Ok, it’s been a fair while since I posted here. December 29th 2024. Oops. Sorry about that. But I can assure you that I have been writing, just not blog posts. I’ve been writing books.

I’ve written about books on this blog before. Agatha Christie’s canon is an absolute favourite and has taught me so much about the art of writing. Shout out also to Ursula Le Guin, especially her Earthsea Cycle. I’ve also written a number of sassy reviews of books, films and TV shows. Reading and reviewing stories has been a huge lesson in how to write. It’s helped me hone my craft and find my voice. So, I’ve put all these things together and my first published novel came out last year on June 3rd. It’s called A Queer Case.

In a nutshell it’s Agatha Christie + Queer. That means a traditional whodunnit replete with fancy drawing rooms, red herrings, a fusty old Colonel and a dead body in the billiard room. The queerness comes in the form of the protagonist Selby Bigge. He’s a 25-year-old bank clerk living in London who happens to be very attracted to men. The book’s set in 1929 when it was illegal for men to express their love and sexual desires. Selby has a lot on his place. He wants to avoid prison for his love affairs and he finds himself near the billiard room where the body’s found. I’m very proud of this novel for a number of reasons, which I may well end up writing about here. However, before I make too many promises I want to let you know that the sequel to A Queer Case will be coming out in June. To be continued…