# James B Wood > Thrillers, technology, bureaucracy and distinctly British satire. ## Posts - [What I Learned Marketing My Books on Social Media for the First Time](https://perwood.co.uk/books/2026/09/what-i-learned-marketing-my-books-on-social-media-for-the-first-time/): I’ve been an author for about six years. - [Editing Lifetime Subscription: An Author’s Summer of Productive Procrastination.](https://perwood.co.uk/books/2026/09/editing-lifetime-subscription-an-authors-summer-of-productive-procrastination/): Every summer I make roughly the same mistake. - [Audiobook released - Project Radiant](https://perwood.co.uk/books/2026/06/audiobook-released-project-radiant/): The journey of releasing the audiobook for Project Radiant: Red Tape & Ruin: Book 1 has been surprisingly hard. - [Release of Project Radiant - Red Tape & Ruin: Book 1](https://perwood.co.uk/books/2026/04/release-of-project-radiant-red-tape-ruin-book-1/): It's been a good few months and finally it is release day for Project Radiant. - [Final days before release of Project Radiant](https://perwood.co.uk/books/2026/04/final-days-before-release-of-project-radiant/): Oh boy! has the last few months been a bit a push... Project Radiant, the first book of the Red Tape & Ruin Series is released on the 28th April 2026. - [Project Radiant - Available for Pre-order](https://perwood.co.uk/books/2026/03/project-radiant-available-for-pre-order/): The book has been completed for a while. - [Project Radiant - Book Cover](https://perwood.co.uk/books/2026/02/project-radiant-book-cover/): A massive thank you must go out to Victoria Mooring, who designed the book cover of "Project Radiant". - [BETA feedback and editing completed](https://perwood.co.uk/books/2026/01/beta-feedback-and-editing-completed/): After months of writing, rewriting, and editing, I’m thrilled to share that I’m in the final stretch of releasing my next book: Project Radiant, a political, techno-dystopian thriller set in a near-future Britain dominated by AI. - [Become an ARC reader for "Project Radiant"](https://perwood.co.uk/books/2026/01/become-an-arc-reader-for-project-radiant/): Project Radiant is the first book in a series of tech and political satire/thrillers. - [Why You Should Keep Going (Even When Everything Feels Pointless)](https://perwood.co.uk/writing-advice/2026/01/why-you-should-keep-going-even-when-everything-feels-pointless/): Writing is hard. Not coal-mining hard, but emotionally taxing, mentally draining, occasionally soul-wilting. Some days you’ll wonder why you bother. - [Comparing Yourself to Other Writers: A Sport We Should Retire in the New Year](https://perwood.co.uk/writing-advice/2025/12/comparing-yourself-to-other-writers-a-sport-we-should-retire-in-the-new-year/): As we come to the new year, we need to all make a resolution... Every writer compares themselves to others. It’s practically a national pastime. - [Writer’s Block: Sometimes It’s Just a Tired Brain](https://perwood.co.uk/writing-advice/2025/12/writers-block-sometimes-its-just-a-tired-brain/): As I ready myself for the upcoming Norwegian Christmas, which they celebrate on the 24th. This is great for me, as I get two Christmas dinners. - [Reading Like a Writer (Or, How to Ruin Books Forever)](https://perwood.co.uk/writing-advice/2025/12/reading-like-a-writer-or-how-to-ruin-books-forever/): As readers, when we were young, we first started ruining our enjoyment of books in English Literature class where we would review Macbeth, An Inspector Calls or some other classic book to the end of term and never want to read them again. - [The Revision Stage: Where the Real Writing Happens](https://perwood.co.uk/writing-advice/2025/12/the-revision-stage-where-the-real-writing-happens/): Revising a manuscript is a bit like realising the house you built has several crooked walls, a suspicious smell, and a family of raccoons living in the attic. - [When Your Characters Start Making Decisions Without You](https://perwood.co.uk/writing-advice/2025/12/when-your-characters-start-making-decisions-without-you/): There comes a moment in every writer’s journey when a character refuses to do what they’re told. - [The Art of Finishing Something (Even If you think It's Rubbish)](https://perwood.co.uk/writing-advice/2025/12/the-art-of-finishing-something-even-if-its-rubbish/): Finishing a draft is a milestone many new writers never reach. - [Building a Writing Habit Without Resenting It](https://perwood.co.uk/writing-advice/2025/12/building-a-writing-habit-without-resenting-it/): There’s a persistent belief that real writers write every day, preferably at dawn, possibly while wearing a whimsical scarf and a hat at a jaunty angle. - [Writing Dialogue That Doesn’t Sound Like Two Robots Arguing](https://perwood.co.uk/writing-advice/2025/12/writing-dialogue-that-doesnt-sound-like-two-robots-arguing/): Writing dialogue is a peculiar skill. - [Writing Advice Is Like British Weather: Unpredictable, Contradictory and Occasionally Violent](https://perwood.co.uk/writing-advice/2025/11/writing-advice-is-like-british-weather-unpredictable-contradictory-and-occasionally-violent/): The world of writing advice is vast, contradictory, and often delivered with the breezy confidence of someone explaining how to assemble flat-pack furniture armed only with optimism, a blunt spoon, and an IKEA instruction manual. - [The Myth of the Perfect First Draft](https://perwood.co.uk/writing-advice/2025/11/the-myth-of-the-perfect-first-draft/): Somewhere along the line, new writers were sold a spectacularly unhelpful lie: the idea that a first draft should emerge fully formed, like a flawless literary diamond sparkling with genius and smelling faintly of accomplishment. - [Project Radiant in BETA](https://perwood.co.uk/books/2025/11/project-radiant-in-beta/): The book I have been writing for the last year under the working title AI.gov has a new name, Project Radiant and it now into the Beta-Reading Trenches. - [Writing Through Life’s General Nonsense](https://perwood.co.uk/writing-advice/2025/11/writing-through-lifes-general-nonsense/): Life does not politely step aside to let you write. - [Tea as a Writing Tool: A Very Scientific Study](https://perwood.co.uk/writing-advice/2025/11/tea-as-a-writing-tool-a-completely-serious-very-scientific-study/): Every writer has a ritual. Some burn candles. Some listen to whale noises. Some summon the dark spirits of productivity. - [The Terrifying Blank Page (And Why It Isn’t Actually Out to Get You)](https://perwood.co.uk/writing-advice/2025/10/the-terrifying-blank-page-and-why-it-isnt-actually-out-to-get-you/): There is nothing quite as menacing as the blank page. - [Imposter Syndrome: The Uninvited Flatmate Who Never Does the Washing Up](https://perwood.co.uk/thoughts/2025/10/imposter-syndrome-the-uninvited-flatmate-who-never-does-the-washing-up/): If you’re a new writer, imposter syndrome has likely moved into your home, unpacked its emotional baggage, and made itself comfortable on your sofa. - [Interview with Scout leader and Youtuber @Bigmaninthewoods](https://perwood.co.uk/books/2025/02/interview-with-scout-leader-and-youtuber-bigmaninthewoods/): In 2023, I began writing what would become It's Only an Hour a Week. Initially, I saw it as a fun collection of amusing Scouting stories. - [Baked Camembert in a Sourdough loaf (served with a *cheeky steak)](https://perwood.co.uk/recipes/2025/01/baked-camembert-in-a-sourdough-loaf-served-with-a-cheeky-steak/): At Scouts we love to cook, so this is the first of a few recipes that we use on scout camp. - [WIP - A technological, social commentary, political thriller](https://perwood.co.uk/wip/2025/01/wip-a-technological-social-commentary-political-thriller/): In the latest upcoming political thriller-meets-tech-dystopia, I will be serving up a cocktail of suspense, biting humour, and a sobering look at how Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been co-opted by the very people it promised to dethrone. - [It's only an hour a week - released on 19th September](https://perwood.co.uk/books/2024/09/its-only-an-hour-a-week-released-on-19th-september/): In January 2023 I mentioned a work in progress about Scouting - It has taken a while, but it is finally being released this week. - [Tales from the Halfdeck released TODAY](https://perwood.co.uk/books/2023/11/tales-from-the-halfdeck-released-today/): It has been over a year since my dad and I started the journey of transcribing his old log book into digital form and now, after 62 years it is out in paperback and on kindle for the enjoyment of all. - [New book releases soon!](https://perwood.co.uk/books/2023/10/new-book-releases-soon/): It has been a long year with a shoulder injury and procrastination delaying the completion of the new book that I've written in collaboration with my father. - [Back working on the book](https://perwood.co.uk/books/2023/08/back-working-on-the-book/): It's been a few months with an injured shoulder, procrastination and a summer holiday, but I've come back refreshed and with much more motivation. - [3 months of no writing and I cannot blame procrastination for a change](https://perwood.co.uk/books/2023/06/3-months-of-no-writing-and-i-cannot-blame-procrastination-for-a-change/): Just a few days after my birthday in February this year I had an unexpected turn when Parsonage-Turner Syndrome (PTS), a nerve disorder, stopped me in my tracks. - [Pegging hell that hurts... Parsonage-Turner Syndrome](https://perwood.co.uk/thoughts/2023/06/pegging-hell-that-hurts-parsonage-turner-syndrome/): Have you ever experienced sudden, intense shoulder pain that seemingly appeared out of nowhere? - [Procrastination and how not to deal with it](https://perwood.co.uk/thoughts/2023/02/procrastination/): Procrastination is like that annoying relative who shows up uninvited and convinces you to put off your work for "just a few minutes." - [Dealing with imposter syndrome](https://perwood.co.uk/thoughts/2023/01/dealing-with-imposter-syndrome/): I wake up most mornings with imposter syndrome. They say imposter syndrome is like a voice in your head that tells you you're not good enough. - [WIP - a book about Scouting](https://perwood.co.uk/books/2023/01/wip-a-book-about-scouting/): Coming soon. In this book readers will join the me on my personal and inspiring journey of leading a Scout troop in the United Kingdom. - [WIP - Tales from the Halfdeck](https://perwood.co.uk/books/2022/12/wip-tales-from-the-halfdeck/): In 'Transcribing Tales from the Halfdeck: Midshipman's Log', readers will embark on a journey through the eyes of a young naval officer as he navigates the treacherous waters of the high seas aboard various Blue Funnel Line merchant vessels in the 1960's. - [The Condiment Catastrophe](https://perwood.co.uk/books/2022/11/the-condiment-catastrophe/): You wouldn't think spreading condiments on bread could be that hard, for this one dad it's a catastrophe! The kids are hungry and waiting for breakfast. - [Publishing in KDP](https://perwood.co.uk/books/2021/06/publishing-in-kdp/): Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) is an Amazon platform that allows authors to publish and distribute their books in the Kindle Store and Amazon itself. - [Ascot to Argelès released today](https://perwood.co.uk/books/2021/03/ascot-to-argeles-released-today/): We have been driving to the South of France for the last 15 years with our children and have learnt a great many things and surprised us on any number of occasions. - [Dinosaurs, Elves and Imps - released!](https://perwood.co.uk/books/2020/06/dinosaurs-elves-and-imps-released/): From Dinosaurs eating the garden, Elves causing mischief, wonderfully wet camping adventures and other short stories to make you giggle. ## Pages - [ARC Team](https://perwood.co.uk/arc/): What happens when everything you own becomes a subscription? Including the government. - [My Books](https://perwood.co.uk/my-books/): I have been writing or procrastinating about writing for years. But it was only in 2020 that I decided to bite the bullet and publish the stories. - [About Me](https://perwood.co.uk/about-me/): Hi, I’m James B Wood. - [Newsletter](https://perwood.co.uk/newsletter/): Do you want to hear what is going on in the Red Tape & Ruin series, or the other books I have been writing? - [Podcasts of Interest](https://perwood.co.uk/podcasts-of-interest/): There is a lot of dross out there on the internet, this may help you, the weary internet traveller in finding something of interest to fill your time. - [Scouting](https://perwood.co.uk/scouting/): For James, Scouting isn’t just a pastime, a volunteering role, or a hobby, it's a deeply felt part of who he is. ## Optional - [Agent (MCP protocol)](websites-agents.hostinger.com/perwood.co.uk/mcp) [comment]: # (Generated by Hostinger Tools Plugin)