Literary Works

Now I've got my sights set on getting my new 'baby' out into the world. Set in the forests of middle England, in a time all too familiar to fans of Robin Hood, Dark Heart of Sherwood is an unusual take (what else would you expect of me?) with barely a mention of Robin and his Merry Men. I thought it was high time Sir Guy of Gisborne's story was told, and since nobody else seemed inclined to do it, I thought I would. The novel all but wrote itself in 12 weeks, and I'm now in the agonies of waiting for a reaction from the agent I've sent it to.

In addition to this, I'm already sketching out book 2, tentatively called 'Dark Soul of Sherwood', but we'll see cos I like that even less than I liked 'Dark Heart' at first!

As if that wasn't enough to be going on with, a move to an old Georgian house with mediaeval cellars has got my mind racing over another novel, focussing in large part on my beloved Richard III. The working title is Loyalty Binds Me (being the translation of R3's motto for those who don't know) and after a few months' hard slog (who am I kidding, it's a joy to get it down!), I've finished part 1 and part 2 and am only waiting on some free time to get part 3 sewn up.

Oh and I'm still managing to write shorts and poetry when the inspiration takes me. Check out Nunc Scio Quid Sit Amor, an erotic Guy of Gisborne extravaganza I'm monstrously proud of in my 'special commissions' section, and the new poems inspired by Richard III and his modern day soul-host, whose name I'll forbear to mention for fear of embarrassing him, modest as he is. See Return of the King in the poetry section.