I've published two collections of short stories (did I ever mention Basement Tales and You Could Make a Killing?) to test the waters in self-publishing, Kindle and so forth but these have been, in a sense, warm ups before I start publishing novels. I have a number of novels in various stage - one fully... Continue Reading →
This afternoon, Sunday 4th November at 4pm UK time, I'm going to try something different: I'll be appearing on an internet radio show entitled Stratford Words : (http://www.welcomberadio.co.uk) I've never done a radio show about writing in general, or my writing in particular. It's going to be a one hour interview with the show's host, Nick... Continue Reading →
A bit of Halloween free fiction...notes at the end... The Trick or Treat Perspective The man watched surreptitiously as his son approached the door. The boy walked forward tentatively and the man, from his hiding place, willed him on. Tommy had insisted on the sack-cloth looking latex mask – the one with stitched over lips... Continue Reading →
I'm really pleased to be able to pass on a couple of bits of news. Well, five to be exact.. My new collection of short stories, You Could Make a Killing, is as of today available in both print and Kindle on Amazon. Even better - Amazon have included the print version in their Prime... Continue Reading →
"Bateman". No, that’s not a school teacher style address. From his 2007 novel ‘I Predict a Riot’, until the last two books in his Dan Starkey series, Colin Bateman had his works branded with surname only (as the dedication of that novel states: "For my Christian name, gone but not forgotten", or as Bateman himself... Continue Reading →
If you've read my new collection, 'You Could Make a Killing' (and if you haven't - why not check out that link at the bottom of the page - if you have Kindle Unlimited you can read the whole thing for free, and if not, it's a measly £2.99 - go on, treat yourself...) the... Continue Reading →
In Yesterday's post I said I was going to spend a strict 4 hour period creating a short story for an upcoming Halloween Story session. I did. How did it go? Well, given that this was the first time I've written a fiction piece to a strict deadline since my GCE English Language Exam 33... Continue Reading →
I've previously written about flash fiction: stories of 1,000 words or less, I even included a few versions of my efforts in the subsection of it - micro fiction (100 words), and sudden fiction (750 words) elsewhere on this here site somewhere. Today I thought I'd try a different version of 'flash fiction' - although... Continue Reading →
On Wednesday night I did a two-hour session at Temperance, in Leamington Spa on publishing and writing. The session looked at the state of publishing today, different types of publishing opportunities, costs and opportunities, as well as some recommended resources, and some collected writing tips from the good and the great. While I continue to... Continue Reading →
Today's resource is part advice, part 'why would I listen to anything you say when you're clearly as dumb as a box of rocks'? Backup: Unbelievably obvious, right? This thought struck me as I spent a considerable part of last night and into the early hours of this morning, as well as this morning searching for... Continue Reading →
