Creative Life My Top 10 Villains The bad guys and gals that are dear to my heart (and in some cases want to consume it, too!)
Creative Life Editing a manuscript and knowing when it's done! Answering a subscribers question about when you know your novel is ready to submit... and what happens next!
Making Comics Focus on Shadow Service - Part Two In the first of a two-part series for paid subscribers, I share the inspiration for Shadow Service's main character, an exclusive glimpse of the original proposal and a free pdf of issue 1!
Making Comics Focus on Shadow Service - Part One In the first of a two-part series for paid subscribers, I delve into the secret history of Mi666 and Shadow Service
Creative Life Exploring your characters at home, at work and at play A simple trick for working out what makes your characters tick...and pulling the rug out from beneath them!
Creative Life Why I don't want to be a machine anymore Remembering to be human in a world obsessed with excessive busyness
Creative Life Making Comics: Lucas Meyer's amazing - and unsettling - designs for Titans United: Bloodpact A sneak peek at the horror-influenced sketchbook from the recent DC mini-series
Creative Life Making Comics: Breaking down a page of Star Wars: The High Republic issue one See the process, from script to final art!
Creative Life Focus on Doctor Who - Project: Twilight In my first deep dive into my back catalogue, exclusive for paid subscribers, I look back at my first professional script, an audio drama that pitted everyone's favourite Time Lord against the undead!
Creative Life Stuck? Here are two ways to kickstart your plot How divination or a simple Yes / No question can get you moving again!
Creative Life How I became a writer Ever wondered how I made the leap to writing books, comics and audio? Here's the inside scoop!
Creative Life My fellow High Republic creators quiz me on Path of Vengeance, Star Wars and more... I celebrate the publication of Star War: The High Republic - Path of Vengeance by inviting my Luminous chums to ask me anything! Gulp!
Creative Life Stop worrying about social media and do the work The reasons I’m taking a breath and trying not to panic as *that* social network crashes and burns 🔥
Creative Life Five tips for breaking into comics Want to make a career in comic books? Then, here's how to get started!
Creative Life Making comics: The evolution of Corin Howell's cover for Dead Seas #4 The process of creating a comic book cover!
Not such a looney idea - Saying yes to Yes Sessions! A super-simple but really effective brainstorming technique from the creators of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck!
Creative Life Making comics: The Dead Seas pitch Want an EXCLUSIVE glimpse at the sample pages Nick Brokenshire and I put together to sell our ghostly comic book? Of course you do!