Five Things For Friday

Five for Friday #7: Batman, Dracula fangs, drama, fonts and disappearing crafts

Hello there! It's Friday 13th. Hope you survive. To help you get through the most superstitious of all days, I’m back with another five things I’ve enjoyed this week and hope you will too! 1. Film: Tuesday night, we watched the second-best Batman movie* with a

Creative Life

The time I was caught in the headlights

When fear froze me in place... and how I started moving again

Five Things For Friday

Five things for Friday #6: Suede, puppets and doing it yourself!

Even a little bit of Vic and Bob, too!

Q&A

How do you get your name out there?

A question from a creative writing student — and a few things I wish I’d known when I was starting out.

Five Things For Friday

Five things for Friday #5: Comedy, frost fairies and public panic

Podcasts, videos and brilliant articles galore!

Creative Life

My morning routine

Sharing the habits that start my days

News

Newsflash: Announcing my new Star Wars graphic novel

Jaxxon’s back, baby!

Five Things For Friday

Five things for Friday #4: Magazine design, not-so-dead languages and the love of fountain pens

Links I enjoyed this week and thought you might too!

Creative Life

The importance of real things in a digital age

How an encounter with Charles Dickens and Winnie the Pooh gave me hope for the future

Creative Life

You’re going to mess up — and that’s a good thing!

Getting comfortable with getting it wrong

Five Things For Friday

Five things for Friday #3: Peter Capaldi, pocketbooks and the Goblin King

Things I enjoyed this week and thought you might too!

Gear

Gear review: The Lochby Mini-Field Journal

A pocket notebook system I use every day!

News

Announcing a new short story anthology – plus, Gwenpool trade paperback out today!

It lies beneath!

Booklife

My 2026 reading challenge

An experiment in self-control (with several very important loopholes)

Five Things For Friday

Five things for Friday #2: Tiny worlds, gigantic starships and clever spiders

Five things I enjoyed this week — from miniature libraries to surprisingly clever web-slingers

Online life

It’s not for me – A healthier way to disagree online

Four little words with the power to make all the difference.

Creative Life

My word of the year 2026

Plus, how to choose a word of your own

Five Things For Friday

Five things for Friday #1: Ghost stories, creative tips and frosty folklore

Things I loved and think you might too

Creative Life

Gaze into my 2026

Hints on what I’m working on next year

News

Cover reveal: Godfather of Hell is back!

Plus, ways you can help the graphic novel’s launch!

Booklife

Once Upon a National Trust Christmas

Sharing a few photos from Tyntesfield’s festive wonderland

Creative Life

2025: That was the year that was!

A round up of the year gone by — the highs, the lows and the hopes for 2026

Monster Mechas

Happy Christmas from the Cavletter

Wishing you a peaceful midwinter… complete with snow on the logo.

Booklife

The bookshop I wish I’d found years ago

A crime lover’s paradise in the city that never sleeps

Writer's Life

Season’s Greetings from my inbox

Sharing the love from Lucasfilm, DC and more