Let’s meet at London Book Fair 2026
Are you coming to the London Book Fair this week? Let’s meet and chat. The best way to catch me is: Tuesday – I’m the Society of Authors’ Author of the Day. Meet me at…
Want help selling a book or film?
No book or film reviews today. This week I’m talking about pitching a book or film with Thomas Umstattd Jr, who runs the outstanding Novel Marketing podcast. His podcast is, he assures me, the longest-running…
#IndieAuthorChat Nov 19 & book offer
Christmas is coming and the first presents are on their way. First, I’m hosting a free Twitter chat next Tuesday November 19 at 8pm GMT (find the time in your own time zone). Second, to…
Launch Party: The fatal flaws of screenwriting, and free drinks
If you’re near London on Thursday November 27th, you’re invited to join me for free at the party to launch my new book Teach Yourself: Complete Screenwriting Course. Fatal screenwriting flaws and breaking the rules I’ll…
The festival’s over – how do you hold onto the screenwriting energy?
Festivals and workshops are great, they get you out of the house and you get high on a great buzz of screenwriting energy. But it’s only too easy for that energy to fade away once…
Networking tips to help you shmooze like a pro
Writers, whether screenwriters or novelists, are always being told to network. From Cannes to Raindance, London Book Fair to Frankfurt, there are always more events, festivals and MeetUps to give us a chance to meet…
New online writers community
It’s a truism that writing is a lonely business, but much as we want a writers community to connect with, us writers also want time alone. We’re cussed bastards really. Not happy if we’re left…