I was asked this question earlier today, and I started to write… It turned into a bit of long, mad ramble! How very me… So here it is. Feel free to disagree, or to add in anything I’ve missed – whether it’s a favourite crime writer or another subgenre, or a different demographic. As I …
I’ve really enjoyed The Witch House’s first week out in the world, and it’s been great to have so many positive reactions from readers. Thank you all! The Witch House games close at noon tomorrow, Sunday 9th August For a chance – or several chances! – to win Witch House themed prizes – novels or …
It’s a really emotional time of year for me. On 4th August 2016 I was admitted back into hospital with complications following surgery for hernia and an enormous ovarian cyst… 5th August 2017 I was admitted back into hospital with complications following surgery to fix the problems left by those complications… (None of it was …
I’ve been making good progress on the writing front – I think I’m finally at the penultimate draft of the memoir before I start sending it out to agents. That means writing a query letter so I’m both keen to get it finished and not in any rush at all… Also I am about ten …
At least, since 14th February 1979… Ryan, my then boyfriend, had failed his Uni exams the year before, purely co-incidentally three weeks before the end of summer term, at around the time we got together. He’d gone back home and found a series of jobs while waiting for permission to retake the year, and somehow …
As I am dilly-dallying about starting work on my third novel, I am casting around for inspiration, waiting for a couple of ideas to collide in a way that sparks my interest – enough to keep me going for at least a year. Looking back, I can see more clearly what the first two novels …
I do apologise. I don’t think I’ll ever manage a more clickbaity blog title. As I’m still not well enough to attend any of the book launch events, I had to do something to have a little fun. So I’ve been doing some baking. Gluten- free, of course. First, the naked cookies. I do confess …
I confess, I am really excited about this. I am very proud of my story, Too Much Tea, which is published today in this beautiful paperback. I’ve only been writing memoir for around a year – I’ve previously concentrated on fiction. I’ve had to do a lot of thinking – not only about the differences …
One of the textiles pieces I’m most proud of is this quilt, which I made for the wedding of two of my loveliest friends. I’ve made quilts before – by which I mean, I’ve chosen fabrics and cut them and pieced them into a quilt top, and then I’ve sent the top of the quilt …
I am so fortunate to be able to say that I read an early draft of Carmilla Voiez’s novel Starblood way back in the dim and distant past – 2010, I think – when somehow I ended up as a (virtual) member of a writing group based in Aberdeen… I’m currently in the middle of …