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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