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Tooth Stranger Than Fiction

On January 8, 2014 / Black Chalk, General / 37 Comments

I present you with compelling proof that not everything I wrote in Black Chalk is […]

Flushed With Pride

On November 24, 2013 / Black Chalk, Writing / 10 Comments

It was a great thrill to have a piece included in my childhood local newspaper, […]

Black Chalk, In Numbers

On November 12, 2013 / Black Chalk, Lists, Writing / 3 Comments

700 – the number of days it took to write a first draft of Black […]

Streaming Spires

On October 17, 2013 / Black Chalk / 1 Comment

I had the enormous pleasure of tuning in to BBC Radio Oxford last week to […]

Two Weeks In Pictures

On October 4, 2013 / Black Chalk, Pictures / 1 Comment

After a frantic but enjoyable two weeks in the UK, here are some picture highlights. […]

Chalk Dust

On October 1, 2013 / Black Chalk / 1 Comment

After a wonderful but hard-slog time in the UK we’re back in New York. And […]

Five Survivors

On September 22, 2013 / Black Chalk / 1 Comment

The tagline for my novel is ‘One Game. Six Students. Five Survivors.’ And here we […]

3, 2, 1… Lift-off!

On September 20, 2013 / Black Chalk / 4 Comments

It’s the morning after my book launch and I’m a little the worse for wear, […]

Sweet Child and Mine

On September 18, 2013 / Black Chalk / 1 Comment

Today I signed 350 books for Goldsboro Bookshop who made me book of the month. […]

And so it begins

On September 17, 2013 / Black Chalk / 3 Comments

Today felt like the first day of really being a writer. Lunch with my editor, […]

Why ‘Black Chalk’?

On August 21, 2013 / Black Chalk / 186 Comments

I’ve been asked by a few people what on earth the title ‘Black Chalk’ means. […]

My first publishing contract

On August 19, 2013 / Black Chalk / 1 Comment

I decided to give myself until the age of forty to get published. If I […]

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