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 [...]
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 But [...]
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 [...]
Limerickture
I was in Salisbury at a writer’s lunch a couple of days ago and I won first prize in the Limerick Competition – we had all submitted limericks on the subject of Christmas. I was duly presented with the Chocolate [...]
Talking about Books
I was in London on Thursday 14th July at a lunch at the Society of Authors in Drayton Gardens. It’s always good to natter with other writers – stimulating and helpful, though often humbling! Afterwards I had a 20 minute [...]