Book Launch

The launch of my book The Gordian Knot was held at Whitstable Rugby Club on Saturday evening (2nd August). About 50 guests were invited and the evening went very well.

The table was full of research notes, edited manuscripts, advertising leaflets and hand written text that went to make up the final paperback.

Books piled up ready to sign

Both books in the Torc Trilogy, just one more left to write.
My speech notes can be seen on the left of the table.  The envelopes hold character profiles.  I raffled off two characters to help raise money for charity.  These characters will appear in the next book.

A transcript of an interview I did with Kimberly Eve.  It appeared on her blog; Kimberly Eve Musings of a Writer and also on Facebook.  It can be read on my website.

Artwork and ideas that went into creating the cover.  The Celtic or Trinity knot looks splendid against the black background of the book cover.

Some of my guests being bored by my speech!

Signing books.

Me 'dancing around' whilst speaking!

The Gordian Knot

My latest novel The Gordian Knot is now available from Amazon.com and co.uk.
It can also be found on sites such as Barnes and Noble etc or order from all good bookshops.

Happy reading everyone!

A significant date

Fantastic news, My novel 'The Gordian Knot' should be available from 11th July on Amazon.

Pop up Bookshop

My books have appeared on the shelf of Daisy White's Pop Up Booktique.
The Witness is on the  left hand shelf bottom left, (the picture of the girl on the cover), and The Belgae Torc is on the right hand display, second shelf, fourth book in.  I think this may have been a display from Ardingly, East Sussex.
My new book, due to be released later this month is called The Gordian Knot and is the second book in The Torc Trilogy.

Working on a dreary old day.

The weather this weekend in the south east of England is not going to be inspiring to say the least.  It's warm but overcast with the promise of rain.  It is afterall Wimbledon season so what would one expect from the Great British weather?
Today I received the PDF version of my novel The Gordian Knot from my publisher and now I have to spend the weekend reading through it again searching for stray errors and bits I might not be happy with. This will be the last opportunity I have to make changes before its locked down and sent to the printers.
Exciting times, at last after over a year of hard work the book will come into being, just in time for my book launch on Saturday 2nd August.

Introducing The Gordian Knot

I have to apologise for the quality of the pictures in this blog.  I tried everything to load up images from my computer, but for some reason the files were not compatible so I had to use dodgy photographs instead.

This is the cover of my next book The Gordian Knot.  It's the second part in the Torc Trilogy, the first book being The Belgae Torc.

This is a poster of the synopsis that will be displayed at my book launch.

The manuscript is almost ready to go.  The proof readers are due to return it to me this weekend and once I've made a few minor changes it will be ready for the publisher.  The book should be available from Amazon on Kindle and Paperback from the middle of July, you will also be able to order from all good bookshops.

The official book launch will be on Saturday August 2nd, invitations are currently being prepared.

At the launch I intend to raffle off two characters, one Female and one Male.  The winners will have the opportunity to have their name assigned to these characters and appear in the final part of the trilogy.  All money raised will go to a nominated charity.

New Book Launch Venue

Whitstable Rugby Club

I have finally secured a venue for my book launch.  This year it will be held on Saturday 2nd August at Whitstable Rugby Club.  This is my old club, I used to play for Whitstable and also coach the Mini and Junior section.  I was fixture secretary for the Mini and Juniors, and was a member of the committee for about twelve years.  I left all that behind in 2002 and have not been back to the clubhouse since, so it was a trip down memory lane when I called in there last week to make the arrangements for my book launch.

The rugby club is bigger than where I usually hold my events and it also benefits from having its own car park.  Parking in the town is a premium and during July and August the place is usually full of visitors.  The rugby club is easier to find, and as I have more and more guests attending each year it was important to find an alternative and bigger venue.

Latest news on progress.

• The book cover has now been agreed and it looks great.
• The manuscript is undergoing proofreading and comments coming back are very good.
• Promotion opportunities are under way with an appearance at Canterbury library on 1st November.
• My publisher is helping me to promote my books in libraries across Britain and Canterbury want copies of the book as soon as its available.

I am now busy researching for the next book in The Torc Trilogy.  I'm itching to write the first chapter but am holding back as there are loads of things I need to do in the run up to the launch.  I also have to update my website, so busy, busy, busy!