Midway through my first blog tour

I’m halfway through the first blog tour for 66 Metres, and have to say it’s a great experience. Sixteen bloggers talking about my book over a week-long period, whether passing reviews, showing extracts from the book or, as in today, a guest blog about my (slightly scary) writing process.

What is amazing is the community of bloggers and readers who support all this by liking and retweeting on twitter, and I’m talking hundreds of tweets, so it generates a real buzz, which is definitely increasing awareness of the book and sales. …

The lure of the deep

I recall my second dive quite clearly. It was at a place called Dorothea, in North Wales, a limestone quarry with a maximum depth of just over a hundred metres. Along with my buddy/instructor, we finned way from the safety of the ledge, and I stared down into the chilly waters that shifted from green to turquoise to dark blue to black. We went far deeper than we should have that day, down to thirty-two metres on what was a very early dive for me.…

88 North… Nadia will track her nemesis to the ends of the earth…

I’ve not been blogging much lately as I’ve been writing a lot – which is a good thing. The third Nadia book is well on the way, I ‘m about halfway through, and thought I’d let people know a bit more about the book. First, it will be released on 14th December, though you can already pre-order it! HarperCollins have done their usual brilliant job on the cover design, which will be revealed on July 13th, at the end of the first UK Blog Tour for 66 Meters, and coinciding with the start of the US Blog Tour.…