MARCH 2026 March just marched on by.I know, I know…it seems every time I start one of these, I can’t help but comment on just how fast the month disappears. February was something else due to its short length, but March slipped by like grains of sand thanks to the sheer amount of things that happened. It was probably one of the most important writerly months I’ve experienced in recent memory.From pushing Evolution forward into its final phase and working on an Author’s Note to commissioning...
about 2 months ago • 9 min read
FEBRUARY 2026 February just blew past, eh? I know it’s the shortest month, but still, come on. In some ways, it still feels like Christmas and the New Year have just ended and Hark! The Fallen Angels Scream has just come out. In others, it feels like they were half a year ago…But whether we like it or not, February is done, another 28 days are in the books, and March and the early promise of spring start to creep in to warm my cold bones.I, for one, am more than ready to welcome warmer,...
3 months ago • 8 min read
JANUARY 2026 January is always a weird month, right?Licking financial wounds post-Christmas, shrugging off the perpetual holiday spirit and moving past romantic ideals of the new year and what it promises, embracing that, instead of existing in some sort of post-holiday holding pattern, it is simply…January. A month that can, for many, feel like it lasts a million weeks—before February crashes in and fucks off within the blink of an eye.Time is wild, eh?This month saw quite a few writerly...
3 months ago • 10 min read
DECEMBER 2025 It’s a little late, given that The Recap drops at the end of each month, but Merry Christmas! I hope you all had an amazing time with your friends and/or family and that you have an awesome New Year’s to boot. You’ll be getting this issue on NYE, so that greeting comes in just before the buzzer!Either which way, I hope you’ve had a great holiday season and are rightfully celebrating the end of one year in your preferred style as we prepare for the next.This issue of The Recap...
4 months ago • 11 min read
NOVEMBER 2025 Halloween is now cold and buried as the promise of Christmas looms on the horizon, blinking brightly with green and red hues growing ever closer.Now, I don’t know about you, but I’ve had a pretty long November, and with that comes plenty of updates to share in this month’s issue of The Recap—from debating potential story names and sharing this new short story with my beta readers, to developing marketing materials and getting prepped for the release alongside a condensed...
6 months ago • 11 min read
OCTOBER 2025 This issue of The Recap will probably be shorter than usual, mostly due to illness and somewhat limited updates. You see, between a two-week half-term holiday and a family holiday to France, there wasn’t as much time to write as I would’ve liked this month. Throw in a bout of bookended sickness at the beginning and the end of October thanks to waaaay too many ‘adults’ coughing like cats hacking up furballs, and, well, yeah…But that isn’t to say there were no updates or progress,...
7 months ago • 9 min read
SEPTEMBER 2025 With summer in the rearview and the weather starting to turn, as leaves shift from green into browns and oranges to accompany the new chill in the air, I’m undeniably excited for the arrival of one of my favourite times of year: autumn. More importantly…Halloween!But before I get to embrace all things spooky, I had to…embrace all things spooky and creepy whilst blasting Christmas songs.What?Read on. All will be revealed below.Between the harsh juxtaposition of Christmas in...
8 months ago • 8 min read
AUGUST 2025 As I write this, I am in the final stretch of the summer holidays. Turns out entertaining a five-year-old is an all-encompassing endeavour—one that’s pretty tiring when required to do it pretty much consistently over a six-week period. Who knew? What I do know is that I’m pretty sure I’ve aged at least a year over the summer break, making me a medical marvel. But just because my attention has been focused on the whims, entertainment, and education of my son doesn’t mean there...
9 months ago • 7 min read
JULY 2025 July was way busier than expected, filled with plenty of notable writing updates throughout—all in the run-up to my son breaking up for the summer.You see, last month I wrote about challenging myself to complete the editing of my second Ultraverse novel, Evolution, before school ended for the holidays.It was a firm deadline, one that crept ever closer in a month filled with attending events in London, getting horrendously ill, the little thing of celebrating my birthday, starting to...
10 months ago • 10 min read