Interview with… Nick Wilford

Last week's book launch and blog tour excitement has settled into a calmer pace, so it's time to get my next project moving along and my regular social media and blog posting back to normal (and oh, wow, has social media diminished!. For this month's interview is with my hugely supportive critique partner Nick Wilford, …

Another day, another blog!

It's the final day of my short and sweet blog tour to launch The Clock in My Mother's House. Today I'm with Sandra Cox, explaining why short stories are simply the best. Thank you so much to Hilary, Alex, Elizabeth, Luciana, Joanne, and Sandra for hosting me this week and sharing in my general excitement. …

On my travels again…

Today I'm popping to Texas to visit Joanne Faries on her blog and share some of the inspiration for The Clock in My Mother's House. Come and see what I've got to say! Short stories are perfect for travelling and commuting. Where's your favourite place to read short stories? I like to have them to …

It’s interview time!

When I decided my dream was to be an author (back when I was 7 or 8), the two big interviewers of the day were Terry Wogan and Michael Parkinson, and I'd go to sleep at night dreaming about being interviewed on their shows. Sadly, that never came to pass, but I still love being …

Launch Day! 🥳

It's launch day, and I'm celebrating with a pineapple. Well, not entirely, although I do have some pineapple rings in the fridge which probably need eating so... Photo by Pineapple Supply Co. on Pexels.com It's also the next stop on my blog tour, and today I'm sharing some not necessarily interesting facts about my book …

Talking about short stories and films with Alex

Find some flags, read my collection! Today. I'm honoured to be with Alex J. Cavanaugh talking about short stories which have made fantastic films. Please pop along to say hi to Alex and me, and then get lost in his blog - full of music, movies, and more! The Clock in My Mother's House is …

The blog-tour week commences…

The blog tour for The Clock in My Mother's House kicked off yesterday when Hilary featured me on her blog Positive letters... inspirational stories. Please visit and leave a comment. And while you're there, take a look around Hilary's blog - she writes about so many varied things, all incredibly interesting . The Clock in …

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy Valentine’s Day, Easter etc

Apparently, I chose to completely overlook Christmas and the New Year on this blog, so I thought I should get a couple more things in there in case I go AWOL again. In my defence, I've been busy - on and off line, writing and non-writing activities. Depending on who I talk to, I either …

Interview with… Loree Westron

It's the final interview of the year, and, as I'm typing this, our freezing temperatures have warmed dramatically and now we've got so much rain! Today, I'd like to introduce Loree Westron who I met in a Facebook group last year. Loree is an American writer now living in the UK. Her short fiction has …

Nothing to see here

It's that age old problem with writers, and perhaps lots of other professions too (I hear scientists are having a great time with nuclear fusion)... there's lots going on in the background but nothing I want to talk about now. So what happens? I disappear. I don't update things. I slink sideways when it looks …