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Damocles and Other Things

I count my blessings every now and then, and one of them is a new writing regime I’ve installed in my rather haphazard lifestyle. It means that each week I can donate a morning, an evening, and a full day to what I love doing the most: writing. Of course, there...

WiP Blog Tour

I have been invited to contribute to this blog tour in which authors are encouraged to offer a snippet of their work in progress. My particular WiP has been such for well over a year, and I’d be telling fibs if I said it didn’t bother me; I like to crack on and write...

The Third Rule – giveaway

On Friday 6th February, I will launch the new Eddie Collins short story The Lift. It’ll be free to download.  To coincide with this giveaway, I intend making The Third Rule – The Complete Story, free to download for five full days. The Third Rule is to date, my magnum...

Quick, Eddie’s here!

Eddie Collins:        So you’ve finally done it then? Andy Barrett:       Done what? EC:                              Written about my experiences in that lift. AB:                             You wrote it, I just copied it. Anyway, if you didn’t                      ...

So where’s the damned book, Barrett?

Several people have enquired about Sword of Damocles, the new Eddie Collins book; how it’s coming along and when I expect it to be released. 2014 has probably been the most tumultuous year I’ve ever had the misfortune to live through. There have been some good bits...

Goths in Whitby

I thought it would be a great idea to take my little family along to Whitby this weekend (Sunday 2nd November) to encounter the Goths. I don’t know much about them as a group nor do I understand why they dress up as they do, but I can genuinely appreciate the...