Sunday Tea and Talk
My next Event coming up is on Sunday 2nd August at 4pm - Tea and Talk at Beatons Tearooms in Blandford Forum, Dorset. Here is further information: Blandford Tea & Talk Flyer. FLASH FICTION: If you want to read [...]
Paintings and Books
I love painting watercolours as well as writing fiction, and I've done both for some years. I belong to the Milton Abbas Art Group and every summer we hold a group exhibition when, along with the other members, I exhibit [...]
Juggling Books and Music – on Stilts!
The Dorset Midsummer Music and Food Festival on Saturday 20th June at Warren Farm on Bulbarrow Hill was so enjoyable! During the day, at the bookstall, I was selling and signing copies of my new book THE LOST JOURNEY HOMEWARD [...]
Hello world!
My new Website goes live today - which happens to be Election Day! I have been writing a Blog since 2008 and include on this page a selection of my earlier posts. The short stories which I have published on [...]
Proof Copy
The sample copies of the paperback and hardback of ‘The Lost Journey Homeward’ arrived today. After the three years of work that I have put into this book, it is amazing to finally be holding a printed copy in my [...]
Shortlisted
A year ago I wrote about being longlisted for a Short Story Competition. Well, things are looking up! This summer I find my that my story: “I Spy with my Little Eye” has been shortlisted for a Literary Prize. I [...]
World Book Night
April 23rd was World Book Night 2013. I was a party organised by Hamworthy Library in Poole with many local people and three other Dorset authors. We talked about our favourite books and took questions. I spoke about my admiration [...]
Cockles and Mussels
I was out yesterday in the pouring rain at Puddletown, Dorset to watch the Olympic Torchbearer come running past. In puddles below and with umbrellas above a few hundred other enthusiasts cheered and waved their Union Jacks. I have to [...]
Fact into Fiction
I’ve been giving a few talks recently on the subject of writing from experience. I was a speaker participating in the Essex Book Festival (27th February – 2nd April), and on 23rd April I spoke in Westbourne Library as part [...]