Sowing the seeds for a blooming Spring launch
Last weekend, the weather in the UK was decent enough for me to be able to spend some time in the garden, sowing the seeds for a blooming Spring. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not an avid gardener. I do …
Ramblings
CrimeFest 2022
The who, what, why, where and when of CrimeFest 2022 WHAT IS CRIMEFEST/HISTORY (Official blurb taken from crimefest.com) CRIMEFEST is a convention for people who like to read an occasional crime novel as well as for die-hard fanatics. Drawing top crime …
Gairloch, Wester Ross 2022
I waited 2.5 years for this! It seems impossible that it’s almost 2 years since The Lie She Told was published (Oct 2020). My plan had been to go back in 2021 and shoot videos, take lots of pictures and …
Easter 2022 Survey Results
Before I quit the commercial world to become a full-time writer I worked in marketing. Digital marketing primarily. I helped numerous businesses (large and small) to set up their online activity; social media, websites, analytics and all that good stuff. …
Using Old Photographs for Inspiration
I have no idea if this makes me odd, or even weird! I discovered it last year, whilst browsing Etsy (also known as procrastinating). It was a collection of old photographs from the 60s and 70s. Just random, badly taken, …
Why I’m Not Making Any New Year’s Resolutions
And Why That’s Okay It’s been a tough couple of years hasn’t it? I won’t dwell on the whole ‘rona debacle cos goodness knows we’ve all heard enough about it, but it is kind of one reason I’m not setting …
All Is Well
If you’ve been following my updates on Instagram, then you will know that it was results day on Friday. I kind of regret going so public now as I didn’t receive the news I was hoping to hear. It wasn’t …
Easy Reading is Damn Hard Writing
Hmm, does easy reading mean hard writing? I came across this quote the other day, and it really resonated with me for a number of reasons. I actually pondered over it for a number of hours (yes, I was procrastinating …
How to write book reviews (& why you should)
Book reviews, do you or don’t you? I do. Why? Not sure, I’ve always kept a log of the books I’ve read from a simple list to a detailed reading journal and now mostly on Goodreads. I think it’s because …