On Saturday 7th December I will be at Winchester’s Guildhall with two other local writers – Helen Matthews and Katharine Johnson – on a stall selling our novels. Amidst all the craft items and products and a lot of clever, crafty women, I hope we will be spotted and that people will come over and...
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COVER REVEAL!
Finally, I can reveal the chosen cover for my next novel, THE LEGACY OF MR JARVIS. It’s taken quite a while to come up with something that felt right and reflected the content and tone of the novel appropriately. It is very easy to point out what is wrong and why an image fails to...
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AUTUMN BOOK FAIRS
November is proving to be a busy month – two book fairs just six days away from each other! On Sunday 17th November, I will be in Henley in Arden – the heart of Warwickshire – at their book fair for independent writers. Henley in Arden seems to be a very vibrant arts-orientated place: it...
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CHILTERN VOICE!
On Monday 4th November, I will be a guest on CHILTERN VOICE FM’s morning programme about all things books! Antonia Honeywell is the presenter of this weekly programme which runs from 10.00 am until noon and I am so looking forward to meeting her, talking about reading, writing, authors, stories et al – and choosing...
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PODCAST
At the Self-Publishing conference in late April, I was interviewed by MATADOR – my publishers – about aspects of writing my novel, COUNTING THE WAYS and about the use of social media as a marketing tool. I finished writing that novel early in 2016, publishing it the following year, and since then have fully re-drafted...
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Author Event – Yeading library – Hillingdon
Bank Holiday Saturday, 4th May, a day of hailstones, strong, gusty winds, intense if fleeting sunlight and something worryingly similar to sleet – yes, definitely a British Bank Holiday Saturday. But also, for me, a day I spent at Yeading library, one of Hillingdon Libraries’ branches, for a unique event. Invited to speak as an...
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AUTHOR EVENT – YEADING – HILLINGDON LIBRARIES
Saturday 4th May is the independent author event at Yeading library where I am looking forward to meeting readers and, possibly, potential writers to share my experiences of self-publishing and life as an indie writer. I will, of course, be hoping to sell some copies of my novel COUNTING THE WAYS and leaving one with...
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Flash Fiction Short List!
I have only just caught up with the fact that a swift piece of flash fiction I wrote at the end of last year was on the short list for the FLASH 500 competition. The judge’s report on the competition entries reads as follows: The standard of the final twenty-five stories on the shortlist was...
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‘Counting the Ways’ gets around!
Good to see my novel amongst such excellent company – sent from a reader in the south of France!
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FLASH 500 COMPETITION
Flash Fiction is something I have been meaning to get around to for a long time. In late August, I entered my first competition – FLASH 500 runs 4 a year with an open theme and I sent off a rather random entry sparked by an idea vaguely prompted while sitting idly at a café...