High-concept - what's that?

Nearly five years ago, the late Paul Sussman, Egyptologist and thriller writer, told me on my Arvon Foundation course that INCEPTIO was high-concept.

I didn’t really have a clue what that meant, but I nodded and thanked him. Did it mean it was highbrow? No, despite all the Roman content, it was an adventure story, […]

INCEPTIO selected as Indie Book of the Day!

Delighted to discover that INCEPTIO had been nominated for the IDB award and even more so when I received an email saying it had been selected as Indie Book of the Day today, 15 June 2015!

They sent me a shiny certificate…

 

and a personalised badge:

Unexpected and so more pleasurable!

 

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Writing a prequel - revealing secrets

AURELIA, the fourth Roma Nova thriller, is out in the world now and drawing lovely compliments and reviews in the UK and from the US. Keep ‘em coming!

One question I’ve been asked as a guest on blogs during May is why the story of Aurelia Mitela, and […]