First question: Do you have friends and family who are writers? It doesn’t matter if they’re published or not. If they write, they’re writers. Second question: Do you know what to get them for Christmas and how to help them Read more…
I normally take a moment in December to look back over the year that is almost at an end, but 2020 has hardly been a ‘normal’ year. So I’m taking that moment in November instead. The Elephant in the World’s Read more…
If you want to get into the mood for the Halloween season, nothing tops a scary read, or two. Whether your preferred scares are ghosts, vampires, re-animated corpses, demonic, or psychological, I have a book to suit. The Graveyard Book Read more…
I can officially announce that Burning Chair Publishing have offered me a publishing contract for the second book in my YA fantasy series. On 14th September, I happily emailed my signed publishing contract back to Burning Chair and began the Read more…
If I haven’t mentioned it enough already, my debut novel Haven Wakes was launched by the wonderful Burning Chair Publishing last year. They’re busy people with all their 2020 book launches, but I finally managed to catch up with Pete Read more…
It’s summer and time to get on with some holiday reading, so I thought I’d share what books I’ll be delving into for the next few weeks. 2020 Together This is an anthology of shorts, collated to raise money for Read more…
On the last day of June, something awful happened. MailerLite broke. Let me explain. I use MailerLite to send out my author newsletter at the end of each month, but due to an infrastructure upgrade – “the most complex project Read more…
This time last year, I posted a blog about what was going on in my life: I’d just finished the developmental edit of my debut novel Haven Wakes and forwarded it to the guys at Burning Chair. My chatty muse Read more…
Today, I’d like to introduce you to M J Mallon, YA author, poet, photographer and book blogger. 1. When did you first call yourself a writer? I’d say I first called myself a writer when I started my blog six Read more…
Okay, hands up, I’m sure a lot of you already know how to leave a reader review. In fact some of my marvellous readers have done just that: A very good read especially for teenagers but as an adult I Read more…
