I really enjoyed preaching at Heaton Baptist Church yesterday. Shouldn’t have worn those shoes though, my feet were killing me! I’ve been told the sermon is on the church website if anyone’s interested. Of course, you won’t be able to see the clip of Chicken Run which was the real highlight of the day. The sermon was called ‘And now that we’ve got that all sorted …’ and is a summary of 20 sermons on the Letter to the Hebrews. It deals with how we can still keep Jesus as our focus in a post-modern world and how despite the challenges we face we can still look forward to amazing things to come http://www.heatonbaptist.org/?publications/notes/archive/?SermonNotes-2012-07-08-am.mp3
Online Social Networking presentation
Hello to all my old and new friends from this year’s Christian Resources Together Conference in Swanwick. As promised, here is the presentation I gave on online social networking for authors, publishers and retailers. Included are links to resources to help you get started on Facebook, Twitter, Amazon Author Central and Goodreads. It was lovely meeting you all and I hope to ‘link up’ with some of you on Facebook, Twitter or Goodreads. You can find links to follow me on FB and Twitter on my about page.
Writing workshop at Recreation Conference
I will be giving a workshop called Writing as Worship and Witness for the Recreation conference at TheHolyBiscuit this weekend. We will be exploring the relationship between writing and faith for Christians as well as getting down to business with paper and pen. The Holy Biscuit in my hometown of Newcastle upon Tyne is an arts hub supporting Christian artists and writers. I hope to start a Write Life group there this summer as a support network for Christians who write, affiliated to the Associtation of Christian Writers. As you may have noticed, I write for both the Christian and general markets. This can cause some difficulties as people like to pigeonhole writers as one of the other. I refuse to be pigeonholed and will be talking about this tension at the Conference.
How to write a children’s picture book
I’ve been giving tips on writing children’s picture books over at the very popular Morgen Bailey’s blog I talk about my process in writing the Myro the Microlight series and the Young David series. Oh, and by the way, work is well under way on the next in the Young David series, David and the Giant! I’ll give you a sneak preview in a few weeks time …
Different Tracks
I’m delighted to have had my first adult anthology of short stories published as an e-book. For a limited period only, Crafty Publishing is giving away free downloads of Different Tracks.
Two of these stories were written when I did my MA in Creative Writing at Northumbria University. The third, Enemy Lines, was made into a short film by FNA films. It was screened at festivals in New York, Jersey, Newcastle and London. You can see a taster of the film here.
I have adapted and extended another of the stories, Another Man’s Shoes, into a feature-length screenplay. Although it has still to attract a producer, the screenplay was a semi-finalist at the Socal Film Festival in California in 2009.
But now, for the very first time, you can read the original stories as they were first written.
The Yacht Trip
Can a ghostly meeting on a remote Northumberland coast prevent a tragedy?
Enemy Lines
A soldier and a war protester change sides. Will love conquer all?
Another Man’s Shoes
It is said we all have a doppelganger. But what happens if yours is already dead?
‘Different Tracks‘: sometimes it’s only when you change tracks that you realise the route you should have taken.
The Peace Garden on Smashwords
My literary thriller, The Peace Garden, has finally been released on Smashwords! This means that you can now read it on a range of devices including iPads, iPhones and any other iThingies you may possess. You can also read it in pdf on your computer, plus a host of other devices including Nook, Android and of course, Kindle. In addition, you can download the first few chapters for free! So whadya waiting for?
