Candy Jar Books is pleased to announce that a brand new collection of Christmas short stories in The Lucy Wilson Mysteries series is now up for pre-order, and will be released just in time for Christmas. The short story collection entitled The Best Christmas Ever contains three stories by popular
Confession time. I’ve been cheating on my regular podcast over at South Wales ONE, recording an episode of The Tardis Crew with Baz and Ben Greenland, Tim Gambrell, and Andy Frankham-Allen. Listen here: https://pod.link/1583099966/episode/cfc0dc916ff39308080cae0ad4c37b10?s=09 If the names of the hosts and guests sound familiar, it’s because you might also know
New #doctorwho theory… It seems more or less canonical that when The Doctor regenerates, they choose a face from their own past. Someone they’ve seen before. But where does the personality come from? Why are they grumpy, or funny, or cunning, or brave? Well, what if that personality is also someone they
It’s a cold and somewhat damp night here in Cardiff. Autumn is giving way swiftly to winter and Christmas is drawing near. I find I write more in the autumn and winter; perhaps it is the dark nights keeping me indoors or perhaps it is the rich vein of inspiration
I’m pretty relaxed about the whole Timeless Child thing. I get why some parts of Who fandom are angry about it, I get why some parts are confused by it (I am, if I think about it too hard), and I get that a lot of people are fine with
Exciting news this week as Candy Jar announce that my story “The Arcade of Doom” us being re-released as the kick off story in a new collection, “Attack if the Quarks”. If you’re not familiar with the Quarks, they are some pretty unassuming looking robots from Classic Doctor Who. I
Is it weird to do a roundup of the year when that year was 2020? Well, it may have been the year that none of us could wait to see the back of, but it was still quite an exciting year for me on the publication front. In fact, it’s
The gap between a book being released and the first reader reviews coming in is a strange and nerve-wracking time. In one sense you exist, as a writer, in a state of grace. You did it. The book is out. Achievement unlocked, level up. In another, very real, sense you
I’d forgotten I recorded this back when the website was up on bricks like a stolen car on the wrong side of town. It’s only a short recording but I love doing readings, especially of my kids books, so thought it was worth sharing again. I recorded this at home