Launching a novel on Substack

I’m publishing a weekly serial; here’s how I’m doing it.

Lore, exposition & world building

Is ‘lore’ something which excites you or provokes a roll of the…

Scrivener 3 and why you should give it a go

I’ve been using Scrivener to write my projects since 2012 and it’s no coincidence…

Bring your characters to life with Metahuman

How I’m creating photoreal faces for my fictional…

9 useful platforms for writers

Free ways to publish and find readers

The state of serialisation

Looking at the serialisation of prose fiction in 2021 and beyond.

Writing in-universe research

I’m trying something new with my next project. It’s the most ambitious speculative fiction book I’ve…

Does my writing have value?

It’s a good time to be a reader. Shelves in bookshops are overflowing with traditionally published books. If…

Writing public first drafts

(and why it isn’t a completely terrible idea)

About those unfinished novels

Why is it so hard to just FINISH a damn project?