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pages.
Meet the Author: 2020
April's Post
: Lock down! Why not give away books?
March's Post
: Using Twitter to advertise
February's Post
: What has gone wrong with LTER?
January's Post
: A new year, a new novel: Oh, No, Octavius! is released
Meet the Author: 2019
December's Post
: What can you expect from the latest addition to the Gooseberry series?
November's Post
: Just who is Octavius Guy?
October's Post
: Time to follow Octavius Guy on Twitter
September's Post
: You’re self-published. What’s next?
August's Post
: Print-on-demand
July's Post
: Self-publishing ebooks
June's Post
: Simple ways to improve your manuscript
May's Post
: The rise and rise of vanity publishers
April's Post
: To promote or not to promote?
March's Post
: Taking back control over Twitter
February's Post
: Further thoughts about Twitter
January's Post
: My New Year’s resolutions for Twitter
Meet the Author: 2018
December's Post
: A round-up of my favourite reads over the past year
November's Post
: Do those top writing tips you see actually improve your writing?
October's Post
: Michael considers the future of publishing
September's Post
: The shocking truth about SEO…it’s so easy!
August's Post
: Build yourself a brand, part two
July's Post
: Build yourself a brand, part one
June's Post
: Generating reviews without spamming
May's Post
: Legacy publishing houses—as good as they’re made out to be?
April's Post
: Michael reflects on the current state of publishing
January's Post
: 2018 is the year to tackle Twitter
Meet the Author: 2017
December's Post
: Avoid my mistakes, part 2
November's Post
: Avoid my mistakes, part 1
October's Post
: Sharing some tips and ideas about writing first chapters
September's Post
: Time for a third-person narrative and a different POV
August's Post
: Novels featuring recipes
July's Post
: Penny dreadfuls—really as dreadful as they were painted?
June's Post
: What is it that defines a cosy mystery?
May's Post
: The perils of Times New Roman (or the way to make a new friend?)
April's Post
: Exploring the history of Islington
March's Post
: Researching Highbury and the ancient manor of Tolentone
February's Post
: Researching how Church of England vicars were appointed in the 1850s
January's Post
: A round-up of the favourite books read in 2016
Meet the Author: 2016
December's Post
: Octavius Guy and the Case of the Mendacious Medium is released
November's Post
: What can you expect from the third Send for Octavius Guy book?
October's Post
: In search of a bodhrán player
September's Post
: On retiring after 25 years of teaching to write full time
August's Post
: Our Crimes and Thrillers Book Club goes online
July's Post
: A look at two wonderful libraries
June's Post
: Michael takes a sneak peek at Big Bona Ogles, Boy!
May's Post
: The phenomenon of Bertha's mass appeal
April's Post
: A look at the work of the Victorian photographer John Thomson
March's Post
: Celebrating the release of
Octopus
and the website's third birthday
February's Post
: What readers can expect from the forthcoming
Octopus
January's Post
: A round-up of the favourite books I read in 2015
Meet the Author: 2015
December's Post
: Gooseberry's very first appearance in
The Moonstone
November's Post
: A timely look at the Victorian medium Florence Cook
October's Post
: The problems of determining accurate temperatures for THAT bread recipe
September's Post
: The future of the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn
August's Post
: Reflecting on (the horribly named) asset-less pre-orders
July's Post
: On Mike Leigh's
Pirates of Penzance
June's Post
:
Gooseberry
's midsummer give-away
May's Post
: On Wilkie Collins's
The Woman in White
April's Post
: On Tim Newton's
The Ballad of the Limehouse Rat
March's Post
: On the British Library's portal for digital publications
February's Post
: Interesting reactions to
Gooseberry
January's Post
: Reviews keep coming in for
Gooseberry
Meet the Author: 2014
December's Post
: Reviews for
Gooseberry
November's Post
:
Gooseberry
's cover reveal as
Gooseberry
is released
October's Post
: A re-edited
Gooseberry
goes on offer at LTER
September's Post
: Teaching adults with learning disabilities to blog
August's Post
: The serialized novel continues apace
July's Post
: On writing a weekly serialized novel
June's Post
:
Ancient Lives, New Discoveries
at the British Museum
May's Post
: Recalling studying
Antigone
at school
April's Post
: My website's first birthday