Talking to Professionals
It's always a challenge to give a informative entertaining talk to a group of people who have come to an event and are gathered to listen to what I say. Recently I was the Guest Speaker at the Autumn Lunch [...]
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 [...]
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 copies of my new book THE LOST JOURNEY HOMEWARD [...]
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 what they think about my friends, the characters. It's [...]