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...
But what if nobody buys my book?

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...
What a weekend!

What a weekend!

I was in Bristol this weekend, attending the SilverWood Writing Day and Social, organised by SilverWood Books for their authors. The venue was at Welsh Back, right by the water, in one of the oldest parts of the city.  I listened to a panel of writers talking about...

Criminal activities in Frome

I’ve been so preoccupied with The Shame of Innocence lately, I haven’t spent any time on this blog. I’ve also been busy preparing a workshop on crime writing, as part of Frome Writers’ Collective’s Frome Word literary festival, running...