Interview with… Steve Zettler

After a break last month, I'm delighted to welcome Steve Zettler to sit down and tell us about his writing career! Steve is a professional writer, actor and photographer. He is the author of the romantic tragedy, Careless Love, and international thrillers The Second Man, Double Identity and Ronin. He is also the co-author of …

Interview with… Anne Goodwin

This month, it's my pleasure to invite Anne Goodwin to my blog - my first non-Vine Leaves author. Over the past year or so, Anne has been hugely supportive of my novels, and I was recently a guest on her blog. As my mum always told me, when someone invites you to their place, it's …

When everything converges

Photo by Ron Lach on Pexels.com This is me right now. Well, obviously not actually me, I don't look like this - but I'm too knackered to look good in a photo right now! This week we helped Eldest Child move to Bristol - emotional exhaustion.We stayed in a hotel for a couple of nights …

Happy birthday, Grace!

I'm a slow writer. It probably has something to do with the fact I don't plan my novels so I can happily write a whole book before deciding I don't like the direction it's taking and have to go back to the beginning! One day, maybe, I'll learn how to write the right way. So, …

Guest Post: Sandra Cox introduces Keeper Tyree!

Today, I'm doing something a little different - I'm handing my blog over to Sandra Cox, whose latest novel Keeper Tyree is out now. Before I took my extended hiatus, sharing books by my author friends and having guest posts was one of my favourite things, so now I'm fully back into the swing of …

Links and pre-orders!

If you don't mind, I'm just going to take a moment to relax. Ah, that feels good. It's been a busy couple of days in my neck of the woods. Yesterday, I received my copies of Small Forgotten Moments just as I was getting ready for work. And obviously, I wanted to share it straight …

Interview with… Amie McCracken

Today, I've invited Amie McCracken to my blog. Author, editor and designer, Amie's the publishing director and Vine Leaves Press and helping to whip my latest novel, Small Forgotten Moments, into shape! Amie edits and typesets novels for self-published authors and helps writers polish their work. She is an imaginist, with a lot of ideas …

Small Forgotten Moments has a cover…

You might have spotted this fantastic new offering from Jessica Bell in your inbox or on your Facebook feed, but here it is again, just in case you don't follow me anywhere else! Is Zenna a muse, a sleep-deprived apparition, or something much more sinister? Suffering long-term amnesia, artist Jo Mckye is ready to start …

I’m back!

Hello! Anyone there? I know, I know... it's been a while. How're you doing? Personally, I'm very confused about all these new WordPress features. And at the moment, it doesn't take much to confuse me. I'm in the middle of writing a new novel, I've got edits of another to figure out and - you …

The end, the end, the very very end…

My novel is complete. It's been sent for editing - the lovely Karen Sanders removed a million extraneous commas - and I've looked over the notes, and now it's done. Completely and utterly done! Next, I have to decide what I want to do with it. I'd like to submit it, either to an agent …