It’s not good news I’m afraid – I don’t think there’s anything horrendous or bad about The Stir Trail but I do question the tone, the voice and the style. It’s not a very positive review, and please let me apologise for that in advance – you can write, and you have all the tools in your toolbox to w... view book

This is lovely. And creepy. But I think you need to revisit that first chapter. As Authors, when we’re ready to put pen to word-processor, we usually have a ton of stuff in our heads – back story, plot through lines, character sketches and a real desire to get it out of our heads as quickly as... view book

Ooh there a lot going on in this marvellous novel. I shelved this last night, but didn’t get a chance to write the review because of problems with electrickery. First of all, I must declare an interest. One of the authors of this fine tome has kindly been pimping The God in the Tree on the forums... view book

I love being wrong. No really. When my expectations of something are completely blindsided and left for dead in the dust, my heart leaps like a Salmon in my chest. You see we all have expectations and some of them we're so sure of they feel like truth before we've even had a chance to review the ... view book

This is mature and accomplished writing. It's a brave thing to drive a narrative off the tee almost entirely with dialogue and you accomplish it with real panache. Of course all the dialogue we write is a trade off between what people "really say" and the best way "we can report it" but I urge every... view book