Prodigals with Tea and Cake
My third book has been published this summer by Onwards and Upwards – a novel called The Lost Journey Homeward. It is a contemporary take on the parable of the Prodigal Son, though in my book the prodigal is a […]
Book Signing Satisfaction
Authors must help their publishers to market their own books these days. We tend to target local booksellers to hold book launches, talks and signings in our own areas, where we know people and can spread the word or words […]
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.
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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 […]
Moving on to new Work
I woke up the other morning with a bunch of plot ideas in connection with my next book, a novel to be set in Dorset. In the earlier part of the year, I was doing research on the locations and […]
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 […]
Book Launch in the Garden
My new book ‘The Lost Journey Homeward’ has been well and truly launched – on Sunday 14th June. I decided to do this At Home – in my own garden in Dorset. My last two books had their launch parties […]
Publication Day
Strange to think, now my new book is for sale, that soon people might be reading ‘The Lost Journey Homeward’, turning the pages and assessing whether they like the story and […]
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 […]