10 Rules for Writing Muslim Fiction

Welcome to my 10 Rules for Writing Muslim Fiction series. There are corresponding podcast episodes on YouTube which you can watch alongside or instead of reading this post. I will update the page as I write more of the rules down. So come back in a months time to check if its been updated. Rule […]

Covers Revealed

The last time I released a book was 14th June 2014. Since then I’ve been absent from the fiction market. A lot has changed. I changed careers, went back to uni to retrain as a teacher/lecturer and completed a Doctorate in Education. Now, 12 years later I’m finally looking to release not one, but two […]

Culinary SciFi

Lavanya Lakshminarayan is an award winning sf writer from Bangalore, India. She is also a game designer who has worked on FarmVille and Mafia Wars. Her books Ten Percent Thief, Interstellar Megachef and Interstellar Feast are available from all good bookshops and as ebooks.

February 2026

January seems to be the longest month of the year. Fantasy&Faith Season 3 launched and so far I have interviewed M D Ndogo, Dan Hanly, Umar Ditta, Tanweer Dar, James Barclay and Anna Smith Spark. I’m interviewing Adrian Tchaikovsky this week and J E Hannaford next weekend. I have a few more in the pipeline […]

2025

Its nearly the end of 2025 and as is tradition, I wanted to reflect back on the year. Internationally, lets face it, its been awful. The Genocide in Palestine continues. The Ukraine War continues. The world is waking up to the genocide that is taking place in Sudan. We have had a number of natural […]

World Fantasy con 2025 special

I headed down to Brighton and Hove on Thursday to attend the opening evening of World Fantasy Con 2025. I got stuck on the M25 with everyone else, but managed to reroute and arrived by 2.00pm. After getting situated at the Mercure Brighton Seafront Hotel, my wife and I had a bite to eat at […]

Fan Fic Collab

M Carmel is the author of the Arkavian Intelligence Services series. Earlier this year we agreed to collaborate by producing a piece of fan fiction based in each other’s fictional worlds. J M would write a story set in the world of The Changeling King, focusing on Det. Karen Rainbow’s catholic roots, and I would […]

FAith Beyond the Surface

Writing Belief That Breathes What does it mean to truly believe something – and how should that shape a character’s every breath? Recently, I interviewed Arthur C. Clarke and Hugo Award winning author, Adrian Tchaikovsky in which we discussed his recent book Bee Speaker and the Dogs of War series. During the conversation the matter […]

Adrian Tchaikovsky Interview

I’m joined by Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of the Hugo Award winning Children of Time Series, Shadow of the Apt Series, Echoes of the Fall Series, Dogs of War Series, The Tyrant Philosophers Series, The Final Architecture Series, and a large number of standalone novels. He won the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Children of Time, […]

The Power of Rituals

In this post, I will be examining how rituals and rhythms can be used to enhance the creative process. I will also be providing an update on all the writing projects I have planned, sharing my thoughts on Season 1 of Fantasy & Faith coming to a close and providing you with a taste of […]