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My recent reads… highs and lows
My recent reading has been a mixed bag. When I’m writing, I tend to avoid books in the same genre as mine – so that I can’t be unwittingly influenced by…
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The Easter Bilby.
He’s got long ears, is made of chocolate and appears everywhere this time of year – No, I’m not talking about the Easter Bunnie – I’d like you to meet the…
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The perils of old televisions
The death this week of Mickey Rooney got me to thinking about old movies. I remember watching Mickey Rooney films as a child. They were in black and white and most…
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Books, Chocolate, Wine and good friends…
In the words of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons – Oh, what a night! All the ingredients were there as we celebrated the launch of Flight to Coorah Creek
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PBM – Post Book Meltdown
It’s done. The second Coorah Creek novel is now in the hands of my lovely publisher Choc Lit. And I am having what webmaster John calls my post-book meltdown. After months of…
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Glam and glitter…
Being a writer involves a lot of sitting at a computer in a small room talking to imaginary people in our heads. But every now and then, we get let out. This…
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Support your local indy bookstore
Last weekend, I stopped by the Horizons Bookshop in Burnham. I met the owner, a woman with a real passion for books and reading, and it occurred to me how much…
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Fly, little book, fly…
This week was the official release of the paperback of Flight To Coorah Creek. It’s always terrifying to send something you care about out into the wild world. As previously mentioned on…
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Author vs cat
This started out as a blog about my writing space, but soon became a record of my never ending struggle to claim my space from an interloper… And there are, after all,…