Myanmar to Dorset
Just got back from a great holiday with my husband Michael. We have been to Malaysia and Myanmar and the contrast between the two countries is huge. One is emerging into the modern world. The other is stuck in a […]
Front Cover
I have just chosen one of the cover images that has been created by Leah at Onwards and Upwards Publishers. It shows a small dark house on a hill with a wild tree beside it and a starlit sky above. […]
New Title chosen
I have been working for a few weeks on trying to find an alternative title for my completed new novel. For a long while, the working title has been ‘Children of Theo’. Onwards and Upwards Publishers are to publish the […]
4xF#0 – what does this mean?
Today is the first Friday of September. I plan to write a Flash Fiction and post it on the first Friday of each month, starting in October. What is flash fiction, you may ask? It is sometimes […]
My Novel as an E-Book – Free!
Just published: my novel “To the End of the Day” about a troubled friendship (published in hardback in summer 2011) is now available as an eBook in a Kindle Edition from Amazon. Price £4.50/$6.99. Here is the link:- http://goo.gl/wGPR4A […]
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. […]
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 […]
Cover Girl
This month, December, I ended up in black and white on the front cover of ‘Marshwood Vale Magazine’ – a free monthly that comes out in Somerset, Devon and Dorset (South West UK). It was slightly daunting to see […]
U Kresu Dnia
My novel “To the End of the Day” has recently appeared in Poland with the title: “U Kresu Dnia.” It was translated by Teresa Komlosz and published in paperback by Proszynski Media in Warsaw with a price tag of […]
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 […]