After publishing fifteen books I thought I’d do a poll and see which is everyone’s favourite book cover. I’ve had the privilege of working with some extremely talented people over the years so it’s time for them to show their wares and take a bow for all their hard work. I will list each book…
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Exception to the rule, ‘no one remembers number two’
Omega is the second book in the Col Sec series and holds a special place in my heart. I’d finished Ronin which was going to be a stand alone book and was thinking about my next book. What should I write, could I even write another book? At the time Casino Royale had been released…
Reality check….
One of my favourite authors was and to some extent, still is, Jack Higgins and I remember reading an article about him back in the day, I think it was around the mid eighties when he was in the height of his fame. The article stated that he had humble beginnings, which I could relate…
The role of an author.
I was asked recently what was the role of an author and at first the answer seemed obvious to me. Let’s take this in the correct context though. First off the conversation I was having was basically a questionnaire for a publisher and it was in relation to this that I was asked the question….
Forever and a day
On a recent trip to London I visited the Waterstones book store in Trafalgar Square where I picked up a copy of the new James Bond book, Forever and a day written by Anthony Horowitz. That sounds far grander than it was, we were on a city break on one of our allotted annual leave…
New covers, new upgrades
Jack Dillon is my pen name for a series of books that are similar to my Col Sec series but are set in present day. In fact there are two series of books, one is the SI6 series and the other is the ATLAS Force series. The latter has three books, The Satan Strain,…
Reaching new heights as a writer
Practise makes perfect as they say and as many writers will attest, the more you write the better at it you get. When I first started writing and taking it seriously it was something I never considered, not consciously at least. What I mean by that is that I never wrote something and thought, ‘well…
Master of Mayhem 