It’s been quite a week!

I entered the Wells Literary Festival Short Story competition without a thought of getting shortlisted, let alone winning it! I’d read entries from previous years and concluded that ‘Anything goes!’ So I had a go, with a story that derived from a few...
A Win-Win situation

A Win-Win situation

I went along to Winchester Writers’ Festival last week – not to attend the talks, but to share a sales table with fellow writers Jude Hayland, Sue Russell and Elspeth Tavaci.  Although we all write quite different sorts of material, we got on like a house...
The Shame of Innocence takes off!

The Shame of Innocence takes off!

The Shame of Innocence was launched last night, at Black Swan Arts in Frome.  Not only did my crime novel take off but also Silver Crow, the manuscript appraisal service offered by Frome Writers’ Collective. The artwork round the walls of this lovely gallery...
The Shame of Innocence takes off!

But what if nobody buys my book?

Boxes of books arrived the other day – four boxes of The Shame of Innocence.  I stacked them on the sea chest in the dining room and gave the cat strict instructions not to go anywhere near them. Publication day is just over a week away, and the launch event at...