New release ‘Alderslay.’

Trumpet blowing time. Finally my latest book has been released after years of trials and tribulations and is now available on Amazon. You can place an order now and it will be delivered to your Kindle on the release date 3rd March. If you prefer to read paperbacks, this option should be available around the …

Change of Blog Format and Autumn Chickens -Not Fade Away.’

I'm considering changing the format of my blog and rather than post short stories, to concentrate on providing more variety relating to my work as an author. Since I started the site, approximately 4 1/2 years ago (how time flies!) there have been approximately 1,000 individual visitors who either follow or like my posts, but …

The Causeway and Listen to Love

News of my latest release below, but first a short story. A friend was travelling across a causeway when the weather broke. Her eerie selfie inspired this story, 'The Causeway.' After a lovely day, the weather broke as I was halfway across the causeway. Torrential rain pounded onto the roof of the car, and the …

Questions and Answers

Book bloggers provide a service by reading and reviewing books, and sharing their thoughts with other readers to assist them in making a choice from the millions of books available. They are also invaluable to authors, not only for the publicity they provide, but by helping readers relate to writers as individuals. Many authors are …

Characters and Q & As

As a change from my usual short stories, I thought it might be interesting to do something slightly different this week. Many authors are introverts, preferring to sit tapping at a keyboard instead of shouting ‘Buy my book.’ Fortunately, book bloggers are supportive in helping to spread the word, and one way of doing this …

Bloggers and Blaggers

Running a regular weekly blog takes up a fair amount of time. I love writing the stories, but it proves quite difficult trying to analyse which genre readers enjoy most, or if they would prefer more variety. Apart from actually writing and publishing the posts there’s the need to follow up, so I have a …

BFOR Blog Blitz and Revolution

I hope you’ve been following the BFOR blog tour, and have found the variety of posts interesting. Just as a reminder here are the links to the web site and Facebook pages. BFOR Facebook group BFOR Web site On a serious note, you might wonder why it’s necessary for such a group to exist. I …

BFOR Blog Blitz and Unicorns

Regular readers of my blog might be surprised to find it posted on a Saturday morning, rather than the usual Sunday evening. There is a reason for this, but first a couple of questions. What is a blog tour? A blog tour is a form of online promotion, where a variety of bloggers are allocated …

Advice for authors

I’ve always loved reading, but my writing career only took off when life threw me a curved-ball, and having my first book published stopped me going stir crazy. That was some seven or eight years ago, and although by no means an expert, I thought it might be interesting to share my experiences for anyone …

Characters, genres and inspiration

You probably realise by now that I write in a variety of genres and formats. Following the recent release of my latest book I’ve been concentrating on marketing and publicity, and it occurred to me that as a writer, how little time I actually spend, well, writing!  Inspiration is never a problem, fitting everything into …