The Lagos operation
Somewhere in beautiful Lagos, a man almost certainly not called Sam is swearing at his inbox. THERE are hundreds of books about self-publishing, but so far I haven't seen any of them touch on the one aspect of the business which seems completely inescapable: The daily deluge of scam attempts. Sometimes I feel as if my website operates entirely as a magnet for shady characters to try and extract money from me via increasingly ludicrous and inept means. I open my inbox each mor
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Where's Book No.3?
Edinburgh landmark Arthur's Seat is a key location in Carnahan Book No.3, 'All Men Have Secrets' KEEN-eyed readers of this website will have noticed that my next novel, 'All Men Have Secrets', is not, as planned, out yet – and you can blame Nigel Farage for that. How so? Well... Things were going swimmingly. I've had the basic idea for the book – a return to some of the characters and themes of my debut novel, 'How Soon Is Now?' – in mind for a while now. Good progress on the
May 233 min read
Get your kicks in '26
Happy New Year, everyone! I hope 2026 finds you all well, fulfilled and not, hopefully, randomly invading other people's countries to make oil company CEOs richer than they already are... This is just a quick look back on the year recently passed, and forward to my bookish plans for the coming year. 2025, despite its many flaws on a global scale, was a hugely satisfying year for me as a writer. 'How Soon Is Now?' continued to find new readers and attracted some lovely reviews
Jan 43 min read
