Fantasy and Science Fiction Author

03/04/2026

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31/03/2026

What I did in March -

As of about 10 minutes ago, I finished the initial edit of the audiobook of The Last Dragonrider. Now I get to record the pickups (places where I made a ...

13/03/2026

Another mistake in the audiobook - I said a character "seemed not to mime" instead of "seemed not to mind."

08/03/2026

If you missed my interview with Lee Benson on Black Country Xtra this afternoon, it's available to hear on demand for the next 7 days at https://www.blackcountryradio.co.uk/player/black-country-xtra/on-demand/listen-with-lee/

The first song he played (not one of the ones I picked) is "The End of Dragons" by Gary Numan. I'd not heard it before today, but the lyrics kind of fit with the themes of my book, The Last Dragonrider. Spooky...

Sixty minutes of music, poetry and spoken word with Lee Benson

08/03/2026

20 minutes until I'm on the radio - Black Country Xtra, midday UK time. Listen online at https://www.blackcountryradio.co.uk/player/black-country-xtra/

(Full disclosure - the guest often doesn't appear until 15 or 20 minutes into the show. So don't fret if you don't hear me right away.)

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08/03/2026

Not long now until I'm on the radio - Black Country Xtra, the Listen with Lee Show, midday (UK time) 8th March.

05/03/2026

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02/03/2026

I'm on the radio this Sunday (8th March)!

I'll be interviewed between midday at 1pm (UK time) on Black Country Xtra, by Lee Benson on the Listen with Lee Show. I'll be talking about my latest book, The Last Dragonrider, my influences and my writing process.

If you live in England's Black Country, you can listen on DAB. Elsewhere, go to blackcountryxtra.co.uk for listening options. If you don't manage to catch the show live, it'll be available on-demand for 7 days at https://www.blackcountryradio.co.uk/player/black-country-xtra/on-demand/listen-with-lee/

Thanks to fellow Blackpool author K D Sherrinford for recommending me to Lee.

Sixty minutes of music, poetry and spoken word with Lee Benson

28/02/2026

What I did this month -

Editing continues on the audiobook of The Last Dragonrider. I'm up to chapter 41, which is about 58% of the way through. As I suspected, I have a lot of ...

26/02/2026

Still editing the audiobook of The Last Dragonrider... six attempts at "...half-hoping that would encourage Zashezi to leave," and the one good take was ruined by my stomach growling.

31/01/2026

Just now, I copied all my blog posts into a local file. (You can never have too many backups.) It comes to 84,000 words since November 2011. That's almost as long as one of my books. No, I'm not going to publish them as a book. Not when you can read them all for free here -

31/01/2026

A day early, just because - what I did in January.

I was a bit optimistic about when I might be able to release the audio version of The Last Dragonrider. I finished recording it after 13 days (mostly 13 ...