Val’s Tales Follow Me

It actually happened! On Tuesday the 15th December at 1 p.m. the first storycast for Val’s Tales hit the big wide world. The story is called ‘Follow Me’ and is a rather sad Christmas story inspired by a 60s song which is also on YouTube. To listen to the story, click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-jBVGs6UYQ To celebrate …

Aspects – Claire Baldry, ‘Listen to Love’ and ‘The Wrong Sort to Die.’

Lots happening this week with my own new paperback release, 'Listen to Love' which you can find here: Listen to Love.  A new release 'The wrong sort to die' by Paula Harmon who was featured on this blog a few weeks ago, The wrong sort to die  And last but by no means least, I'm delighted to …

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 …

‘Listen to Love.’ – “Johnny remember me.”

For many years I've had foxes visit me in my back garden. The first one was Cheeky, so named because he felt at home wandering into the conservatory,  and making himself comfortable on the chairs. They've still got the marks to prove it!  I'm not sure if he's admiring my books, or thinking the curtain …

Birthdays, Unicorns and Rhunicorns.

I’m not sure how my fascination with unicorns began. I’ve never been a 'pretty in pink, girlie party-dress' type, and my interest began way before unicorns became trendy.  A few years ago I discovered they were descendants of the rhino, and thought how wonderful that a great, grey lumbering beast could be related to a …

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 …

‘Best Man’ part 1.

Two updates and the first part of a spooky short story this week. First, the launch party for the Charity anthology 'When Stars Will Shine' is this Monday 9th December, and all royalties will go to 'Help for Heroes.'  It's already racing up the Amazon charts and tipped to be a future No. 1. Check …

Summer Changes, Winter Tears and George and Mary

I'm delighted to announce that my latest book 'Summer Changes, Winter Tears' is now available on Amazon in both eBook and paperback formats. Summer Changes, Winter Tears paperback UK Summer Changes, Winter Tears eBook USA Although basically a Romance, the story includes nostalgia from my first visit to the Mediterranean island of Malta, and the …

Little Sister

There's been so much going on with new publications in the past few weeks my brain is addled, so I thought we'd have a  short story for a change.  😀 Another in my song title series. Released by Elvis in 1961 and dedicated to siblings everywhere. ‘Oh, Mum. Do I have to? I don’t want …

When everything comes together

Sometimes it can be frustrating for authors to break the cloak of invisibility when entering the publishing world. Long hours are spent writing, editing, revising and endevouring to publicise their work. There are as many reasons for being a writer as there are genres. Some write purely for their own pleasure and some need to …