I began working at BookLife Publishing at the start of 2023, joining the team as a Junior Author & Editor. I have moved up the ladder twice since then, now simply known as an Editor. My place in the BookLife editorial team sees me working on all sorts of books, fiction and non-fiction, in all sorts of formats. I’m involved from the very beginnings of idea generation, all the way to signing off the completed product ready for print or client delivery.

So yeah, I can do a lot of stuff with books.

Here are a few highlights from my work at BookLife.

McAllister Academy

The biggest writing project I have done (so far). Six book series, all 15,000 words, all done within a calendar year.

As a big football fan (and the lone sports enjoyer in the editorial team), I happily took this on. A series like this was requested from a client. So, I conceived the idea, wrote up pitches that I created with my publishing team, and then wrote them all. It involved many hours of writing, amending and communicating with clients. It also involved tackling themes I’d never really written about before, such as neurodivergence and divorce.

It kicked my ass but I am very proud of how McAllister Academy came out. Big shout-out to Becca and Beth for helping me hammer these plots into shape, to Amy for putting them together and to Dan for making these cool covers.

I’ve been a comic book fan forever, so being able to write my own graphic novels has been a blast. I’ve become the go-to guy for these as well in the team, with my expertise in the area, as well as a proven skill at making them.

Writing them is a blast, and seeing the illustrators bring them all to life is the best bit. Shoutout to Rose, T and Alex for their great work on the ones pictured to the left, and all the other illustrators I’ve worked with.