• Author Q&A today, inspired by a reader of The Blue Man who asked me: “Have you ever played a ouija board like your characters in The [...]

  Have I ever played a ouija board like my characters in The Blue Man?

  April 26, 2025
• This Easter break, I set myself a new challenge: climbing Slieve Donard. For those of you who are reading this post from elsewhere in the world, [...]

  Climbing Slieve Donard – what I learned from hiking up Northern Ireland’s highest mountain

  April 19, 2025
• In my experience, writing a novel is the literary equivalent of acting: an actor has to do research to prepare for a role, in order to become the [...]

  Getting ideas and doing research for novels

  May 12, 2022
• Lately I’ve been asked on a few occasions about how long I’ve been writing and where I get my ideas. I told them that I’ve been [...]

  Novel insanity: I write therefore I am

  March 26, 2022

• Q: Where did you get the inspiration for your latest novel? A: Gods of Avalon Road began life as a short story. Initially it was a horror piece [...]

  Author Q&A: Inspiration for Gods of Avalon Road

  November 7, 2019
• It’s that time of year again when colds and flus are rife. When the season of norovirus is upon us, in the ever darkening northern [...]

  In sickness and in health – writing and illness

  November 17, 2016