I’ll be at the Chester Literature Festival this coming Saturday, 16th May, from 2pm -4pm. I’ll be talking about my work and selling copies of my last novel, ‘An t-Eilean Dorcha (The Dark Island)’ at the Storyhouse Local Authors Section. Come and say hello! www.storyhouse.com/chester-lite...

Grateful for the opportunity yesterday to pitch my 9th novel, ‘Parallel Experiences’ on #QuestPit Thankyou for the kind comments but still no literary agent interest. Wishing all the wonderful authors I met through the event every success.

When I wrote An t-Eilean Dorcha (The Dark Island) in 2024/5, it wasn’t easy to evidence the underlying reason driving more and more wind farm developments in Scotland. Here it is: Build data centres in Scotland not London, says Britain’s energy grid boss. www.ft.com/content/7f85...

PARALLEL EXPERIENCES: 66k word thriller where BLACK MIRROR meets DISCLOSURE. When a multicorp’s VR tech causes hallucinations, its hospitals use ECT to erase the damage. Hospital chaplain Mary Davies must stop them before her brother’s memories are wiped forever. #QuestPit #Q #T

PARALLEL EXPERIENCES: 66k word thriller where BLACK MIRROR meets DISCLOSURE. A multicorp would gladly erase hospital chaplain Mary Davies’ brother’s memories, and would be just as happy if staff forgot their predatory CEO’s behaviour. #QuestPit #Q #T

PARALLEL EXPERIENCES: 66K word thriller where BLACK MIRROR meets DISCLOSURE. As a multi-corp struggles to hide technology failure and abuse, hospital chaplain Mary Davies fights to stop the system erasing her brother’s memories before it’s too late. #QuestPit #Q #T

Parallel Experiences: 66K word thriller where Black Mirror meets Disclosure. When a multi-corp’s technology goes rogue, Mary Davies, hospital chaplain, fights to stop it erasing her brother’s mind, unmasking the CEO’s abuses of a wholly different kind. #questpit #Q #T

Looking forward today to being interviewed for a ‘Fitz of Writing’ episode on YouTube. Will be talking about my eighth novel, ‘An t-Eilean Dorcha (The Dark Island)’ about the wind rush and the effect on the islanders caught up in it. It will be streamed on the 22nd of July.

Tomorrow,13th February, marks the 334th anniversary of the bloody massacre of Glencoe. ‘Proscription’ is a work of historical fiction, about this event and the years that followed, that sought to extinguish a Clan and ultimately the Highland way of life. amzn.eu/d/0bIPFSnG

If you’re in Chester next Saturday, 7th February, why not come down to Books on the Walls, 2 City Walls, Chester?

If you’re in Chester next Saturday, 7th February, why not come down to Books on the Walls, 2 City Walls, Chester?

The hardest thing about writing, ‘An t-Eilean Dorcha’ was trying to write something humorous that didn’t undermine those who face this battle, while also trying not to undermine the need to address climate change, by those that seek to deny it: amzn.eu/d/iCgVKon

If you are looking for a Scottish novel this Christmas, check out my work on www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Gordo...

When the reality is much more important and accurate than fiction.

You are often portrayed as being anti-environment if you adopt a position of opposition to wind, despite the reasons being pro-environment.’An t-Eilean Dorcha(The Dark Island)’is against the unrestricted industrialisation of the Highlands and Islands: amzn.eu/d/hV7x6hz news.sky.com/video/share-...

How the windrush may not be all it’s said to be: amzn.eu/d/6dAxLha

Suspect it won’t be the energy customer who gets the pot of gold at the end of this rainbow.

If you like the film, ‘Local Hero’, you’ll love my eighth novel, ‘An t-Eilean Dorcha (The Dark Island)’: amzn.eu/d/8e6684E

My 7th novel, ‘Proscription’, (2025) is about the Glencoe Massacre. ‘… in surroundings that are probably the most beautiful I have ever seen…, a part of God's creation, … his wrath was again being visited upon us, and I don't know why’: amzn.eu/d/egr4Td4

Whisky, appropriately enough given Isle of Raasay whisky, plays a prominent role in my humorous sixth novel from 2024, ‘Pods for Pigs’ which is set on the beautiful Isle of Raasay: amzn.eu/d/cA4BlQ1

‘You know, when you have no money, there just aren't any rules in society no more', remarked Mark trying to justify his position. Quote from ‘Carrot Toppers’, my 2016 novel about austerity, set in the north west of England: amzn.eu/d/fNnLx3t

In my 2013 novel, ‘Beyond the Tree at Mamre’, Andrei Rublev’s ‘The Icon of the Trinity’, from the early 15th century, played a prominent role in the thoughts of Martin, the main character, underpinned the storyline and influenced the title of the novel: amzn.eu/d/c8oBHlm

In my novel, ‘Just a Little Drop More’, James a retired geologist drove through the small village of Sannox until he came to the large building and gate that lay opposite the wood by the shore, and which heralded the beginning of the path up the Glen. This is the scene: amzn.eu/d/aToc9Zh

In my second novel, ‘76’, published in 2009, John and his cousin walk to the village of Hallaig on Raasay. This is the scene they see on part of that walk, and John turns to Murdo and says, “I mean, you are here, the MacLeods are still here, in Hallaig”.

“Hugh and Murdoch watched intently as two of the men jumped aboard a small boat moored at the harbour”. (Quote from ‘Silicon Glen’, my first novel written in 1995/96 amzn.eu/d/gQQIShv). This is the very harbour in Brodick where that scene is set.

This is why An t-Eilean Dorcha (The Dark Island) amzn.eu/d/2Y2tCnl is spot on. These developments need to have local consent by the people affected while safeguarding people’s livelihoods and the wildlife, flora and fauna of the natural environment: news.sky.com/story/politics…

An t-Eilean Dorcha (The Dark Island) is against the industrialisation of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, and beyond. Get your copy here: amzn.eu/d/6dVsjEG

From California’s turbine scars to Scotland’s Highlands & Islands, my novel, ‘An t-Eilean Dorcha’ exposes wind farm betrayal—peatlands gone, loss of wildlife, locals ignored & irreplaceable landscapes lost. Buy now: a.co/d/erBU6F2

Quite simply, this novel is a polemic against the industrialisation of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland (and elsewhere) through the development of large scale renewable energy projects: a.co/d/c3MlpkB

Doing a talk about my work at Books-on-the-Walls in Chester on 7th February at 2pm.

Delighted to say Raasay Community Stores and Books on the Wall, Chester, (booksonthewalls.com) are both stocking some of my novels. Both are more than just bookshops and are worth checking out.

A really nice write up back home from the Arran Banner today, the local paper on Arran, (which appeared in the Guinness Book of Records in 1984), about my new book of Plays. Many thanks to them. amzn.eu/d/5CacBof

Turbines, turbines everywhere! They call it green energy. But on one small island, the “wind rush” threatens to blow life off course — including the people who live there. ‘An t-Eilean Dorcha (The Dark Island)’, is available on Amazon in paperback or for Kindle. a.co/d/hDHJhtE

Turbines, turbines everywhere! They call it green energy. But on one small island, the “wind rush” threatens to blow life off course — including the people who live there. ‘An t-Eilean Dorcha (The Dark Island)’, is available on Amazon in paperback or for Kindle. a.co/d/hDHJhtE

They call it green energy. But on one small island, the “wind rush” threatens to blow life off course — including the people who live there. ‘An t-Eilean Dorcha (The Dark Island)’, is available on Amazon in paperback or for Kindle. a.co/d/09vxW55

The abject failure of politicians to listen to the concerns of the people amidst the wind rush, ignoring what may be the largest land movement since the 19th century, is unforgivable. All I can do is add my voice, hoping it helps people take notice: a.co/d/3y8QjY7

I love coming to the US, my favourite country, bar Scotland my home. As an independent author it’s difficult getting your work known, but people in the US might like the one I wrote as a polemic against #windfarms a.co/d/iB6S4Mw

I love coming to the US, my favourite country, bar Scotland my home. As an independent author it’s difficult getting your work known, but people in the US might like the one I wrote as a polemic against #windfarms . a.co/d/cLhgdxx

I love coming to the US, my favourite country, bar Scotland my home. As an independent author it’s difficult getting your work known, but people in the US might like the one I wrote as a polemic against #windfarms . a.co/d/cLhgdxx

I love coming to the US, my favourite country, bar Scotland my home. As an independent author it’s difficult getting your work known, but people in the US might like the one I wrote as a polemic against #windfarms a.co/d/iB6S4Mw

The special week only offer for the Kindle edition of ‘Proscription’ in the USA has begun. A work of historical fiction, outlining how the Glencoe Massacre shaped one man’s journey through life. Only 99 cents. a.co/d/bBcnOgA

My novel,‘76’,about the Highland Clearances sold well in US. 14 years on, & for 1 week only, the Kindle price of my new novel,‘Proscription’,is $0.99 cents,from 28th Aug 9am EDT until 4th Sept 9am. Set in the Highlands it covers the Jacobite uprisings. a.co/d/bTfQUvk

Proscription: #Scotland historical fiction covering the period of the Glencoe massacre up to the Battle of Culloden. A young child from Clan MacDonald, is found following the massacre, which serves to shape the future path his life will follow. a.co/d/1Qh6SPp

An excerpt from my novel: amzn.eu/d/5dAHEKd

An excerpt from my novel: amzn.eu/d/5dAHEKd

You can sample my writing for free by listening to the podcast of my novel, ‘Proscription’, set during the time of the Massacre of Glencoe: rss.com/podcasts/pro...

This reminds me of Top of the Pops days and the chart rundown! My newly released little book of drama scripts, ‘More Arran Dramas’, has climbed up to number 5 on the Amazon bestseller list for contemporary drama. amzn.eu/d/irAgAwN

It appears the small one Act Play, ‘A Clyde Hogmanay’, is proving a popular reading from my new small book of Plays, ‘More Arran Dramas’, which was released earlier this week. amzn.eu/d/78KRX3A

My little book of Plays which was published this week, ‘More Arran Dramas’, has shot up to number six 6️⃣ in the Amazon best seller list of Contemporary Dramas and Plays. amzn.eu/d/c86JTRt