The Diary Of A Wannabe Writer

I have a lazy day, drinking coffee and reading in Northumberland…

Today’s podcast was recorded within the ruins of the Priory on Lindisfarne…

I record today’s podcast at a Roman Hillport along Hadrian’s wall…

Hopefully, as you listen to this, I’m driving up to Northumberland for a little holiday. In the meantime please take a listen to the first seven minutes of a new ambient reading (audiobook with sound effects) of a book in the Bow Street Society Casebook series. To listen to the whole story, click here: https://youtu.be/Pz4Bb8QOygI?si=ICDCV2hltFwdcHPP And for more information on The Bow Street Soci...

I talk about my favourite topic, Doctor Who, and the 97 missing episodes…

I talk about what I have been doing to prepare my submissions package for “Still Life” and separately about submitting “The English Hikikomori” to literary agents.

I finally get around to setting myself some targets and goals for this month…

A trailer for “The Diary of a Wannabe Writer” made in July 2025.

I talk about signing off the final two chapters of “Empress Of The Trees,” about why I nearly went on holiday today but didn’t, and how trying to create a preview hardback of the book for me to read using Amazons Kindle Direct Publishing was a bit like having all my teeth pulled out. Without anaesthetic.

I talk about a TV show I really like, and its history (ITV’s superb Doc Martin) and update you briefly on the final two chapters of Empress.

No writing today, but I attended a music event that my godson was taking part in…

I tell you about what I achieved today, which is a lot more than I expected I would, and what is left to get this draft signed off…

I talk about the editing work I did today, and how my new DVD player won’t play Australian DVDs…

I talk about the editing I did today (whilst I signed nothing off, I got three chapters ready for sign off) as well as talking about the writing group at my local bookshop that I attended this evening and a video that I am planning to put out to encourage people to beta-read “Empress Of The Trees.”

Still no writing, sorry.

I’ve not been in the mood to write today, so instead I’ve been listening to lots of music.

I get some more work done on my current novel, and try not to moan about the heat…

I talk about my day, and briefly about the next chapter I am working on…

I apologise for not doing a podcast yesterday (I just forgot) and then talk about my issues with shopping giant Amazon and then about the chapters I signed off today…

I talk about my day and why I won’t get much writing done.

In my final podcast on this trip away from home, I update you on my progress with the second draft of “Empress Of The Trees”.

Not feeling well today so I’ve not written. Instead I talk about the future of Doctor Who - the changes it seems they made to accommodate Ncuti Gatwa leaving the show and how this makes it an unattractive prospect for a new streaming partner if Disney are no longer involved…

I talk about my last 24 hours, including the fact I have managed to get chapter 32 of “Empress Of The Trees” signed off, and I explained why this is a significant moment in the book.

An update about “Empress Of The Trees” from the Opera bar in Sydney.

I record my podcast today in Sydney as I walk from my hotel to Circular Quay…