Welcome to the very first Readers’ Club monthly update post, here on my website. After lots of careful deliberation, I’ve decided to make my news, writing updates, information on special offers and new releases, as well as all my other bookish conversation, available and accessible to everyone with no need to sign up and read.
So, what news do I have for you this month?
Writing updates
You may, or may not, know that I have chosen to make a permanent return to writing literary fiction, and in particular psychological fiction, in which the characters’ thoughts are front and centre in the story.
After spending some time in the (sometimes rather strange) recesses of my brain, thinking hard about my next big project, I’m now currently in the full throes of planning a new literary fiction novel. The ideas for this book have been lurking in my head in disparate pieces for years, and finally they are melding into a story I am extremely excited to write. When I wake in the morning and my first thought is of the characters in the story, then I know I’m working on the right project!
Moreover, I’m thoroughly delighted to announce that I am going to be writing this book during my time as a tutee on the Faber Academy ‘Writing a Novel (online)’ course. This is Faber’s flagship course and I’ve been assured that places on this course are highly contested, so I’m extremely honoured to have been offered a place. It’s going to be thrilling to be writing under the advice and guidance of extremely experienced writers and tutors, editors and agents.
I begin this exciting new adventure tomorrow and I cannot wait to see how my ideas progress and how the book grows during this time, under such experienced guidance. I am also very much looking forward to spending online time with other writers on this course. I went through the course schedule yesterday and, as I got to the end of reading, my heart started to sink. If anything tells me that this is the path I should be taking right now, then that moment is it. I already get the feeling that the seven months I spend on this thrilling new pursuit will feel like it is gone in a flash.
Book news
If you’ve read any of my Darker Minds series, you may be pleased to hear that I have plans to release another book in this collection. I am making intense edits and revisions to Beneath the Flesh, my former welcome gift from a time when it was necessary to sign up to access everything ‘Readers’ Club’. If you have read the original novella, you will find this new version similar in places and somewhat different elsewhere. I’m hoping to release this book towards the latter stages of the year, if everything goes to plan. I’ll keep you updated on the progress of this forthcoming release.
Offers for Kobo VIPs
This is a heads up for you if you are a VIP member of Kobo. I have a 40% off offer coming up on some of my books between 23rd and 27th of this month: my Darker Minds digital boxset, my psychological suspense novel, You Know You Shouldn’t, and my collection of short stories, The Reason for Everything. Keep a lookout on your emails from Kobo if you are a Kobo VIP member.
That’s all my news for June. I’ll be back with more Readers’ Club news next month, when I hope to have an update on the return of my paperbacks, as well as a huge Smashwords offer. In the meantime, feel free to have a wander about this section of the website. You’ll find all my previous blog posts here, and more Readers’ Club ones are on their way.
Until next time, happy reading!