Happy release week everyone! Reviews are rolling in and have been mostly very positive, and those who pre-ordered the ebook should now be able to download the full novel. If you happened to have read ...

Anyone who reads The Worth of Scars will very quickly notice that I wear my inspirations on my metaphorical sleeve, so to speak, with nods to my favourite novels and other media dotted throughout. Fro...

It's been a while! Over the last month or so I have been busy with the (almost) final proofreads for The Worth of Scars. As a result, I haven't had much time for anything, let alone social media or we...

Two months?? Two whole bloody months until publication?? I can't wait that long to read The Worth of Scars! I want it now!Ever find yourself thinking along these lines? Desperate to read the debut of ...

This is a selection of four continuous early chapters from ‘The Worth of Scars’ as of July 2026, a little under three months out from the novel’s full release. As such, while changes to the final publ...

It's been an exciting few weeks. Last Friday I announced the release date for The Worth of Scars, pre-orders and went live and revealed the incredible cover you see above.It took a little while to get...

ALT: Captain Phillips: I'm the Captain Now - Tom Hanks

This is an odd blog post, I'll admit. Less of an update, and more of a 'lots of updates are coming soon, I promise.' Also, the Alan Partridge nod is hardly a hot-of-the-press bit of cultural referenci...

Some of the two, maybe three people that regularly read this blog and have been paying attention to the marketing and promotion for The Worth of Scars (which should be about to significantly ramp up -...