Welcome to Crowhill Cove
Population: mostly hot gay guys who can’t stop taking their shirts off
Location: somewhere non-specific but totally dreamy in the good old US of A
Timezone: all the time, baby (but specifically once a week)
(My fiction relates to the Crowhill Cove books, but you can also dive in without reading them!)
Stick around here to:
Watch me experiment with all areas of the writing experience: style and genre, publishing, marketing, and beyond
Read my serialised novels
See teasers for upcoming books - like cover art and first chapters before anyone else
Hear how I’m doing with this big old writing experiment, and what the results have been, and whether it might work for you if you’re an author
Learn what I can share about the craft of writing
Admire art and fan art
Read chapters that didn’t make the final cut
Argue with my dream movie castings (and suggest your own)
Hear more about characters that don’t get their own books
Vote on future content and even influence future books
See behind-the-scenes glimpses of my process, such as my notes or plot outlines as I work on the books
Ask questions and get answers in Q&As based on the characters, the books, the art of writing, or so on
Read AU and one-shots based on the Crowhill Cove universe
Read through CYOA novels that are only going to be available here
Chat with other fans of m/m romance about books, TV, movies, and reviews
Enter giveaways for signed books or other merch
Hear me occasionally read my work out loud, possibly complete with my terrible and hilarious attempts to do different voices
Get pretty much constant updates on how my writing is going and when the next book is coming out
Where is all this stuff?!
It’s here, starting July 2023. But 60 days after getting published, it all goes dark. If you want access to the full archives, just become a paid subscriber! It’s super cheap and allows me to carry on writing without quite so much guilt about the fact I should be working on client projects instead.
This whole thing is basically a huge experiment - you can read more about that and why I’m doing it here:
I share all the writing-related stuff (for example, updates and behind-the-scenes stuff, guides and tips, how I do things, and so on) under the Writing Craft section. Stuff related to books - teasers, imagery, giveaways, and so on - go under the Crowhill Cove section. Exclusive fiction will be under the Shorts and Serialisations section.
So, if you’re keen to read about the ins and outs of publishing, keep up with the experiment of this Substack, and see what I’m up to - but you don’t want to read gay romance - you can just subscribe to Crowhill Cove and ignore Shorts and Serialisations. Or any combination of the sections! I don’t judge. You can just stick to being subscribed to all three if you want weekly updates.
I also share an annual round-up of everything I’ve done, what did and didn’t work, and what I intend to do next year. Here’s the 2023 edition:
What do paid subscribers get?
You get, quite simply, everything!
All of the posts in my archive and future posts will be open to you. This includes paid subscriber exclusives that will never be available to the general public. You also get the full edition of my TikTok posts - 5 videos vs just one.
If you subscribe as a Book Reader - only $10 more for the year - you’ll also get exclusive ebook editions of all of my books published through this Substack, for free, sent to you before anyone else. Considering I usually put out between three and five books a year, that’s great value!
Plus, if you refer a friend, you can earn free months of paid membership for nothing more than sharing something you love with someone you love.
