Publication Day
Posted on 03/02/2025
It is hard to explain what publication day feels like. In some ways all the big things have already happened – I have managed, against the odds, to get a book deal. I hav…
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On the subject of bonnets.
Posted on 30/11/2023
After a period of not writing much due to the demands of a job and the rigours of coping with a parent with Alzheimer’s, I am now back on my perch. This is a somewhat sag…
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The Good Ship Well-Being
Posted on 24/06/2021
Writing sometimes makes me ill. There are many days when I feel just like this pitiful boat – battered and stuffed with rubbish and marooned on wasteland far from the sea…
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Creating stories
Posted on 18/06/2021
The main protagonist of my fifth novel is a bereaved woman who decides to retrace the story of her marriage by revisiting the places marked on her collection of pebbles….
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Books of My Life
Posted on 11/06/2021
A by no means comprehensive list of books that have had a lasting impact on me as a reader and as a writer, and which I turn to often for comfort, inspiration and laughs….
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