FIRST DRAFT OF SOMETHING NEW

It's been a while since I last posted something on here, but I do have some news; I've just completed a first draft of a new short story. I've struggled a bit with my writing over the past year. The last story I published was back in June/July of last year. 2025 wasn't a good year for me, I mean, it wasn't terrible, but it was a bit of a 'downer'. I had some personal setbacks and health issues (currently ongoing). I let my self-doubts and regrets get the better of me too. This carried over into 2026 which also brought some new work commitments and also the loss of our beloved dog in April which was heart breaking. Whenever I would try to write, the words wouldn't come and I'd simply end up falling asleep at my desk. However, I did eventually begin to get a little bit of writing done. Now, I didn't fancy diving back into the novella I was working on last year as that needs so much more work doing to it. I was worried that I might of felt a bit overwhelmed by it. So I figured I'd write something new, that was short. Something that would ease me back into a fairly regular writing routine. So I picked something that had originally began life as an idea for a short film. I though it was a cool idea, so I started to flesh it out a bit and then began writing it. Slowly, it started to feel like I was getting a wee bit of my mojo back.

Now the first draft is done I will start to type it up. My first drafts are always written in longhand, good old pen and paper. As I type it up I'll rewrite it and mess around with it as I go. Sometimes they can change a lot during this process, other times not so much. 

So, that's where I am at the moment.

Here's a little video clip I recorded just after I'd finished the first draft. Please excuse my messy desk.

New Short Story

My new short story, The Green Pepper Plot, is now available exclusively on Amazon Kindle Unlimited. 

Thirteen-year-old Charlotte does not want her mum to have a new boy friend. So with a little help from her feline friend, Charlotte comes up with a rather unpleasant way of getting rid of him.

The Green Pepper Plot is a short story with elements of suspense, fantasy, cheeky humour, and a little grossness. 

CLICK HERE TO BUY/READ IT

Pest Control 2: Attack of the Death Worms

Pest Control 2: Attack of the Death Worms is now finally available as an ebook. With the first two stories in the Pest Control series now having been released into the wild, and thanks to Draft2Digital they are available in a lot of places, (most I’ve never heard of, lol), I’m finally able to turn my attention back to something I was working on last year, the killer baby story. I was reluctant to pause on this one, as I was really chuffed with how it was coming along. But, I really wanted to get those two Pest Control stories out of the way with and the last edits took longer than I’d anticipated. So now it’s pretty much full steam ahead on this one. Another tentative step on the indie writer/author journey. Chasing the dream of being able to earn a living doing something that I love. At almost 50yrs old, I hope I have enough time left to achieve this, even in some small way. 

Pest Control: Birth of the Death Worms

My short story, Pest Control, is now available as an ebook. At the moment, it's only on Amazon, but I should have it on other ebook platforms soon. I'll post the links here when I do.

I'm currently doing last checks and edits on Pest Control 2, which is a much longer story and more of a novella length. I'm aiming to have that one ready and released before the end of the month, fingers crossed.