I had the privilege of launching The Circle of Twelve today at Southwell School in Hamilton, New Zealand - marking a 'full turn of the wheel' in a sense - the same venue where I launched The 4 Powers of Daren Sáner in 2010 and The Vitality Code in 2012. It was an honour to return to my old school and share this milestone occasion with enthusiastic readers and writers. I presented to 250+ year 7 and year 8 students about not only the novel, but also the characters within it

As a writer, there are moments when the words just don’t seem to come. I haven't uploaded a blog post or progressed book five in the Súperiae saga for the past month thanks to a mild case of writer's blog. I wish to share an effective way to deal with writer's block and reignite your passion for storytelling: focus on character-driven plots. Actions have reactions - and if you understand your characters and get them to respond to events naturally, then you should be able to d

Every story lives or dies by the strength of its characters. Plot gives a novel its skeleton, but characters are its beating heart - the...

My new novel, The Circle of Twelve is available now in paperback and eBook format. We live in an age of uncertainty. Around the world,...