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Out now on Kindle! DSP announce that Jesse Clayton IV: The Lion, The Drifter & The Wayward Son is out NOW on Kindle

Jesse's Back, Folks His long-awaited fourth outing has finally hit Kindle stores. Thanks to Dusty Saddle Publishing' s announcement,...

Jesse Clayton Returns! The Lion, The Drifter and the Wayward Son Is Set To Hit Stores

It's been a busy fortnight putting the final touches on Jesse Clayton's fourth adventure, but I can now say he's back on the trails!...

Metafiction: The Stories Within Stories?

I'm back with my massive mug, this time to talk about metafiction and just what in the hell it is exactly. You may not even have heard of...

Sticking The Landing: Ending Your Story With A (Literary) Bang

Hello again from me and my mug. We've had a look at opening a story, but what about closing it? How do we make sure our endings are the...

Show, Don't Tell: How It Actually Works

Show Don’t Tell is a technique used in pretty much every form of creative writing. It is a skill that once mastered will take your...

Writing Tips: Perfecting That First Paragraph

Greetings from me and my massive mug. Stories live and die on their opening pages, their opening sentences even. Suppose you go into...

Jesse Clayton IV Update

Howdy, y'all! For those of you eager for the next Jesse Clayton adventure, apologies for the big delay. But, with over a year now passing...

Struggling with Productivity? Check out the Pomodoro Technique

We all get it sometimes. That feeling of frustration when there's about a million things to do and seemingly no time to do them. It can...

From Books To The Big Screen: What Makes a Successful Adaption?

An adaptation, and the extent of its success, is always a fun subject for debate. And often quite a controversial one when it comes to...

GameSpew: An Interview With OutOfTheBit

A while back I got to sit down with the team behind the upcoming indie action adventure game, Nanuka. While I'm trawling through the...

A Short History Of Writing: Part 3

And here we are at the end of this ambitious little run. I thought it would be easier than it was, but a whole lot of research, writing,...

Do Audiobooks Count As Reading?

Reading is a bit of a sticky subject nowadays. It seems to be becoming less popular among adults and children—particularly those in...

The Myth Of Polybius: The Deadly Game That Never(?) Existed

Once again I've gone digging through the history of gaming for my Retro Treasures column for Gamespew . Only this time, I unearthed a...

A Short History Of Writing: Part 2

After the last article's cliff hanger, here's a taste of part two--how the dictionary came to be and how it brought law and order to an...

A Short History Of Writing: Part One

In the first of a three part series for Oxford Open Learning, I may have bitten off a little more than I could chew with this endeavour....

RETRO TREASURES: ROGUE

Another highlight from my contributing to Gamespew , this time I took a look back to the game that started a genre 40 years before it was...

TIME CRISIS! Remembering classic games with my new column at GameSpew

This year, I've been chasing a dream alongside my freelancing. I'm a big fan of entertainment media and games in particular, and I've...

The Best Deals in the Xbox Easter Sale

This year, I've been a regular contributor for GameSpew, an independent gaming news outlet online run by some great people and delivering...

How Boosting Your Vocabulary Can Help You

Words Are Powerful Things How often do you think about the words you use in life? Not very often, probably. But subconsciously, your...

Happy Birthday Jesse Clayton!

The Man Who Taught Me Discipline January 31st marks the first anniversary of the release of The Drifter in the Wind, the first Jesse...