dropped by the time I finish writing this blog post). It reached No.6 yesterday, its highest position so far. [...]
The ebook charts have changed a lot in the last two years. Last week, I launched my first self-published novel since 2011, The Magpies, and have discovered it’s a lot harder than it used to be. Two years ago – in February 2011 – my co-writer Louise Voss and I self-published our thriller Killing Cupid, [...]
The world is full of clichés about never giving up your dreams, of try-try-try again. It’s what fuels reality shows like The X Factor. It’s a story that athletes and celebrities use to fill the pages of their autobiographies, between the early chapters on their childhood and their big break. For writers, who dream of [...]
I was interviewed by Joanna Penn, of The Creative Penn, about my journey and how I had a No.1 Kindle bestseller. Watch and enjoy! Watch here on YouTube (For some reason I can’t get the embed code to work – it keeps bringing up a different Joanna Penn Video, hence the link to YouTube.)
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