I also publish a more factual blog, which has articles, so far, on writing, sport, literature and science—details are further down the page. I spent much of 2019 developing an article on the blog about writing. Hopefully it's made me a better writer, and I’m ready to start writing more fiction now.
Culture Man is a full-length novel of 230 pages. Rob develops superpowers and determines to win the local tennis tournament. But a supervillain starts stealing the city's culture and draws Rob in. Helped by his best friend, his ex-girlfriend and a captivating physio, he negotiates rooftop battles, a raid on a top secret laboratory, escaped anteaters and much else, as a thrilling climax approaches. The city of Winchester - England's ancient capital - is woven into the atmosphere of the story. The initial seed for this book came from a New Year's resolution of mine to do something cultural every week for a year (mostly in and around Winchester, where I live).
The UK Amazon link is www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07179KFNZ and the US link is www.amzn.com/B07179KFNZ (Kindle editions). To select the Paperback click on Paperback in the Formats box.
A link to read the first five chapters online (the Amazon "Look inside" feature) is at Culture Man: free sample. Alternatively, you can click on the image to the left.
You'll also find it on Goodreads at www.goodreads.com/book/show/35267183-culture-man.
For a bit of fun, look at the Word Cloud of the book, created with thanks to Wordclouds.com. It uses phrases from the book and description to create a picture—clicking in the middle will take you to the Amazon (UK) page.
For more details and a full list of the locations you can find it, see Culture Man details.
The Overarm Dog is a short story of about 30 pages, which gave me the chance to learn about writing and the process of getting published on Amazon.
It's about a dog learning the front crawl. How can you resist that?
The UK Amazon link is www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00AFZG26Q and the US link is www.amzn.com/B00AFZG26Q (Kindle Editions). To select the Paperback click on Paperback in the Formats box.
A link to read the first chapter online (the Amazon "Look inside" feature) is at The Overarm Dog: free sample. Alternatively, you can click on the image to the left.
You'll also find it on Goodreads at www.goodreads.com/book/show/21140351-the-overarm-dog.
For more details and a full list of the locations you can find it, see The Overarm Dog details.
You can check out my Sporting Tales blog, which is a foray into factual writing. There will be posts in a variety of areas such as sport, literature, science and politics. I expect this to make me world famous.
Update Dec 2019: I've just published Writing Skills from Culture Man on the blog, which is my guide to writing and grammar. It took most of 2019 and became a labour of love in the end—it is pretty long, but it's free and immensely useful to me (and hopefully other aspiring writers).