When writing my previous Forest Lord novels I was working a full time job, and, as a father of small children, it wasn't really possible to travel south to research the locations I was writing about. But my new Warrior Druid of Britain series, although it still includes many parts of England as settings, sees... Continue Reading →
A short guest post I did for Tony Riches's website about researching The Druid. "What did they wear? What did they eat, drink, do for fun?" Check it out here: https://tonyriches.blogspot.com/2019/01/guest-post-by-steven-mckay-researching.html
Ho ho ho etc! To celebrate the holiday season, I thought I'd GIVE AWAY 12 gifts over 12 days to my readers around the world. Some are small, like Blood of the Wolf bookmarks, while some are a bit fancier, including signed copies of The Druid and even a Druid mug! To enter, just... Continue Reading →
After work today I went on one of my glamourous shopping trips to Farmfoods and, since I was near the Bearsden branch I decided to finally visit the site of Castlehill Roman Fort. I've driven past the place so many times, even thought about buying a house nearby once, but never tried to go up... Continue Reading →
Woke up this morning to see The Druid at the top spot in one of Amazon's charts, even beating Outlander! And a new review of the book has been posted by blogger Speesh Reads, you really need to check it out, he always writes insightful and amusing reviews. "a triumph, an honest to goodness, self assured triumph"... Continue Reading →
At last, THE DRUID is available! Finally, after a year of this novel being in limbo, today sees The Druid published on Kindle and paperback. Free on Kindle Unlimited too. I hope you all give it a look and leave a review on Amazon and/or Goodreads when you finish it, reviews really do help sales,... Continue Reading →
That's right, you can now pre-order the Kindle edition of my new novel, The Druid, book one in the Warrior Druid of Britain Chronicles. LINKS: UK - The Druid UK USA - The Druid USA Worldwide - getbook.at/TheDruid The book will be published on November 1st. Please share this with all your social media friends by using the buttons at... Continue Reading →
As I always do when a new novel is complete, I sent my cover designers a rough idea of how I wanted the cover to look. For The Druid I asked for big fonts, the carnyx, stone circle - everything you see here. I wasn't really prepared for just how AWESOME they would make it though! Honestly,... Continue Reading →
That's right, unless something happens to delay it, The Druid, book one in my brand new WARRIOR DRUID OF BRITAIN series will be published on November 1st 2018. That date (well, the evening of October 31st into the 1st day of November really) is Samhain, one of the most important festivals in the Celtic "pagan" calendar.... Continue Reading →
