I never thought this would happen! I’m thrilled to be included on the same page as WH Auden and JRR Tolkien. My Viking novel BloodEagleSaga is included on alliteration.net/books/long-poe… - a celebration of epics in alliterative verse. If you like Beowulf or Viking Sagas, give it a try!

The orgy at the bottom of my garden worked like magic. Here is the fruit of its labours: lots of toadspawn

You can find out more Philip Gomm or Doug Beattie

Glad to see Task Force Helmand by Doug Beattie MC is out as an audible book. It’s a great read and will be a great listen.

And it was agent Andrew Lownie who was instrumental in getting our first book An Ordinary Soldier published with Simon & Schuster UK all those years ago. Doug Beattie Jonathan Samuels
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Delighted to see Task Force Helmand by Doug Beattie which I had a small part in writing has been released as an audiobook. Thank you to W. F. Howes Ltd & our agent Andrew Lownie
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The freezing water hasn’t cooled the ardour of the critters in our pond - here’s a toad orgy in full swing…

If this is true, it is appalling

I’m feeling a bit thirsty … I hope there’s enough! Happy Christmas… wassail well

My novel Blood-Eagle Saga is almost topping the Viking Historical Romance chart on Kindle!

It's a tale of greed and betrayal, courage and cowardice, that takes rival Viking longships across the Atlantic to a new world of depravity.

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Hopefully Asgeir the warlord will soon be sailing to stardom on his longship!

Viking epic written by top British author being lined up for Hollywood film

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I'm thrilled that my Viking epic, Blood-Eagle Saga, has begun its journey to the silver screen.

I've turned the novel into a script and I'm working closely with London-based Little Dude Films.

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Autumn colours at last

I knew I’d get to Valhalla one day!

I really enjoyed Oppenheimer. David Moyes was brilliant in the lead role. If he ever gets bored with West Ham, he’s got a great future in Hollywood.

Letter of the day (thanks again to the Torygraph).