Having lived all my life either in, or close to, London, England I’m not exactly what you might call a ‘Country girl.’ I do remember coming home from school with a snake in a box having agreed to look after it for the long summer holidays. How was I to know my mother was petrified …
Tag: Unicorns
Author anniversary and Amazon Categories
When my first book was released, I assumed authors wrote a book then sat back while royalties flooded in from everyone who had bought it, and the publishers did everything else. Expecting to sell millions of copies under my pen name (because all proper authors use a pen name, don’t they?) it was quite an …
The Making of ‘Weird and Peculiar Tales.’
This was originally intended as a Facebook post but for various reasons has ended up as a blog post instead. Here is a little of the background to how Weird and Peculiar Tales came about. I first ‘met’ my co-author Paula around six years ago through an online writing site. We seemed to be pretty …
Friends of Friends and Facebook
This week has been so slow with connections, I wasn’t sure if it was my keyboard, mouse, laptop or just because there’s an R in the month. I received an advice in the spam email that someone in Moscow had accessed my account. I reported it, but for a moment it did make me think …
Reviews and ABC
Authors are a funny lot and often have a way of connecting things which on the surface are totally unrelated. In a convoluted way I moved from enjoying an Elvis tribute artists’ show on Facebook, to explaining the scenario of one of my books to an elderly man who doesn’t read English. Would you believe …
Character Interview -The Old Lady ‘At the bottom of the Garden.’ Weird and Peculiar Tales.
I was surprised when I discovered the main character in one of my books didn’t have a name but then I realised Paula Harmon, my co-author for Weird and Peculiar Tales, sometimes didn’t name hers either. https://mybook.to/WeirdandPeculiarTales This collection of short stories is perfect for Halloween, with a variety of tales from the amusing to …
Writer’s block – The blank page
As a writer I’m often asked how to overcome writer’s block. You sit down full of enthusiasm and a blank screen stares back at you, daring your fingers to touch the keyboard, or your pen to destroy the pristine surface of a blank sheet of paper. Fortunately, this is something I’ve never found a problem; …
Foxes and writing companions
Some years ago a fox wandered into my garden, and although he was a wild animal in a suburban area we gradually learned to trust each other. Over time he found a little spot in my heart which had been reserved for my dogs, now departed over the rainbow bridge. From the thirty odd years …
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 …
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 …
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