2022 Changed Me.
2022 was the most bitter, vicious, divisive year I have ever known. I had too many woefully poor tradespeople in my house who wanted...
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Richard Haywood
- Sep 25, 2022
- 8 min
When The Thin Blue Line Breaks….
I want to talk about mental health, and specifically about cops that have to leave their careers early – and just how f*cking awful it is...
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Richard Haywood
- Aug 27, 2022
- 4 min
What It’s Like When A New Story Grips A Writer…
It’s an amazing feeling being a writer. It’s like we have portals in our head that give access to incredible places. The other day,...
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Richard Haywood
- Aug 23, 2022
- 6 min
Monday. Urgh. Yeah.
Monday 22nd August Yesterday was Monday. And it started off so well. I was up early and out with the dogs then back home for breakfast,...
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Richard Haywood
- Aug 21, 2022
- 7 min
Sunday’s used to be sh*tty. Now they’re okay…
Sunday 21st August Sunday. The day of rest. It always used to be, didn’t it? I don’t think it really works like that anymore. Maybe to...
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Richard Haywood
- Aug 5, 2022
- 5 min
I’m Now A Fugitive On The Run… and Richard Is Hard To Spell
That’s it. I’m done. I’m turning to a life of crime. I’m already a fugitive on the run. Wearing disguises and using fake names until I...
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Richard Haywood
- Aug 1, 2022
- 3 min
Another Thing I Saw In London
Like I said in my other blog (click here) I go to London quite a lot, and when I do I like to get out on the ground and see real life in...
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Richard Haywood
- Aug 1, 2022
- 7 min
What I Saw On My Trip To London (July 2022)
I go to London regularly for meetings and other general loafing about. During one of those trips a while back, I ended up with a few...
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Richard Haywood
- Dec 25, 2021
- 7 min
2021. Let’s Purge.
Well now. Schnitzel my turkey bratwurst, Rudolph, and pop the top from a can of pop cos it must be the festive yuletide season once more....
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Richard Haywood
- Sep 24, 2021
- 5 min
Do You Enjoy Research As A Writer?
A friend recently asked me if I enjoyed researching the topics in my books? I get asked that a lot, so I figured I’d drop a line down and...
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Richard Haywood
- Mar 28, 2021
- 4 min
Dearest Flora….
Sooooo, I woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. The lockdown sucks. I’m bored and stuck at home. I bought the flat upstairs...
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Richard Haywood
- Jul 14, 2020
- 4 min
One chapter closes. Another begins. Life goes on.
There’s been a slight change to my life, and one that’s left me a bit stunned. Let me briefly explain… I’ve been on a career break from...
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Richard Haywood
- Jun 13, 2020
- 7 min
Win An Undead Mug…they’re pink and awesome!
What a strange time to be alive. Toxic politics fuelled by a toxic media fuelled by toxic hordes on the toxic web. Just whatever you do,...
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Richard Haywood
- Apr 5, 2020
- 3 min
A Town Called Discovery. A new book that isn’t a new book…
Well hello you super gorgeous peeps, I have a new book coming out – A Town Called Discovery. Which is super exciting. Except it’s not...
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Richard Haywood
- Feb 4, 2020
- 4 min
That time I ran naked and free with wild foxes…
It was a beautiful autumnal night and the sky was an inky black filled with millions of twinkling stars all hinting of faraway places and...
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Richard Haywood
- Dec 22, 2019
- 4 min
An Undead themed Christmas ditty….
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. But the silence was shattered...
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Richard Haywood
- Nov 16, 2019
- 5 min
Bribery is bad, unless it involves cake…
Helloooo Dearest Readers! A good few years ago another police officer and I were on duty as part of a specialist public order unit...
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Richard Haywood
- May 18, 2019
- 7 min
The Worldship Humility is out on Kindle + Paperback!!
Hellloooo! Guten Tag! Bonjour! Hola and er….Helloooo! Sorry for spamming you with another post. Especially so soon after the release...
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Richard Haywood
- Mar 23, 2019
- 2 min
The Path Between Worlds by Paul Antony Jones
A wee while ago I was contacted by the super nice chaps at Aethon Books. They said one of their authors had a new book coming out and...
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Richard Haywood
- Jan 29, 2019
- 9 min
The Undead Meets Extracted…
PART ONE The darkness of the night is absolute. We move as quietly as we can with ears straining to listen. Clothes rustling with each...
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