Fiction
The Vampire’s Skull. Frankie Rowan is a private detective with an uncanny knack for finding things – missing husbands, lost cats, large rubber pythons, the usual stuff. In this first novel in a new urban fantasy series, Frankie is asked to locate an ancient artefact that could be used to bring a vampire sorcerer back from the dead.
Outlaws of the Galaxy. Meet Quincy Randall – conman, thief, and part-time idiot. Join him and his robot sidekick Floyd as they try to steal enough cash to make it back to civilisation.
Fandango. A romantic comedy published under the pen name ‘Lina Plumston’ which is not quite an anagram of ‘Paul Tomlinson.’ Blake thinks his dreams have come true when a beautiful woman falls into his lap. Can he behave like a grown-up for long enough to win her heart? Gwen isn’t ready for romance, but sometimes fate gives you a shove and you have to decide if you want to dance the fandango.
The Great Vicari Mysteries. A series of three 1930s mystery novels featuring magician turned detective Benjamin Vickery.
Who Killed Big Dick? A contemporary crime thriller introducing down-at-heel private detective Joe Lucke.
Robot Wrecker. A near-future science fiction thriller in which robot repairman Stevie Houston must discover who is behind the murderous exploits of the ultra-violent Robot Wrecker.
The Thurlambria series. A darkly-humorous fantasy series in which two thieves discover that magic is returning to their world – along with creatures such as dragons and the waking dead.
Non-Fiction
Harry Harrison: An Annotated Bibliography. The first ‘complete’ bibliography of works by the science fiction author Harry Harrison.
Plot Basics: Plot Your Novel or Screenplay in Eight Sequences
A detailed introduction to the three-act, eight sequence model for creating the plot of a novel or screenplay.
Mystery: How to Write Traditional and Cozy Whodunits. First in the Genre Writer series. Detailed exploration of the plot structure and conventions of mystery stories. Includes a step-by-step breakdown of how The Sword in the Stone-Dead was plotted and written.
Suspense Thriller. Second book in the Genre Writer series taking an in-depth look at the plot structure and conventions/tropes of all types of various types of thriller.
Crime Thriller. Third in the Genre Writer series digging into the plot structures and conventions/tropes of detective and noir thrillers, caper and heist stories, gangster movies, and police procedurals.
Character Creation. Presents three fundamental character personality types and three ‘hybrid’ types to provide a model for creating fully-rounded and psychologically complex characters.
Romance. Fourth book in the Genre Writer series, exploring the plot structures and conventions/tropes found in various romance sub-genres. Includes writing kissing and sex scenes and how to create an alpha or beta male hero.
Urban Fantasy. Fifth in the Genre Writer series. Explores the creation of female heroes and the plot structures and conventions/tropes of paranormal and supernatural thrillers.
Writing a Series. Advice on planning and developing a series of novels drawing on methods used by television writers to create pitches and ‘bibles’ for a series. Explores what gives characters, storylines, and story worlds series potential.
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