Lots of stuff occurring

Wow, I've got a lot going on at the moment. I've just opened a work email which told me I have 5.5 hours of online training to complete... Well, that's a problem for another day. Right now, I want to tell you about much more fun stuff! Number 1. If you head over to Melissa …

Interview with… L. Diane Wolfe

Welcome to April's interview. What a wonderful spell of sunshine and blue skies we're having here in sunny Cornwall. (Okay. confession time: I'm scheduling this way in advance - it's 4th April and there is torrential rain hitting my window. I'm hoping for sunshine because I can't believe there can be any rain left!) Today, …

I’ve got a book on the way, not that you’d know!

Wow, I've been remiss! I've been counting down the months, and now only weeks, until my next book is due out, and I've hardly mentioned it here. What happened? How did I manage it? If you follow me on Facebook, you'll know all about ONE TUESDAY, EARLY, my third novel which is coming out in …

Interview with… John McCaffery

It's the third Wednesday of March, which means it's time for another interview with another amazing author. This month, I'm delighted to welcome John McCaffery to my blog. Originally from Rochester, New York, John attended Villanova University and received his M.A. in Creative Writing from the City College of New York. He is the author …

Gool Peran Lowen!

Happy St Piran's Day! I've started this post several times, and deleted them. One was too political (second home owners pushing young people from their own villages - oops, there I go again), one was blah and meandering. 5th March is St Piran's Day - the patron saint of Cornwall and tin miners. It's a …

Interview with… Catherine Shields

After a brief hiatus over the Christmas period, my interview series is back with a bang. Catherine (Cathy) Shields writes about parenting, disabilities, and self-discovery. In her debut memoir, The Shape Of Normal, A Memoir Of Motherhood, Disability And Embracing A Different Kind Of Perfect, Cathy explores the truths and lies parents tell themselves. Her …

Today I was going to…

Today I was going to write. I had a few admins things to take care of, a few groceries to buy... a cafe to sit in and have a breather, some chores around the house. lunch... Oh my, is it really 3pm already? I guess I might as well write a blog post. Not today's …

Why do I love small presses?

Because I feel at home there. Let me explain... It's the year 1980-something. I'm a teenager and I'm reading all the teenage magazines that normal teenagers read, with special interest in the short stories and photo-stories that appear in each one. I've known for a while that I want to be a writer, and this …

Supporting small, independent publishers

(This is an unashamed copy of a post I've just written on my website. I said it so well, I didn't want to write it again.) My New Year's Resolution for 2024 is to spotlight the small and independent publishers who bring such diversity to readers, but on a tight, sometimes minimal budget. These are …

And just like that…

... 2023 comes to an end. For me, it's been a year of writing highs (three books released and preparing for the launch of another) and lows (the whole of December without a single new word written). And yet, yesterday, I wrote 63 new words, and another 31 today. It might not be much, but …