Beetroot blood

It’s been a while since we’ve had a short story but I couldn’t resist writing this one. It was inspired when a book blogger mentioned domestic disasters, and one of the group responded with their true story. There might have been a tiny bit of embellishment to protect the innocent, but I’ll leave you to …

The Murder of John Smith Part 3

The final part of my short story. I hope you enjoyed it. It didn’t take Pam long to realise she had made the worst mistake of her life. At first she thought it was because she was used to being on her own, and she only needed time to adapt to being half of a …

The Murder of John Smith. Part 2

I thought it would be a quick short story to fill in a gap while I was working on my next book and organising the local book fair, but it seems to have taken on a mind of its own, so don’t be surprised if it ends up as part of a book. It’s actually …

Beckenham book event and The Murder of John Smith

Most of this week has been taken up with organising a book fair for the end of the month in our local area of South London. I assumed once the venue and authors were in place it would be a case of sending out regular generic updates to keep everyone informed, and turning up on …

Dolly Loves Me

I try to vary my blog posts to keep them interesting, but still tend to flit between various options without settling into a regular format. I’m not sure if this is a good thing, or even if reading my short stories might encourage followers to buy my books. I ran out of time this week …

Book fairs and book fayres

A couple of months ago, the local council approached authors in the area with a view to putting on a Christmas book Fayre. The date was set and it took place this Saturday afternoon with I believe seventeen authors altogether in attendance. I read and write fiction, but it was interesting to see the number …

Interview with TJ from ‘Story of a County Boy.’

As I mentioned the other week, an author friend sent me some questions to interview one of my characters. It was a great idea and inspired me to carry on with the sequel for the first book in the series which was called ‘Story of a Country Boy.’ The first book describes the adventures of …

If anyone asks and Listen to Love

This week's story on our YouTube channel is on the serious subject of bullying.It can take many forms, and doesn’t always include a black eye or a broken arm. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRNjbB60QIc You might wonder why the person being bullied doesn’t go to the police, or simply leave. Chip away at someone’s confidence for long enough and …

The allotment Part 2

Continuing the short story started last week while I consider other options for revising the blog. Where does the time go?  The allotment. Part 2 Some readers were surprised last week at the turn the story took, expecting it to be a romantic love story.  Read on. 😀  I totally lost it. Grabbing Jason by …

The allotment Part 1 and blog changes

There was some really useful feedback last week, which I'll be taking into consideration when revising the blog format. Thanks to everyone who responded and messaged me. After a very busy week, here's the first part of the traditional short story for you to enjoy while I work out why and where the traditional set-up …