by philwilliams | Dec 2, 2025 | Editorial, How to...
Over on my ELT website, English Lessons Brighton, I’ve been sharing my full collection of grammar guides for free over the past few months. As I’ve explained in a recent blog post, traffic has been slowing down, marketing has become more difficult, and...
by philwilliams | Apr 9, 2024 | Editorial, The Blood Scouts
Since I started writing However Many Must Die, I’ve taken quite an interest in World War 1-era fantasy, though hunting it out, and seeing other people asking about it, often seems to produce scant results. With that in mind I thought it might be interesting to share...
by philwilliams | Sep 1, 2020 | Editorial
Today kicks off Self-Published Fantasy Month, admirably conceived and curated by these wonderful people, and it seems as good an excuse as any to get me blogging again. I’ve been inspired to read a few specifically indie books from my mountainous pile this...
by philwilliams | Jul 24, 2019 | Editorial, Novels
Joseph Heller, known for Catch-22. WW2 vet turned writer of novels, screenplays and short stories and academic. At the age of 17 or so, we were tasked with comparing two books for the English A-Level: Joseph Heller’s Catch 22 and Louis De Bernieres’ Captain Correlli’s...
by philwilliams | Oct 25, 2017 | Editorial
Every writer is regularly asked the question of where their ideas come from. And every writer has difficulty answering it, because creativity is, by its nature, not designed. I had someone call on my entry phone this morning that helped illustrate my process, though....
by philwilliams | Apr 11, 2017 | Book Design, Editorial, Estalia Series, Faergrowe Series, Novels
Like the new look? This is an early preview of the updated cover for Wixon’s Day – the first step in a slew of new book covers I’ve got in the wings. I’m excited to say they’re all looking great – the Estalia series has a very...
