Sinbad Update

Its November. And November means NewNoWritMo, or New Novel Writing Month, or New November Writing Month, or some variation of that. This November I’ve started up with Sinbad again, which I left alone in January of this at the end of the first voyage. I realised at that point that I could not do justice […]

Arabian Dreams Out Now

Its been a busy month. I launched Arabian Dreams at FantasyCon 2026. Whilst there I did a Q&A on Writing Muslim Characters, took part in two panels and did a reading. I also attended BristolCon last weekend too. So lots of time on the road promoting and selling Arabian Dreams face to face. If you […]

Launching Tomorrow

September 2026

Quick update on what is happening with Alauddin, Ali Baba and the special edition hardback, Arabian Dreams. Both the stories have now been completed and proofread. I spent a week page setting Arabian Dreams and the special edition hardback, printed by Bookvault, is now available to pre-order from The Great British Bookshop: https://www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk/products/arabian-dreams?_pos=7&_sid=239f8449b&_ss=r It will […]

My Kickstarter Failed

This is what I learned I ran my first ever Kickstarter from 9th July to 9th Aug. I wanted to raise £3400 for my new series, Arabian Dreams to print 100 copies of the special edition hardback and to pay my artist and editor. After 30 days, I managed to secure 43% backing, with £1465 […]

Kickstarter Diary Day 11

The last couple of days have been the hardest so far on the Kickstarter campaign. The first couple of days pledges were coming in throughout. Then come Saturday night the taps closed. Not a single pledge came in for two whole days. You may think I’m overreacting, but I keep on Kickstarters and the ones […]

Day 8 Kickstarter Diary

The Kickstarter campaign launched this morning (10th July 2026). The campaign was actually approved on Tuesday evening, so I activated the prelaunch phase. It seems people tend to keep their projects in prelaunch for quite a while to gather support before they actually launch their campaign. I’m working to a tight deadline, so delay the […]

KICKSTARTER Diary Day 5

I got a response from Kickstarter today. Embarrassingly, I got flagged for AI use. So today’s lesson is to make sure to disclose when you have used AI. I used Gemini to produce mock-ups of what the books may look like, using the artwork produced by my artist daughter, who currently goes by Velenyx on […]

Arabian Dreams Kickstarter Diary Day 1

Today is a big day. I’ve just finished shooting and editing my Kickstarter project video and have uploaded it to the page that I have created for my Arabian Dreams Kickstarter. The aim of this diary is to make notes and share my experience of running a Kickstarter with my readers. It took me a […]